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Violinist Midori has two powerful loves in her life: music and children. She leads two foundations that seek to improve the quality of life for c...
- Added: Oct 27, 2010
- Length: :27
For most musicians, Bach is more than just music. For violinist Midori, Bach is a way of life. Use this 26 second clip to introduce Midori playin...
- Added: Oct 27, 2010
- Length: :26
Violinist Midori is celebrating her 28th year of music making – and one of her recent projects includes playing more contemporary music. Playing n...
- Added: Oct 27, 2010
- Length: :21
The organic food market has a musical equivalent: according to violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann, it’s called “Mozart.” Use this 22 second clip to ...
- Added: Oct 27, 2010
- Length: :22
Perhaps you’ve heard the saying, “opposites attract.” That’s the case for violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann when he’s asked to name his two favorit...
- Added: Oct 27, 2010
- Length: :28
After a performer learns the notes and digs deep to find out what’s at the heart of the music, he or she is ready to go on stage. But there’s one ...
- Added: Sep 29, 2010
- Length: :23
Yuja Wang’s new CD is called “Transformation,” and each piece on the recording undergoes a transforming process. Some of those transformations are...
- Added: Sep 29, 2010
- Length: :24
When you look into the story behind some of the most beautiful music, you often find that something dark or even tragic lies at the source. Conduc...
- Added: Sep 29, 2010
- Length: :27
The music by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt* resonates with many people well beyond Estonia. Conductor Kristjan Järvi says the secret to his succ...
- Added: Sep 29, 2010
- Length: :27
Oboe players fuss over their reeds, trumpet players worry about their lips and string players guard their instruments and their bows. Pianists fre...
- Added: Sep 29, 2010
- Length: :17
You can take the Frenchman out of France, but you can never take the “French” out of the Frenchman – at least not with pianist Pascal Rogé. And wh...
- Added: Sep 29, 2010
- Length: :24
Ask 20 musicians why they make music, and you’re likely to get 20 different answers, from the profound, to the mysterious to the matter-of-fact. F...
- Added: Sep 29, 2010
- Length: :28
The Nocturne by Tchaikovsky lives at the intersection of melancholy and beauty – you can hear and feel both. And for cellist Zuill Bailey, it’s mu...
- Added: Sep 29, 2010
- Length: :24
Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis were already fleeing the Swat Valley before the latest fighting broke out.
Sher Ali Khan, 55, is one of them. ...
- Added: Aug 20, 2010
- Length: 01:48
From "Endless Summer" 8/13/2010: War News Radio reports on the problems associated with the unbearable heat of summer in Iraq, and how they cope wi...
- Added: Aug 12, 2010
- Length: 06:31
Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra share a commitment to the creation of new music, and it enjoys a regular presence in the orchestra’...
- Added: Jul 30, 2010
- Length: :30
It’s the same music, but in a different setting and with a very different sound. Samuel Barber arranged his well-known “Adagio for Strings” for ch...
- Added: Jul 30, 2010
- Length: :25
Two of the works on pianist Yuja Wang’s recent CD are orchestral works, transcribed for piano. For her performance of (La Valse by Ravel) ... (Thr...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :24
There’s been some discussion lately about the future of the symphony orchestra and classical music in general. Although there are some legitimate ...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :21
Some say Ravel’s “La Valse” is a tribute to the famous Viennese dance form – while others say Ravel creates something quite dark, especially when t...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :18
Pianist Yuja Wang has a CD that includes a Theme and Variations and two orchestral works that have been transcribed for piano. But that’s not the ...
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: :21
In the Puccini opera, La Boheme, Mimi is usually portrayed as the shy and innocent seamstress. Soprano Anna Netrebko views Mimi’s character very d...
- Added: May 30, 2010
- Length: :17
Chopin is considered Poland’s greatest composer, and he’s also a national hero. Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski feels that Polish connection and...
- Added: May 30, 2010
- Length: :33
Think Chopin, and maybe you think of something virtuosic and heroic. When pianist Piotr Anderszewski thinks Chopin, virtuosic and heroic are the l...
- Added: May 30, 2010
- Length: :20
Flutist Carol Wincenc has been around – standing in front of the orchestra, playing a wide range of chamber music with the who’s who of classical m...
- Added: May 30, 2010
- Length: :15
