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Toshinori Kondo, Trailblazing Modern Trumpeter, Dies At 71
From the ’80s on, Kondo stood with a new generation of free-form players, collaborating with a long list of fellow iconoclasts. Continue Reading Toshinori Kondo, Trailblazing Modern Trumpeter, Dies At 71
Latin Pop Icon Ozuna Underscores His Crown Jewel Status In Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Global superstar Ozuna performs five songs in quarantine for Tiny Desk. For someone whose work often operates at galactic proportions, this performance of five songs makes room for Ozuna’s sweet tenor to take center-desk in a love letter to the global communities that supported and streamed him to god tier status. Continue Reading Latin Pop Icon Ozuna Underscores His Crown Jewel Status In Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Requiem For A Theme: Film Composer Clint Mansell On The Sound Of Sadness
Darren Aronofsky’s 2000 film Requiem for a Dream spawned a musical motif that’s rippled through media — and jumpstarted a new career for Clint Mansell, the composer of its haunted score. Continue Reading Requiem For A Theme: Film Composer Clint Mansell On The Sound Of Sadness
Simone Dinnerstein: ‘A Character Of Quiet’ For Troubled Times
The gifted American pianist Simone Dinnerstein has always taken a thoughtful–even bold–approach to her art. Now, Dinnerstein has emerged from a pandemic-induced period of reflection with an impressive new recording, “A Character of Quiet,” which combines etudes by Philip Glass with Franz Schubert’s last sonata. She and her longtime producer laid down the tracks over two evenings in late June in her home in Brooklyn. Continue Reading Simone Dinnerstein: ‘A Character Of Quiet’ For Troubled Times
StoryCorps Northwest: How A Car Accident And Learning To Swim Helped Disability Rights
Larry Clott helped to lay the foundation for disabilities rights in the United States. He spoke with his daughter about a car accident that made him a quadriplegic, and how he came to fight for disability rights in this episode of StoryCorps Northwest, recorded virtually. Continue Reading StoryCorps Northwest: How A Car Accident And Learning To Swim Helped Disability Rights
New York Philharmonic Cancels Its Entire 2020-21 Season, Due To Coronavirus
This is the first time that the New York Philharmonic has been forced to cancel its entire concert season. No previously scheduled concerts will happen before June 2021. Continue Reading New York Philharmonic Cancels Its Entire 2020-21 Season, Due To Coronavirus
