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Portrait of Maurizio Pollini in khaki colored suit

Acclaimed Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini dies at age 82

“I grew up in a house with art and artists,” Pollini said in an interview. “Old works and modern works coexisted together as part of life.”

conductor Jennifer Higdon in jeans, a black turtle neck, and black leather jacket standing in front of a simple mural of four colors: red, orange, yellow, and beige.

Associated PressFebruary 27, 2020

Higdon opera for Philadelphia to have 3 different endings

Keegan MorrisFebruary 26, 2020

5 Questions with Marin Alsop [Video]

Associated PressFebruary 25, 2020

AP: US opera union probe finds Plácido Domingo abused power

New San Francisco Center to Share Classical Music With All

Associated PressNovember 15, 2021

Yo-Yo Ma, who spent the better part of the pandemic playing cello to an online audience, helped inaugurate the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's new campus by playing an energetic cello suite on Friday.

Venezuelan Musicians Pursue World’s Largest Orchestra Record

Associated PressNovember 15, 2021

Thousands of Venezuelan musicians, mostly children and adolescents, have attempted to set the record of the world's largest orchestra during a concert in Caracas.

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Video: Pianist Taek Gi Lee Shares a Dynamic Recital of Beethoven and Liszt

Keegan MorrisFebruary 20, 2020

Pianist Taek Gi Lee, who hails from Seoul and studies at the Curtis Institute of Music, shared a sensitive performance of works by Beethoven and Liszt.

UK patient plays violin during unusual brain surgery

Associated PressFebruary 19, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Surgeons at King’s College Hospital in London have removed a brain tumor from a woman who played the violin during the procedure. Doctors for violinist Dagmar Turner, 53, mapped her brain before the surgery to identify areas that were active when she played the instrument and those responsible for controlling language and movement. Doctors then woke her ...

Joffrey Ballet Announces 2020-21 Season

Keegan MorrisFebruary 18, 2020

A year of milestones, the upcoming season marks Joffrey’s 65th season, its 25th in Chicago, the five-year anniversary of its reimagined Nutcracker, and its inaugural season at Lyric Opera House.

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