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10 Composers Who Were Inspired by Their Travels

From Bolivia to Ghana to India to the US, the perspective-changing experience of travel influenced many of your favorite composers.

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Keegan MorrisOctober 30, 2020

Handel in HD: Haymarket’s Season Premieres with Streaming ‘Acis and Galatea’
Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. (Photo: Jeff Goldberg/Esto)
Associated PressOctober 30, 2020

Carnegie Hall to remain closed through April 5
Associated PressOctober 27, 2020

Virus cases spike at Milan’s La Scala, Naples’ San Carlo
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Playlist: 13 Canadian Composers You Should Know
Adela SkowronskiJuly 1, 2022
Americans, get to know the music of our neighbors to the north with this curated playlist.
Riccardo Muti gazes pensively into the distance

Muti’s legacy: respect composers, reject revisionists
Associated PressJune 24, 2022
"In 20 to 30 years, when everything will collapse, you will say maybe Muti was right," the 80-year-old Italian conductor said.

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Light and Hope in Music: Illinois Philharmonic Opens Season Virtually
Keegan MorrisOctober 22, 2020
IPO concertmaster Azusa Tashiro feels that music is vital as "something to rely on, something that warms [your] heart."
Lyric Opera of Chicago

Lyric Cancels 2020-21 season
Keegan MorrisOctober 22, 2020
Among the canceled 2021 productions are Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love, Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro; and Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, as well as a concert tribute to music director Sir Andrew Davis, who concludes his 20-year tenure at the end of this season.
latin american composers: Ernesto Lecuona, Teresa Carreño, and Gabriela Ortiz

Playlist: 19 Latin American Composers You Should Know
Daniel GoldbergOctober 20, 2020
From Cuba to Argentina, Uruguay to Mexico, Latin America has had no shortage of phenomenal composers. And while we are huge fans of Piazzolla and Villa-Lobos, we also love these lesser-known composers — and we think you will, too!
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