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Bramwell Tovey, conductor and composer, dies at 69

After a long bout with cancer, Tovey died on July 12. Tovey appeared as both a conductor and pianist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and other top orchestras.

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Panelist Sister Helen Prejean speaks while composer Jake Heggie listens in front of an audience at a Lyric Opera-held discussion

Video: Jake Heggie and Sister Helen Prejean Talk ‘Dead Man Walking’
Keegan MorrisOctober 10, 2019
"There are very few places... where people go to reflect as a community… The opera house, or the concert hall, is one of those sacred spaces..." observes composer Jake Heggie.

Video: Pianist Lucas Krupinski Plays Schubert, Chopin, Ravel
Keegan MorrisOctober 9, 2019
Award-winning pianist Lucas Krupinski is no stranger to the music of Chopin. So it was no surprise when the young Polish pianist gave a sensitive, dynamic performance of a sensitive, dynamic performance of the esteemed Romantic composer's Ballade No. 4.

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Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky Explains Her Holistic Approach to Learning Opera’s Most Demanding Roles
Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 23, 2017
"I really felt like I was in the zone for those three queens, and I made a promise to myself to live in the moment."
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10 US Presidents Who Changed Music in America, According to White House Historical Society Director Emerita
Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 19, 2017
Elise K. Kirk, emerita director of the White House Historical Society, highlights ten US presidents who changed music in America through the music they presented at the White House.

Bieito’s manager: Met decision ‘cruel and disappointing’
Associated PressJanuary 17, 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — The manager for Spanish director Calixto Bieito says the Metropolitan Opera’s decision to cancel his production of Verdi’s La forza del destino is “cruel and disappointing.” Met General Manager Peter Gelb said Friday he had dropped the staging from the company’s 2016-17 schedule to save about $1 million. The staging, a co-production with the English National ...
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