America’s oldest performing arts venue does not draw the attention or audiences it once did. Now it has lost another leader as it works to adjust to an uncertain future for cultural institutions.
Category: Music
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Mariah Carey Did Not Copy ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ From Earlier Hit, Judge Rules
Two songwriters had filed a $20 million lawsuit accusing her of infringing on their copyright of a song with the same name: “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
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Hiroshi Yoshimura’s Environmental Music Is Enchanting a New Generation
The Japanese musician, who wasn’t widely known before his death in 2003, has become a beacon for listeners on YouTube and beyond.
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Sound Engineer for Eminem Stole and Sold His Songs for Bitcoin, U.S. Says
About 25 unreleased songs by the rapper were discovered online, and investigators traced sales of the music to a former employee, according to federal prosecutors.
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For Cleveland Orchestra, It’s Beethoven (and Freedom) to the Rescue
When the star singer Asmik Grigorian dropped out of the orchestra’s performance at Carnegie Hall, Beethoven’s Fifth and his “Leonore” Overture No. 3 subbed in.
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Trump Had ‘Aptitude for Music’ as a Child, He Told Kennedy Center Board
The president, who recently took over Washington’s major performing arts center, reportedly said that he had not been encouraged to develop his musical talents.
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Amid Kennedy Center Upheaval, a Maestro Decides to Stay On
As the center goes through changes after President Trump’s takeover, Gianandrea Noseda is extending his tenure at the National Symphony Orchestra, one of the center’s main groups.
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Dismayed by Trump, the Star Pianist András Schiff Boycotts the U.S.
Mr. Schiff, who has refused to play in Russia and his native Hungary because of strongman rule, said he was alarmed by President Trump’s “unbelievable bullying.”
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Yasuaki Shimizu, a Japanese Sax Master, Takes North America
The composer and saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu is at home in free jazz, classical and art pop. Finally touring North America, he’s going big by staying small.
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How Alison Krauss Found the Song That Rekindled Her Distinctive Band
After 14 years between albums, the singer and fiddler has regrouped Union Station to sing about darkness and light. The group is carrying on without a key member.
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Trump Reimagines the Kennedy Center: Elvis, ‘Cats’ and Babe Ruth
A recording of President Trump’s private remarks at a Kennedy Center board meeting shows that he mused about bestowing honors on dead celebrities and people from outside the arts.
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Trump Visits Kennedy Center for First Time Since Taking It Over
The president, who ousted Democrats from the board of the once-bipartisan institution and had himself elected chairman, planned to preside over a meeting of its trustees.