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Protected: Frustrating…Archaic…and the Bliss of Boredom
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Ah, mes amis [Goat Edition]
It’s entirely possible I made a goat video. This is it. Tagged: Donizetti, goat, opera, tenor
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Here Are The Best Beatles Covers On Spotify
You’re welcome. There are nearly 250 Beatles covers here. That adds up to more than 14 hours of music. So, you could hop in your car and drive from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon without hearing the...
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An “Independence Referendum Day” Scotify Playlist
As voters in Scotland decide whether or not to remain a part of the United Kingdom today, here is a playlist of some of the best classical music to come out of Scotland. (I especially like the bagpipe...
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YOLA in (Little) Tokyo
Today, 15 talented young musicians—ages 13 to 17—from the LA Phil’s Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) program will arrive in Tokyo, Japan. The students are traveling in conjunction with the LA Phil’s...
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A Hard Day’s Day
Yesterday was a 28-30 hour day for most of the young musicians of YOLA. It started like any normal Tuesday–Karen, a 16-year-old YOLA cellist told me she got up early like she always does and drove her...
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After the Tsunami: They Left and They’re Not Coming Back
No one lives in Odaka City. More than 13,000 people used to. But after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami and subsequent meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011,...
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GUEST POST: Vijay Gupta on the True Power of Music to Change Lives
The following is the Commencement Address to the Class of 2015 at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, given recently by LA Philharmonic violinist and Street Symphony founder Vijay Gupta. My thanks to...
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The Sounds of Sunrise
Sunrise. It’s beautiful. Or so I’m told. I am *not* a morning person and can count the number of sunrises I’ve actually seen on my two hands and still have a finger left over to tap the snooze button...
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10 Pieces of Classical Music Everyone Should Know
This is my first contribution to a new series on the KUSC blog. Over the next several weeks, each of the KUSC on-air hosts will unveil a list of 10 essential pieces of classical music that we think...
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Gustavo Dudamel and YOLA at the Super Bowl: GIFs
Here you go! All of the best Gustavo Dudamel and YOLA GIFs the halftime show at Super Bowl 50. Everybody wins.
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Buzz-Feeders: Why Art and Capitalism Should Play By Different Rules
A strange thing happened the other day: Bernie Sanders went to a performance of Hamilton. A presidential candidate going to a Broadway show isn’t the strange part. The strange part is *this*...
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A Devastating Double-Bill: Thoughts on Elektra and Mahler 9 at Lincoln Center...
The Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic don’t get together in the offseason and plan out their repertoire as a team, so it was pure coincidence that Richard Strauss’ dark psychodrama,...
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A Devastating Double-Bill: Thoughts on Elektra and Mahler 9 at Lincoln Center...
(To read Part 1 of this post, please click here.) The Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic don’t get together in the offseason and plan out their repertoire as a team, so it was pure...
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A Classical Music World Series
For nostalgia-lovers, the 2016 World Series is a gold mine. There are dozens of articles out there recounting what life was like in the years the Chicago Cubs (1908) and Cleveland Indians (1948) last...
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5 Classical Music Stories That Prove 2016 Wasn’t a Total Loss
I read the news this year, oh boy… And so the Year of Death and Brexit and #MAGA comes to a merciful end. Yes, it was a horrific year for unity and truth and famous people staying alive. The...
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