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Lidiya Yankovskaya poses resolutely in front of a white backdrop

Lidiya Yankovskaya to Depart COT at End of ’23–24 Season

As one of the very few women music directors of a major US opera company, Yankovskaya is respected for her leadership, artistic vision, as well as her inventive programming.

Maggie RebergJuly 18, 2019

Playlist: The Greats of British Classical Music

Associated PressJuly 18, 2019

Sally Field, ‘Sesame Street’ to receive Kennedy Center award

Larry JohnsonJuly 16, 2019

Over the Moon for “Moon River”

Geffen Hall rebuild speeded due to virus, reopen in fall ’22

Associated PressApril 6, 2021

The plan is now to reopen the auditorium in the fall of 2022, about 1-1/2 years ahead of the original schedule.

Playlist: The Sounds of Ernest Hemingway

WFMTApril 2, 2021

Ernest Hemingway was, by his own account, "absolutely without talent" when it came to music, but his influential writing and extraordinary life have inspired many film and TV composers.

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Playlist: 10 Piano Concertos You Need to Know But Probably Don’t

Lisa FlynnJuly 16, 2019

You voted on your 10 favorite piano concertos and we aired them on WFMT along with 10 piano concertos that might be less familiar to you. Which of the concertos below are discoveries to you? Which of your favorites would you add to the list?

Playlist: A Big Parade of 76 Trombone Pieces

Haley HenningJuly 12, 2019

When you think of the trombone, what comes to mind? A particular classical work, or more likely, “Seventy-Six Trombones” leading a big parade? Although The Music Man brings the instrument into the spotlight in Meredith Willson’s hallmark song, the musical leaves a lot of room to explore the wide world of trombone repertoire.

David Bromberg fears huge violin collection must be split up

Associated PressJuly 11, 2019

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — David Bromberg, a master of stringed-instrument Americana, says a deal to sell his massive collection of historic violins to the Library of Congress has fallen through. The singer-songwriter and session musician has compiled a collection of 263 historic American violins over the years, and at 73, was hoping to sell it intact for $1.7 million as ...

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