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commemorative plaques pay tribute to victims of the Ardeatine Massacre

Italy marks 80th anniversary of WWII-era massacre in Rome with a concert honoring the dead

Riccardo Muti conducted the Italian premiere of William Schuman’s Ninth Symphony, which the composer wrote after visiting the site of a 1944 massacre in Rome.

Associated PressMarch 22, 2020

Plácido Domingo has coronavirus amid Spain outbreak

Keegan MorrisMarch 19, 2020

Quarantine Made Musical: YouTube Master Class Roundup

Associated PressMarch 19, 2020

The show will go on. Just from their living rooms.

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

Associated PressDecember 9, 2021

The last piano on which Frederic Chopin played and composed is being renovated by a U.S. expert who is giving it back its original mid-19th century characteristics.

Video: Mother-Son Duo Performs Schubert and Wieniawski Classics

WFMTDecember 9, 2021

Violinist Igor Pikayzen and pianist Tatyana Pikayzen perform two expressive, engaging fantasies.

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Verdi’s Got Game: Rigoletto’s Got All the Right Moves

Candice AgreeMarch 17, 2020

Could this 'Rigoletto'-inspired video game be help bring kids into opera?

Show goes on: DiDonato, Beczala sing opera from apartment

Associated PressMarch 16, 2020

From DiDonato's New York City living room, the pair performed excerpts of Massenet's 'Werther' for nearly 90 minutes that were streamed live on DiDonato's Facebook and Instagram pages.

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Charles Wuorinen dies at 81

Associated PressMarch 13, 2020

Wuorinen won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize in Music for 'Time’s Encomium,' a four-channel work for synthesized sound that became the first electronic composition to earn the honor.

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