Music the artform and artists
Peret, the musical genius who gave us the Rumba Catalana
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- Monday, 15 September 2014
Staring in the 1960's, Peret's performances made Rumba Catalana one of the most popular Spanish music styles — in Spain or anywhere else.
Mulatu Astatke: the man who created 'Ethio jazz'
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- Monday, 15 September 2014
As a fashionable novelty, Ethiopian jazz may indeed have had its moment in the spotlight. As an evolving form, however, it demonstrates greater resilience.
Fela Kuti – Africa's answer to Handel
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- Monday, 15 September 2014
Fela Kuti's crossover into the western mainstream has been gaining momentum ever since his death in 1987.
14 Artists Who Are Transforming The Future Of Opera
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- Wednesday, 03 September 2014
here are singers, directors, composers and those who roam the spaces in between.
Frans Brüggen, A Pioneer in Early Music
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- Wednesday, 03 September 2014
Frans Brüggen, a Dutch pioneer of the early music movement, a co-founder and conductor of the influential Orchestra of the 18th Century, and a virtuoso recorder player who in his youth became (literally) a poster boy for the instrument, died on Aug. 13 in Amsterdam. He was 79.
Peter Sculthorpe took Australia's 'spirit of place' and made it sing
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- Wednesday, 03 September 2014
The late composer gloried in his country's landscape and the talent of the musicians he worked with to tell its story, says colleague and friend Richard Mills.
Taking The Tuba Above And Beyond The Low End
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- Monday, 01 September 2014
Stewart's idea was to take the tuba beyond its Dixieland roots, where it was the original bass instrument.
Jazz et altitude
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- Thursday, 28 August 2014
Ou comment le jazz atteint des sommets, dès qu'il parle de l'altitude.
‘Opera Olympics’ returns to Los Angeles
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- Thursday, 28 August 2014
Plácido Domingo's Operalia competition showcases the best young talent in opera from around the world.