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Resonant Messages
Dr. Samantha Ege on her new album, “Homage: Chamber Music from the African Continent and Diaspora”
“In great orchestras, sometimes the musicians simply get tired, as they can’t see an end to the continuous [pursuit] of perfection.”
Osmo Vänskä
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Tainted History
Former Juilliard composition students share allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct
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Truth Over Hope
From exile, Kyiv Symphony Orchestra director Anna Stavychenko helps Ukrainian musicians
The Responsibility of Connection
An interview with five members of the Iranian Female Composers Association
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Tainted History
Former Juilliard composition students share allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct
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Solving the “Turandot” Riddle
Barrie Kosky’s new Puccini staging at the Dutch National Opera rehabilitates the unfinished opera
Winter Journeys
Christmas with Penderecki, winter with Les Lunaisiens and Daniel Sæther
Leagues of Nations
New recordings of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Bedřich Smetana, and Parisa Sabet