John Adams, composer of "Doctor Atomic" and "Nixon in China", said "without the tradition of creating new art, we would not...
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“Ariadne auf Naxos” may have one of the silliest plots of all operas. But its music is some of opera’s most sublime. Various...
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A famed summer tradition in the nation’s capital, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, focuses on African-American oral traditions like...
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*Old conductors never die, and they never fade away -- especially if they’re Lorin Maazel, who launched his Castleton Festival (July 3-19) after...
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Let the summer begin at the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries. The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery launches its new "Asia After...
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The 10th annual Washington Jewish Music Festival June 4-11 is more eclectic than Semitic. The exciting festival offers an extremely wide range of...
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Mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, violinist Daniel Hope, and pianist Bengt Forsberg on April 30 performed exquisite, deeply moving music composed by...
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Washington's Folger Shakespeare Library is throwing its 30th annual free birthday party for the Bard, with iTunes, drumrolls, bumrolls, jesters and...
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Filmfest DC's documentaries about two of Cuban-born musicians, Celia Cruz and Bebo, are as fascinating as they are timely, given President Obama's...
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