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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now

Hits from Renée Fleming’s career at the Metropolitan Opera, an unlikely Mozart and Beethoven recording and Florence Price are among…

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Justin Peck’s New Americana, Set to Copland’s Old

“Right now you’re dancing on top of or ahead of the music,” Justin Peck told members of New York City…

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Review: At the Philharmonic, a Conductor Argues With Passion

Dalia Stasevska returned to the orchestra’s podium with a world premiere and subtly linked works by Tchaikovsky and Sibelius.

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How a Group of Brooklyn Beatboxers Became Ambassadors to the World

The trip will mark the first time that the government officially recognizes the genre in its American Music Abroad program.

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Review: Carnegie Hall Makes an Intimate Space More Intimate

Zankel Hall has been temporarily reconfigured so that audiences can sit in the round, beginning with an enjoyable performance by…

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She Brought New Sounds to Colombia. The World’s Catching Up.

Back in the 1960s, when female musicians were mostly confined to the roles of teacher, interpreter or muse, the Colombian…

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David Crosby, Mainstay of Two Classic Rock Bands, Dies at 81

He was an original member of the Byrds and a founder of Crosby, Stills & Nash. But he was almost…

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‘Vile,’ ‘Deplorable,’ ‘Full of Lies’: Aleksandar Hemon Is No Fan of Philip Roth

What books are on your night stand? Ray Monk’s “Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius.” Oliver Sacks’s “Musicophilia: Tales of…

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Claire Chase Uses Her New Platform to Showcase a Hero

When the composer and performer Pauline Oliveros died in 2016, at 84, her reputation in music was secure. Her early…

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Yukihiro Takahashi, Pioneer of Electronic Pop Music, Dies at 70

A drummer and singer, he was best known as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, one of Japan’s most successful…

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