With her guitarist-partner, Fred Chichin, she formed Les Rita Mitsouko as a band that embraced a more multicultural France.
Category: Music
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Catherine Ringer, French Pop Icon of Eclectic Style, Dies at 68
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Review: With Dudamel and the Philharmonic, Joy Is in the Work
The New York Times – Music:Gustavo Dudamel, settling in at the New York Philharmonic, led a world premiere by Tania León and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.
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Cleveland Orchestra Players Walk Out, Forcing Cancellation of Performances
The New York Times – Music:The strike, which began early Friday, is the latest labor action to unsettle classical music at a time of financial turmoil and uncertainty.
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Sway Dasafo, Rapper Who Opened New Doors for Global Artists, Dies at 44
The New York Times – Music:He won widespread acclaim as an unsigned artist, then used his fame to help other musicians in Britain and in Ghana break into the industry.
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A New Advocate for Opera Takes the Met Stage: Mayor Mamdani
The New York Times – Music:The mayor, with a video filmed at the Metropolitan Opera House, joins the Met in announcing a program to give away 70,000 tickets a year.
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Violinist Jennifer Koh on Her Decade-Long Struggle With a Rare Neurological Disorder
The New York Times – Music:For 10 years Jennifer Koh struggled to understand and treat a rare neurological disorder, while trying to maintain a full calendar onstage.
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Met Opera’s New Season Opens With Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’
The New York Times – Music:Luminaries gathered to celebrate the Metropolitan Opera’s new season, which opened with Verdi’s “Macbeth.”
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‘It’s Very Simple’: 50 Years of Making Avant-Garde Music Sound Effortless
The New York Times – Music:Founded by Pierre Boulez to treat new compositions with orchestral rigor, Ensemble Intercontemporain has honed the art of turning forbidding scores into expressive sound.
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At 98, the Composer Thea Musgrave Is Still Learning
The New York Times – Music:Musgrave, whose 1977 opera “Mary, Queen of Scots” is opening at the San Francisco Opera, has spent a long career searching for the “dramatic abstract.”
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‘A River Runs Through It’ Returns Home to Montana, as Opera
The New York Times – Music:Opera Montana, a small company that has grown recently, presented its first world premiere, based on one of the state’s most beloved stories.
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Louisa Proske Switches on the ‘Epic Brain’ to Direct ‘Macbeth’ at the Met
The New York Times – Music:The rising director Louisa Proske makes her Metropolitan Opera debut with the season-opening “Macbeth,” a large-scale production that came with a ticking timer.
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Ed Sheeran Addresses War in Gaza After Macklemore is Dropped From Tour
The New York Times – Music:The singer-songwriter began his Philadelphia show on Saturday night by apologizing for “mistakes” and saying he felt compelled to speak out about the “humanitarian issue.”