New Releases Mar. 24: A Kanneh-Mason Debut, Ravel x2, Rare Birds, and More Composers
Composer-specific recordings are front-and-center this week, with two foregrounding works by Maurice Ravel, as well as album-length explorations dedicated to Telemann, Franz Schubert, and Georges Bizet. And two debut recordings: by Jeneba Kanneh-Mason and idiosyncratic chamber collective Owls.
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Boston Pops Violinist Dorothy Han Returns to Alma Mater to Teach Kenwood Students About Music & More
Returning to her alma mater for the first time in nearly 40 years, Dorothy Han performed and led a workshop in the very same Kenwood Academy classroom she once rehearsed in.
Composer Creates Music Major for Persecuted Bahá’ís in Iran Despite No Classrooms, Teachers, Piano
Growing up in Kerman, Iran, composer Badie Khaleghian received his first music lessons from his father. “When I was six or seven years old, he taught me how to play the recorder, then violin, and later piano.” As a young adult, Khaleghian wanted desperately to study music at the university level. “But because of my religion, I was not allowed ...
VIDEO: How a Holocaust Survivor Changed a Young Musician’s Life by Donating His Violin
After Joe Feingold could no longer play his violin, he decided to donate it. He didn't realize that this simple act of kindness would change Brianna Perez's life.
Sitarist Anoushka Shankar on Sexism, Collaboration, Her Return “Home” to the United States
"The word 'collaboration' is an umbrella term, really. One doesn't just get up on stage and 'jam' with an orchestra the way you might with a guitarist or someone else."
Watch ‘Invitation to a Die-In,’ A Moving Musical Memorial to Unarmed Black Men Killed by Police
"My heart began to race when I was listening to this piece for the first time. It’s upsetting for me to listen to. I don’t like this piece,” composer Nkeiru Okoye said.
This Classical Music-Inspired Cocktail Is A “Ravelation”
If you like to accompany your favorite pieces of classical music with a cocktail, try this drink that pairs perfectly with a sonata by Ravel.
Defiant Requiem Honors Holocaust Victims, Reminds Us: “The Arts Are Critically Important”
"What the Jews did at Terezín was reach for the best of mankind to help them endure the worst of mankind. This is what the arts can do. This is what the arts do do," says conductor Murry Sidlin
Composer Samuel Adams Explains How Schubert, J-Pop Inspired His First Work for the Chicago Symphony
31-year-old composer Samuel Adams didn’t yet have specific ideas in mind when he began his three-year residency with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra two years ago. Rather, he developed them as he got to know members of the orchestra and music director Riccardo Muti. Eventually, he decided that he wanted to write something that would “explore every possible extreme of what ...
Stream: This Rare Live Recording of ‘Queen of Gospel’ Mahalia Jackson Will Take You to Church
Hear a rarely-heard live performance by Mahalia Jackson’s broadcast from the Morrison Hotel in 1975 courtesy of the Studs Terkel Radio Archive.
Harris Theater for Music and Dance Brings ‘Epic Masterworks’ to Chicago in 2017-18 Season
The newly announced season features the Monteverdi Choir, American Ballet Theatre, and the Mark Morris Dance Group performing "epic masterworks."
