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Uniting Through Music During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Feb.25 -- Social isolation has been a big source of stress during this pandemic, but the arts, especially music, have had the power to soothe and connect. Bloomberg’s Janet Wu takes a look at two groups in Boston that are creating music...
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CLEAN : New York Philharmonic fine-tunes new home
The New York Philharmonic is tuning up to open their brand-new performance space next month -- and it's not only the instruments that need to strike the perfect pitch (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Baroque stars: Les Arts Florissants turns 30
VOICED: Baroque stars: Les Arts Florissants turns 30
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Blind children defy bad karma to play in Thai orchestra
Using their own form of braille the children of Thailands first blind orchestra fill the concert hall with music as well as hope of a better future in a country where provision for the disabled has been hampered by the belief they are...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Seeking new audience conductor turns orchestra inside out
The challenge haunts classical music: how do orchestras rejuvenate aging audiences Pondering the question conductor David Bernard had an idea: to let the audience sit inside the orchestra
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Baroque stars: Les Arts Florissants turns 30
CLEAN: Baroque stars: Les Arts Florissants turns 30
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Sharing Gainsbourg Jane Birkin finds voice in symphony
Serge Gainsbourg would have been moved to tears if he were here says Jane Birkin as she revives the songs of her legendary late partner with a symphony orchestra in Carnegie Hall in New York
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Ukraine orchestras on song with European a
CLEAN : Ukraine orchestras on song with European a
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Pre-war Jewish mandolin orchestra re-formed in Poland
VOICED: Pre-war Jewish mandolin orchestra re-formed in Poland
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Period instruments take Paris orchestra musicians back to time of Debussy
For each work, we play the instruments that the composers knew," says the director of the "Les Siècles" orchestra, whose musicians are performing Debussy's opera "Pelléas et Mélisande" at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, using old...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Liverpool Beatles pub gets top architectural listing
The Philharmonic Dining Rooms in Liverpool has been recognised for its ornate architecture including lavish mosaics and stained glass windows becoming the first purpose built pub to be given Grade 1 Listed status putting the Victorian...
Curated Video
Venezuela has become a hotbed of young classical music talent thanks to a system the country has in place that lets youth of all backgrounds get their hands on precious instruments.
HEADLINE: Inspiring Venezuela's children one note at a time
CAPTION: Venezuela has become a hotbed of young classical music talent thanks to a system the country has in place that lets youth of all backgrounds get their hands on precious...
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CLEAN : Berlin Philharmonic names Russias Petrenko as chief conductor
CLEAN : Berlin Philharmonic names Russias Petrenko as chief conductor
Curated Video
RR7738B BRITAIN MUSICAL INVENTION
In Britain, a new musical device has been invented.
When fitted to an electric guitar it enables it to play
like an orchestra. This is going to mean a tremendous
breakthrough for contemporary pop music. It is non-electronic
yet...
Curated Video
'I'm a bit of a control freak', says the man who runs Dubai Airports
Paul Griffiths is a busy man with a very important job.
He is currently operating and running what is claimed to be the world's busiest air hub for international passengers.
If that wasn't enough, he's also overseeing the building of...
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Paris band in tune with ethnic diversity
VOICED: Paris band in tune with ethnic diversity
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Afghanistan's first female orchestra set to take Davos
In the face of death threats and accusations they are dishonouring their families by daring to perform the women of Afghanistan's first all female orchestra are charting a new destiny for themselves through music
Bridgeman Arts
Famadihana funerary tradition in Madagascar, 1930s.
Part 8 of Aux Quatre coins du Monde avec Lowell Thomas / Going Places with Lowell Thomas. Interesting clip documenting the Famadihana funerary tradition in Madagascar, 1930s. Known as 'the turning of the bones', Malagasy people bring...
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CLEAN : 'Speaking to the soul': Kyiv orchestra starts European tour
Ahead of their first concert since the start of Russia's invasion, members of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra voice hope that their music will heal troubled souls and boost Ukrainian culture (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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The Utah Symphony hopes to complement the beauty of Utah's soaring red rocks and canyons with free desert performances near Utah's national parks this weekend. (Aug. 16)
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The Utah Symphony hopes to complement the beauty of Utah's soaring red rocks and canyons with free desert performances near Utah's national parks this weekend.
The 75-piece orchestra is set...
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VOICED: Sweet music for hardened French prisoners
VOICED: Sweet music for hardened French prisoners
Sky News
George Michael speaks at a press conference about orchestral tour
CLEAN: Interior shots of George Michael walk into press conference and speak about his return to live performance with a 47-date tour of Europe that will see him accompanied by a symphony orchestra. Shot on May 11, 2011 in London, England.
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CLEAN : French conductor leads Tehran orchestra in sign of growing ties
Growing cultural ties between Iran and Europe were on display on Wednesday night as a French-Iranian conductor became one of the first Westerners to lead the Tehran Symphony Orchestra since the revolution