Music the artform and artists
Chile: Compositora mapuche Elisa Avendaño Curaqueo gana el Premio Nacional de Música 2022
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- Tuesday, 13 September 2022
La ministra Julieta Brodsky expresó a través de Twitter que “siento una profunda emoción por entregar por primera vez el #PremioNacionalMúsica 2022 a una representante de los pueblos originarios de nuestro país: Elisa Avendaño Curaqueo, compositora (ülkantufe) e intérprete, figura clave para la revitalización de la cultura de su pueblo”.
Unique And Unusual Musical Instruments From The Middle East
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- Tuesday, 02 August 2022
The Middle East is renowned the world over for its rich cultural history, and in particular its music, from the mesmerising lyrics of Abdel Halim Hafez to the tantalising voice of Um Kalthoum.
Kaija Saariaho, a composer with ears wide open
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- Tuesday, 02 August 2022
As a youngster, when Kaija Saariaho laid down in bed at night, she couldn't stop the music churning in her head. She'd ask her mother to "turn off" the pillow, thinking the sounds were emanating from there — but this music was her own invention, an early mark of a teeming imagination.
Hundred years of pop music in Nigeria: what shaped four eras
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- Tuesday, 02 August 2022
In Nigeria, the shutdown of concerts and public music performances was swift. Not even the Nigerian-Biafran War of 1967 to 1970 could shut down all of Nigeria. In fact, popular music activities boomed in Lagos as bombs rained on Biafra.
En symphonie ou en vinyle : la musique de jeux vidéo enfin reconnue comme un genre musical à part entière
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- Tuesday, 02 August 2022
Après les Chorégies d'Orange en 2021, la musique de jeux vidéo s'invite aux prestigieuses BBC Proms à Londres ce lundi avec un concert symphonique des grands airs de Battlefield et Zelda. Une première pour le festival, qui témoigne de la reconnaissance populaire mondiale que gagne le genre musical.
Alejandro Flores, el violinista olvidado: una historia de música y precariedad laboral
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- Tuesday, 02 August 2022
Alejandro Flores Betancourt nació en Emiliano Zapata (Morelos) en 1959. A los 12 años se mudó a Ciudad de México y a los 17 años grababa los sonidos de músicos regionales de diferentes zonas de México, una labor de recolección que continuó años más tarde.
‘Music is my journey’: Brazil’s Milton Nascimento bids farewell to the stage
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- Tuesday, 19 July 2022
As Nascimento nears his ninth decade of life, the inimitable Afro-Brazilian vocalist is preparing to retire from the stages that have made him one of South America’s most venerated troubadours.
How Niwel Tsumbu is reimagining Congolese folk songs with his polyphonic guitar fusion
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- Tuesday, 19 July 2022
Growing up in Kinshasa, Tsumbu was first exposed to traditional Congolese music at church. At the same time, he was absorbing western classical composers such as Beethoven and Vivaldi over the radio.
How BTS Became One of the Most Popular Bands in History
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- Tuesday, 19 July 2022
In an age of despair and division, a boy band from South Korea remixed the rules of pop and created a fandom bigger than Beatlemania.
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