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Category: Music
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Review: The Unaffected Excellence of the Cleveland Orchestra
One of the finest American ensembles returned to Carnegie Hall with a program that made its argument persuasively, but without force.
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Yukihiro Takahashi, Pioneer of Electronic Pop Music, Dies at 70
A drummer and singer, he was best known as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, one of Japan’s most successful bands and a major influence on hip-hop, techno and New Wave.
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A Conductor on a Mission to Help Ukraine
Dalia Stasevska, who leads the New York Philharmonic this week, has raised money for and delivered supplies to Ukraine, where she was born.
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A Mighty Generation of Musicians. A Moving Final Chapter.
The conductors Michael Tilson Thomas and Daniel Barenboim have continued to perform as aging and illness loom.
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Review: Met Opera’s ‘Dialogues des Carmélites’ Revival
This revival of John Dexter’s production of “Dialogues des Carmélites” features a tightly knit cast led by the full-voiced soprano Ailyn Pérez.
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Lisa Marie Presley, Singer-Songwriter and Daughter of Elvis, Dies at 54
Her death in Los Angeles on Thursday, after a life tinged with tragedy, came after a medical emergency and brief hospitalization.
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Review: Songs That Defy the ‘Quotidian Nature of Evil’
The composer Shawn Okpebholo has created a song cycle that imagines the inner lives of fugitives from American slavery.
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Review: A Guest Conductor Reveals the Philharmonic’s Potential
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, a contender for the orchestra’s podium, shined in “The Rite of Spring” — the piece Jaap van Zweden began his tenure there with.
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Nicola Benedetti Prepares Her Next Star Turn: Festival Leader
Nicola Benedetti is the first Scotland native and the first woman to serve as director of the storied Edinburgh International Festival.