“The Music Still Has to Go On”
Composer Carlos Simon on continuing his work at the Kennedy Center
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“The Music Still Has to Go On”
Composer Carlos Simon on continuing his work at the Kennedy Center
Posing The Question of Palestine at Crisco Disco
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Quiverings, tappings, and indecorous counterpoint
“A Call To Action, Disguised As A Symphony”
Through her “Alan” project, lyricist, philanthropist and controversial former surgeon Susan Lim puts forward her ideas about transhumanism. Does the UK’s classical music scene have the strength to push back?
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Bach, Five Ways
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All 73 hours of the composer’s music for church and palace
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The manuscripts of recently rediscovered works by Bach and Mozart have been around for decades. What changed?
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Machine in the Gods
For Bayreuth’s next “Ring” cycle, AI will “play a role on stage.” What exactly does that mean?
A Freedom to Dream
The indie opera company White Snake Projects faces down Trump’s National Endowment for the Arts
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