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Sérgio Mendes, Grammy-winning Brazilian music legend, dies at 83

The celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar and helped launched a long, Grammy-winning career, has died.

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Associated PressApril 18, 2021

LA Phil’s Dudamel to become music director of Paris Opera
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WFMT’s Classical Conversations: ‘Becoming Frederick Douglass’ & ‘Harriet Tubman Visions of Freedom’
WFMTOctober 3, 2022
Grammy-winning conductor, pianist, and composer Charles Floyd and award-winning baritone Robert Sims reflect on the importance that Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass placed on spirituals as a beacon for freedom.
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A 12th-century abbess gifted with extraordinary skills in medicine, science, and music.

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Maestro Muti Mentors Chicago Teen Musicians… Virtually
Robbie EllisApril 1, 2021
The CSO's music director made a remote return to the Windy City on Wednesday to lead an online masterclass with fellows from Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative.

Russia wants Tchaikovsky music for anthem at Tokyo Olympics
Associated PressMarch 25, 2021
Russia wants to use music by 19th-century composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky as its replacement anthem for the Tokyo Olympics.

Recording Registry adds albums by Janet Jackson, Nas
Associated PressMarch 24, 2021
Louis Armstrong's jazzy "When the Saints Go Marching In" is another of the 25 recordings being inducted to the National Recording Registry.
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