Jon Batiste's 'Beethoven Blues' transforms classical works into unique blues and gospel renditions
NEW YORK -- When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — ...
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Jon Batiste’s ‘Beethoven Blues’: A revolutionary take on classical music
Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste is set to release his first solo piano album, titled "Beethoven Blues (Batiste Piano Series, ...
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Jon Batiste Reimagines Beethoven Compositions On New Piano Album
Jon Batiste will reimagine Beethoven on new piano album 'Beethoven Blues (Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1),' inspired by his performance on CNN.
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Classical composer Gabriela Ortiz brings her distinctive Latin American-style rhythm to Carnegie Hall
Gabriela Ortiz is one of Mexico’s best-known classical composers, and she’s gaining recognition in the United States. The Los ...
Classical music’s women problem: ‘The gender ratio is appalling’
Classical music has a gender problem. Pick almost any metric, and classical music’s gender statistics are dire. Only 7.5 per ...
A concert that sent us into the damp Dorset evening with our ears ringing, plus the best of October’s classical concerts
Trouble in Tahiti/A Quiet Place, Royal Opera House, ★★★★☆Leonard Bernstein was a tortured genius ...
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Classical CDs: Elephants, clocks and palindromes
Tacchino also plays the Piano Concerto and Aubade ... and there’s an intriguing selection of smaller pieces. The Suite ...
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GV professor features classical music in tranquil piano recital
Dr. Sookkyung Cho, an associate professor of piano at Grand Valley State University, performed in a faculty artist recital on ...
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Pianists Georgievskaya and Schwan Use One Piano To Create Symphonic Sound
The husband-and-wife duo breathed life into their pieces, turning the inanimate piano into a medium for storytelling ...
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Grunin Center This Week: Classical Piano, Big Band Jazz and African a Cappella
Ocean County College’s Grunin Center for the Arts is offering an eclectic mix of musical performances this coming week. At 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 11 Chinese pianist Junwen Liang will delve into the ...