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My First Gig: The Beach Boys
London, 13 June 2018
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Love and Bruce Johnston recording artists, The Beach Boys:
Mike Love: ''The Kingston Trio at the Shrine Auditorium in LA. It was a school trip and I heard...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : SHORT PROFILE: Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel
Venezuela's Gustavo Dudamel was only a teenager when he first picked up a conductor's baton, and has since conquered many of the world's orchestral stages (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
Boston Symphony Orchestra Appoints First Female CEO
Feb.22 -- The Boston Symphony Orchestra announced its appointment of Gail Samuel as its new president and CEO, making her the first woman to lead the organization in its 140-year history. Samuel spoke with Bloomberg's Janet Wu.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Ukrainian musicians united in orchestra in Poland to defend 'cultural front'
"We are soldiers of music", says a bassist in the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, composed of musicians who fled the war in Ukraine and Ukrainian performers from different orchestras around Europe (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Palestine Youth Orchestra trumpets cultural identity
AP Television
Bir Zeit, West Bank - August 14, 2011
1. Wide of Bir Zeit retreat
2. Various of pianist Fadi Deeb rehearsing
Ramallah, West Bank - August 16, 2011
3. Various of Palestine Youth Orchestra concert in Ramallah, Fadi Deeb at...
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Musicians dressed in tuxedos and black performance attire hit the picket line Monday after refusing to accept pay cuts of more than 30 percent demanded by the financially struggling Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
HEADLINE: Musician: Strike at Detroit Symphony Orchestra
CAPTION: Musicians dressed in tuxedos and black performance attire hit the picket line Monday after refusing to accept pay cuts of more than 30 percent demanded by the financially...
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CLEAN: Sonic delights as classical orchestra plays video game hits
CLEAN: Sonic delights as classical orchestra plays video game hits
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VOICED - Le calvaire des jeunes musiciens roumains
En Roumanie, pas facile de vivre de son art lorsqu'on est un jeune musicien... Depuis cinq ans, les embauches dans les orchestres nationaux sont gelees pour cause d'austerite, et la situation ne va pas s'arranger avec la baisse du budget...
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CLEAN : Blind children defy bad karma to play in Thai orchestra
CLEAN : Blind children defy bad karma to play in Thai orchestra
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Sonic delights as classical orchestra plays video game hits
VOICED: Sonic delights as classical orchestra plays video game hits
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Boulez plays the Louvre-Pyramid... for free
CLEAN: Boulez plays the Louvre-Pyramid... for free
Bloomberg
A Preview of the 2019 July 4th Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular
May.24 -- Keith Lockhart, Boston Pops conductor, previews the 2019 July 4th Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular hosted by Bloomberg LP. He speaks with Bloomberg's Janet Wu on "Bloomberg Markets: The Close."
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CLEAN : Italy's mild maestro Abbado dies after ste
Italian conductor Claudio Abbado, who pushed to open the music world to a wider public and was loved by orchestras for his gentle manner, died Monday after a stellar career that took him to La Scala in Milan the Vienna State Opera and...
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VOICED : Young Romanian musicians
The future of the Romanian arts scene is under threat with tough austerity measures in place in Europe's poorest country leaving young Romanian musicians facing the dilemma over whether to leave the country in order to continue to pursue...
Bloomberg
Jazz at Lincoln Center Is Open for Business: Wynton Marsalis
Nov.11 -- Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center managing and artistic director, talks about how he's managed the company through the pandemic. He says the crisis has turned into a blessing. Marsalis appears on the latest episode of...
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CLEAN : Glass Marcano, the Venezuelan conductor with a meteoric rise to fame
From the markets of Venezuela to the Opera of Tours, conductor Glass Marcano has experienced a meteoric rise and is now the first black woman to conduct a symphony orchestra in France (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Glass Marcano becomes first black woman orchestra conductor in France
Carried by her overflowing energy, Venezuelan conductor Glass Marcano achieves a life dream by conducting a symphony orchestra (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Afghan orchestra plays concert after reuniting in Qatar's Doha
The orchestra of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music holds a concert after all its members were reunited in Qatar's Doha following their escape from Taliban rule, having to smuggle their instruments out of the country as they...
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Elton John accuses American Idol vote of being racist
1. Wide shot Elton John walking in
2. Cutaway photographer
3. SOUNDBITE (English) James L. Dolan:
"All of us are extremely proud that Elton John will be bringing his unparalleled talent and presence to the great stage at Radio City and...
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Classical musicians support Peshmerga forces
Classical musicians in Iraq are using music to show support for Peshmerga forces who are fighting Islamic State militants in Syria.
The Kurdistan Orchestra-Hawler have offered up a unique free performance in Northern Iraq's Kurdish city...
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USA: NEW YORK: REACTION TO DEATH OF COMPOSER RODRIGO
English/Nat
Some of the biggest names in classical music have been reacting to the death of Spain's best loved composer Joaquin Rodrigo.
Sharon Isbin, one of the world's foremost classical guitarists, became his pupil and one of his...
Bloomberg
Inside a High-Security Ebola Isolation Chamber
Nov. 4 ""A UN employee who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone is being treated at the Begin hospital, near Paris. The same hospital treated another patient in September who survived Ebola. Bloomberg went to the hospital to...