Music the artform and artists
How an Iranian musician took ancient Persian poetry to the top of the U.S. charts
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Arriving in New York City at the age of 19 to study music, Hafez Nazeri knew he wanted to do big things.
All-American African-American Divas
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
I saw most of the great Broadway stars of the 1960s and also heard many of the top musicians in jazz (Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald), blues, rock and other genres.
EFFE – Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe launched
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- Wednesday, 09 July 2014
EFFE – Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe – is a gateway into Europe's festivals specialised in everything cultural. It intends to broaden awareness of what's going on in the festival world and to promote excellence and innovation.
Not Just Jungle: Opera in Brazil's Amazon Cup City
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- Tuesday, 08 July 2014
Inside the Teatro Amazonas, the familiar chords of a signature aria from Bizet's "Carmen" resound among elaborate woodwork and Murano chandeliers.
Les MTV Africa Music Awards - L'Afrique anglophone grande gagnante
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- Tuesday, 08 July 2014
Les MTV Africa Music Awards, communément appelé les MAMAs sont nés en 2008 sur MTV Networks Africa pour célébrer la musique africaine populaire.
The Concerto: A 400-Year-Old Recipe That Still Cooks
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- Tuesday, 08 July 2014
The concerto. It's a musical recipe more than 400 years old but composers still cook with it. And why shouldn't they?
The World's Most-Used Musical Sequence!
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- Tuesday, 08 July 2014
What do Beethoven, David Bowie, Green Day, Mozart, *NSYNC, Pete Seeger, Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, The Supremes, Rihanna, and many others all have in common?
Tango: Making the Music Dance
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- Tuesday, 08 July 2014
Claimed as a national tradition by both Argentina and Uruguay, even its most prominent early musical exponent, Carlos Gardel, purported to be from each of these countries at different times in his life. But now, tango—which was named a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009 as the result of a joint proposal by these two nations—belongs to the whole world.
Uganda: In Search of Original Ugandan Music
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- Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Early this year, local Ugandan artistes brawled with radio and television music show hosts. The local music producers and singers were unhappy that local disk jockeys appeared to favour foreign music at the expense of local stuff.
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