Caterina Barbieri, 35, plays gigs on banks of synthesizers. That makes her a surprising choice to lead the cerebral Venice Music Biennale.
Category: Music
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Helmut Lachenmann’s Music Is Like Nothing Else
The composer, who turns 90 this fall, has expanded the spectrum of sounds that instruments produce and that audiences can perceive.
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Did a Single Generation Ruin Modern Music for Everyone Else?
The avant-garde works that emerged from World War II continue to influence how audiences view contemporary music decades later.
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Sean Combs Begged Judge for Mercy Before Sentencing
“My domestic violence will always be a heavy burden that I will have to forever carry,” Mr. Combs said in a 12-minute presentation.
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Taylor Swift Wears Bob Mackie’s Bejeweled Designs for ‘Life of a Showgirl’
Bob Mackie, whose bejeweled designs have appeared on a list of performers that now includes the singer, reflects on a role he has dressed many for.
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Where an Artist Draws a Crowd, and the Crowd Draws the Artist
For a music critic, drawing the violinist Jennifer Koh was a balancing act between perception and creation, not unlike criticism itself.
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50 Pianos Rumble in ‘11,000 Strings’ at Park Avenue Armory
Georg Friedrich Haas has written a piece of almost ridiculous scale and complexity. The effect is awe-inspiring.
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Nina Simone
She could move from a whisper to a roar within a phrase, and her repertoire covered jazz standards, protest songs, blues and pop. Listen to these 11 favorites.
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Trinity Church’s New Organ in Manhattan Is Shaking the Pews
Trinity’s organ was destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks. At last, its replacement has been unveiled. Hear the sound of its 8,041 pipes.
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At ‘All Things Go’ Festival, Lucy Dacus Officiated Nine Weddings Onstage
The Grammy-winning musician Lucy Dacus oversaw the marriage of nine couples in the middle of a set at the “All Things Go” music festival on Friday.
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A Reborn Concert Hall Provides a Lift for St. Louis at an Uneasy Time
Powell Hall, home of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, has been renovated and expanded, reopening in what the city’s mayor called a “very, very rough year.”