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Kayhan Kalhor: Hawniyaz
by Karl Ackermann
Western music listeners may not be quick to conjure a connection with Iran and improvised music but there is much spontaneity across genres throughout the Central Asian region. One of the few artists known to U.S. markets is kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor. The kamancheh, sometimes called the “spike fiddle," is common to Central Asia and dates ...
Maria Ahn: Je t'aime Bowie
by Mario Calvitti
Da quando il Kronos Quartet e altre formazioni simili hanno abbattuto gli steccati tra musica accademica e musica popolare interpretando in chiave contemporanea i classici del rock, le contaminazioni tra i generi non si sono risparmiate. E se in passato erano i musicisti rock a cercare di nobilitarsi strizzando l'occhio al mondo classico con ibridizzazioni tanto ...
Billy Childs: Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro
by Dan Bilawsky
The latter day jazz community, by and large, has embraced songwriting icons from the other side of the fence. Numerous artists associated with jazz have visited in on Bob Dylan's iconic work, explored the dark soul of Tom Waits, reshaped the poetic work(s) of Leonard Cohen, and/or tapped into the Joni Mitchell well. But what of ...
Rabih Abou Khalil: Bridging Cultural Divides
by Nenad Georgievski
Rabih Abou Khalil is one of the most respected virtuoso oud players and composers whose wide range of interests and insatiable curiosity for new music from around the globe has significantly enriched his own work. His music is his own universe where an ongoing dialogue between Khalil and the rest of the world has been occurring. ...
Bobby McFerrin Brings It Back Home with "Spirityouall"
For decades, Bobby McFerrin has broken all the rules. The 10-time Grammy winner waged a quiet revolution, blurring the distinction between pop music and high art, goofing around barefoot in the world's finest concert halls, exploring uncharted vocal territory, inspiring a whole new generation of a cappella singers and the beatbox movement. Now he surprises us ...
Jazz Pianist Tigran Wins $35,000 Prize for Contemporary Music
The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to announce Yo-Yo Ma as the winner of the 2013 Vilcek Prize for Contemporary Music. While Mr. Ma is widely acknowledged as a master cellist in the field of classical music, the Vilcek Prize is the first to recognize and honor his contributions to contemporary music. The annual Vilcek Prize in ...
Music Without Borders Presents Upcoming NYC Concerts
Music Without Borders, a music and arts consulting firm based in Stamford, CT, is pleased to announce highlights of its upcoming NYC concert calendar. MWB has long been associated with producing concert events at diverse venues such as Symphony Space, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the Beacon Theater, the 92nd Street Y, and the Rubin Museum of ...
Chick Corea and Gary Burton to Appear at Tanglewood in 2012
Tickets for the entire 2012 Tanglewood season, June 22-September 2, 2012, went on sale Sunday, January 29, at 10 a.m. online at tanglewood.org, by phone at 888-266-1200, or at the Symphony Hall box office in Boston, MA. Celebrating its 75th anniversary season this year, Tanglewood is one of the world's most beloved music festivals and the ...
Call for Musicians: North Carolina Symphony Launches Triangle Talent Search
CALL FOR MUSICIANS: North Carolina Symphony Launches Triangle Talent Search; Winners to Perform with the Symphony on New Year's Eve Raleigh, NC -- Triangle, have you got talent? The North Carolina Symphony is holding its first Triangle Talent Search in Raleigh on Saturday, Sept. 25, with the winner or winners earning a chance to perform live ...
Lincoln Center Presents Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma, June 5-9
The celebrated Silk Road Ensemble with the incomparable cellist Yo-Yo Ma makes its Lincoln Center debut with three concerts June 5-9. The Ensemble, featuring virtuoso musicians from 11 different countries, will perform in the new and highly-praised Alice Tully Hall with two multi-cultural programs June 5 and 6 including the New York premiere of Giovanni Sollimas ...
