Music the artform and artists
Terence Blanchard Turns A Tragic Champion Into An Opera Hero
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- Monday, 24 June 2013
From his days blowing trumpet for Art Blakey to his film scores for Spike Lee, Terence Blanchard has honed a signature sound as one of today's foremost composers of jazz.
A Tibetan Opera Company Dances on the Roof of the World
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- Tuesday, 18 June 2013
"We bless the stage," Tsering Wangmo told us the other day. She's the artistic director of Chaksam-pa. "And we invite spirits with juniper to purify the air and incense. The goal is to protect deities around wherever we are performing. Then we offer songs and dance and then the story starts."
Schoenberg’s Bad Boy Turns 100, Too
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- Thursday, 13 June 2013
The centennial of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" this season has overshadowed the 100th birthday of another groundbreaking score — Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire."
Glastonbury 2013: Tibetan monks will play on centenary of Independence
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- Thursday, 13 June 2013
The Gyuto Monks of Tibet, from the Dalai Lama's homeland, will perform at this year's Glastonbury festival after signing a global record deal.