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Music News

Music Review | Kronos Quartet: Premieres Range in Palette From Balkans...
2008-02-27 05:40 - The Kronos Quartet performed seven world and New York premieres.

Music Review | Stephen Kovacevich: Shhhhh! Emotions at Work
2008-02-27 05:40 - It was a welcome chance to experience live the artistry of Stephen Kovacevich, known through his prolific recordings but a relatively infrequent visitor to New York.

Music Review | Winter Fest 2008: A Night With Stars of Phone and Rap
2008-02-27 05:40 - The biggest name on the bill at Winter Fest 2008, a grab-bag concert, was Snoop Dogg, the gangsta-rap pioneer.

Music Review: Mature Artist Celebrates Her Roots (and Flowering)
2008-02-27 05:40 - ?When you perform music, something gets in your psyche,? the composer and pianist Joan Tower said before a concert at the Chelsea Art Museum on Saturday honoring her 70th birthday.

In Visit, Cellist’s Quest for Lost Chord to His Youth
2008-02-26 06:01 - Now in Pyongyang as a cellist with the New York Philharmonic, Valentin Hirsu is asking about the fate of three Korean boys from his music school in Romania.

In the Drama of Britney Spears, a Show Business Fortune Is at Risk
2008-02-26 06:01 - Estimates of Britney Spears’s net worth vary from $50 million to $125 million, but being a wealthy pop icon doesn?t make one impervious to financial disaster.

In Pursuit of Britten’s Hated Outsider
2008-02-26 06:01 - After more than 60 years, a fog of mystery lingers around ?Peter Grimes,? which the Metropolitan Opera is reviving.

Recalling Romance, Brazilian Rock Beats and an Age-Old Harp
2008-02-26 06:01 - Releases from Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin, Jacob Golden, Toumani Diabate, Michael Jackson and more.

Covers and Classical Moves From a Bluegrass Virtuoso
2008-02-26 05:42 - Chris Thile and his newest band performed experiments in genre bending in their program of Radiohead, the Beatles and bluegrass on Wednesday.

A Pianist Bids Farewell With Schubertian Grace
2008-02-26 05:42 - The Austrian pianist ended the New York chapter of his 60-year career displaying undiminished focus and utter integrity at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday.

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