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News Articles: Genre: Classical

Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York City remains closed following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on Jan. 16, 2021.

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  • Performing Arts

Metropolitan Opera Backstage Workers: 'Without People, The Opera Is Nothing'

A union representing 800 backstage workers began a publicity campaign today urging donors and government entities to withdraw support for the company because of a labor dispute.

February 19, 2021
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
The Fort Lauderdale duo Black Violin wrote "Time to Shine" after reflecting on what happened last year and ringing in the new one.

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  • Music Interviews

On 'Time To Shine,' Black Violin Focuses On The Light

The duo, famed for enmeshing classical and hip-hop, looks back at America's past year and toward its near future on a new song, "Time to Shine."

February 17, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Martin and
  • Vince Pearson
An artist's rendition of the conch of Marsoulas being played in a cave where it was found by researchers in the early 20th Century.

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  • Science

Why A Musician Breathed New Life Into A 17,000-Year-Old Conch Shell Horn

A seashell found in a French cave appears to have been modified by prehistoric people so that it could be used like a trumpet, making it a new addition to the Stone Age orchestra.

February 11, 2021
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Kayhan Kalhor is an Iranian <em>kamancheh</em> virtuoso and composer whose work has been celebrated around the globe.

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  • Music

After U.S. Immigration Battle, Musician Kayhan Kalhor Returns To Iran

Grammy-winning Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor called the U.S. home for decades, until chaotic encounters with the immigration system caused him to leave the country permanently.

February 10, 2021
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Maryanne Amacher, an artist and composer, is one of the women featured in the new documentary <em>Sisters with Transistors.</em>

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  • Music Features

'Sisters With Transistors': Pioneers Of Electronic Music

The new documentary tells the story of the roles women played — and continue to play — in the creation and development of electronic music, from theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore to today.

February 10, 2021
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By:
  • Allyson McCabe

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  • Music Interviews

Will Liverman 'Dreams Of A New Day' For Black Composers

As a student, the young baritone was never really introduced to any Black composers. Liverman's latest album, Dreams of a New Day, features an abundance of them.

February 09, 2021
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By:
  • Noel King and
  • Phil Harrell
Composer Osvaldo Golijov (second from right) and three of his colleagues on <em>Falling Out of Time</em>: vocalists Wu Tong, Nora Fischer and Biella da Costa.

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  • Music

What Is The Sound Of Grief? Osvaldo Golijov Puts It To Music

In his newest work, Falling Out of Time, composer Osvaldo Golijov explores a painful subject — the death of a child. He was inspired by a unique literary work by Israeli writer David Grossman.

January 18, 2021
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Tim Shantz conducts Luminous Voices' first car concert on Oct. 4, 2020.

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  • Arts & Life

Car Concerts Offer Choirs A Way To Rehearse And Perform

This car choir solution is one that accomplished baritone David Newman came up with so that ensembles could sing "together." The method uses microphones, a mixer, an FM transmitter and car radios.

January 11, 2021
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By:
  • Nina Kravinsky
Baritone Will Liverman's upcoming album is devoted to Black composers past and present.

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  • Music News

NPR's Classical Music Editor Previews 2 Albums You'll Want To Hear

NPR's resident classical music specialist Tom Huizenga previews two of the albums he's looking forward to spending time with in 2021.

January 11, 2021
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Lara Downes talks with Jon Batiste.

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  • Music Interviews

How To Stay Human: Jon Batiste Talks With Lara Downes

The renowned musician and Late Show bandleader has sage advice on everything from finding your north star and owning your own orbit to honoring lineage.

December 26, 2020
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By:
  • Lara Downes
The dance of death, an ancient image that inspired Thomas Adès to compose his <em>Totentanz</em>.

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  • Music Lists

Music And Mayhem: A Diary Of Classical Albums For A Troubled 2020

NPR Music's classical editor traces the high points of a year spent listening to new albums that offered comfort and confrontation in counterpoint with the relentless world outside the headphones.

December 21, 2020
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
GPB News NPR

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  • Music Features

Beethoven's Life, Liberty And Pursuit Of Enlightenment

Growing up in a progressive city, Ludwig van Beethoven embraced the ideals of the Enlightenment, the philosophical movement that shook Europe and helped shape the composer's music.

December 17, 2020
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Lara Downes talks with Davóne Tines.

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  • Music Interviews

Redemption And Connection: Lara Downes Talks With Davóne Tines

In conversation and in song, the opera singer and the pianist discover healing in a traumatized space.

December 12, 2020
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By:
  • Lara Downes

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  • Music Lists

2020 Was The Year Of *Trying* To Chill

The musicians who massaged our temples for us this year took more than one approach — some immersive soundscapes, some acoustic lullabies, at least one wild pop-punk experiment.

December 11, 2020
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
Composer John Luther Adams wrote his memoir, <em>Silences So Deep: Music, Solitude, Alaska</em>, based on the decades he spent living and working in the Arctic.

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  • Music News

Composer John Luther Adams On The Arctic Sounds That Shaped His Work

The Pulitzer winner has released his first memoir, Silences So Deep: Music, Solitude, Alaska. It's a personal account of Adams' formative decades making art in the Artic.

December 10, 2020
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By:
  • Karen Michel
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