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Overhead shot of two pianists playing piano four hands

Playlist: Music for Piano Four Hands

Any chamber music demands a deceptive level of coordination and mastery. But what about when two artists are playing the same instrument, side-by-side?

Associated PressDecember 9, 2021

Chopin’s last piano gets its 19th-century features back

WFMTDecember 9, 2021

Video: Mother-Son Duo Performs Schubert and Wieniawski Classics

Associated PressDecember 8, 2021

Met Opera to present Blanchard’s ‘Champion’ in April 2023

Lin-Manuel Miranda launches R.I.S.E. Network to improve diversity on Broadway

Associated PressJune 9, 2023

A 2021 report on diversity in Broadway teams showed that 100% of general managers and 94% of the producers were white. White actors were cast in 80% of the lead roles in musicals and 90% of the lead roles in plays.

Astrud Gilberto, singer of ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ dead at 83

Associated PressJune 6, 2023

"Why should anybody assume that just because an artist chooses not to give interviews, he/she is a recluse?" she said in 2002.

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WFMT 70: George Preston and Oliver Camacho

WFMT at 70: A Q&A with WFMT’s General Manager and Music Director

Keegan MorrisDecember 3, 2021

As we look back on WFMT's 70th birthday, we sit down with George Preston and Oliver Camacho to discuss the commemorative celebration and their plans to kickstart the next 70 years of WFMT.

Nézet-Séguin to take 4 weeks off from conducting

Associated PressDecember 2, 2021

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, music director of the Metropolitan Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra, is taking a four-week sabbatical from conducting after a busy autumn and ahead of a challenging second half of the season.

Towering Musical Theater Master Stephen Sondheim Dies at 91

Associated PressNovember 26, 2021

Stephen Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century, has died.

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