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The 9 Most Awkward Cellphone Fails

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 02.25.2012

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Whether you're giving a speech, performing a monologue, or playing a concert, getting thrown off by an obnoxiously loud cellphone ring is almost never...

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Hahn-Bin: Juilliard Meets Studio 54

Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Hahn-Bin, Juilliard, Pop Art, Cindy Sherman, Experimental Classical, Judy Garland, Culture, Edith Piaf, Andy Warhol, Classical Music, Pop Music, Video, Avant-Garde, Violin, Yohji Yamamoto, The Tree of Life, Fashion, Arts News

Hahn-Bin is an exquisite melting pot of talent and style, of the classical and the strange. A prodigy violinist Pop Art icon, he is what happens when ...

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Exploring Mutual Russian-American Influences At Weill Hall

Christopher Atamian | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Khitruk, Classical Music, Art, Russian, Khandoshkin, Violin, Weill Hall, Calina, Tchaikovsky, Michael Blok, Baksht, Arts News
Christopher Atamian

They should have brought Anastasia Khitruk and her remarkable violin playing to the Yalta Conference -- she could have charmed the pants off FDR and S...

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WATCH: Lost $170,000 Violin Reunited With Owner

Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Boston, Classical Music, Taiwan, Video, Violin, Bus-Transportation, Priceless Violin, The New England Conservatory, Philadelphia, Lost Violin, Italian Violin, Holiday Travel, Arts News

Music student Muchen Hsieh is counting her lucky stars after her $170,000 violin was recovered after being misplaced during holiday travel. The New En...

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Did You Find A $172,000 Violin? Call Philly

AP | Posted 02.22.2012

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PHILADELPHIA — A rare violin worth $172,000 that was mistakenly left onboard a Boston-to-Philadelphia bus by a groggy music student from Taiwan ...

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Stradivarius Violin Recreated By CAT Scan

Posted 12.01.2011

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Stradivarius, a name associated with excellence in any field, originated from the finely-tuned instruments that the Stradivari family crafted. They ar...

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Music and Spirituality: Thoughts on Cesar Franck's Violin Sonata

Alan Elsner | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Cesar Franck, Ravel, Joshua Bell, Violin, Classical Music, Cesar Franck Music, Music Review, Classical Music Review, Arts News
Alan Elsner

There is something feverish about listening to Cesar Franck. Something in this music takes you to another place. The hairs rise on the back of your neck. The response it evokes is physical as well as intellectual.

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Astoria Characters: The Svelte Soprano

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Strauss, Butler University, Puccini, Astoria, Rene Fleming, Jenny Searles, Soprano, Tosca, Opera Singer, Wagner, Real Estate Agent, Carnegie Hall, Zionsville Indiana, Kennedy Center, Piano, Violin, Symphony, Metropolitan Opera, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Even when she's not on stage, Jenny, a Valkyrie whose waves of golden ringlets cascade down her shoulders, has quite a stage presence. Runway-model slim, she stands nearly six feet tall in her flat gold sandals.

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Miguel Atwood Ferguson: A Different Grand Performance

Wyatt Closs | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: John Legend, Suite for Ma Dukes, Classical, J Dilla, Erykah Badu, Hip-Hop, Geoff Gallegos, California Plaza, Rihanna, Susan Boyle, Double G, Violin, Miguel Atwood Ferguson, Downtown La, Wyclef Jean, Mochilla, Knight Rider Grand Performances, David Hasselhoff, Michael Alexander, La Around Town, Los Angeles News
Wyatt Closs

He brings together genres seamlessly with his viola from hip-hop to classical and will have you gnashing or gritting your teeth with his mad orchestral skills. This Friday night shouldn't be any different for Miguel Atwood Ferguson.

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WATCH: Charlie Siem Fiddles On The Roof

Crane.tv | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Classical, Fiddler on the Roof, Violin, Kensington, Dunhill, Royal College of Music, Royal Albert Hall, Music, Charlie Siem, Musician, Concert, Violinist, Arts News
Crane.tv

He is charming, talented, genius and above all, the most charismatic violinist of the year. Chosen as one of the ambassadors for the S/S 11 Dunhill ca...

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WATCH: "Game of Thrones" Gets A Violin Cover

Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Youtube, Video, Urlesque, Game of Thrones, Youtube Videos, Violin, Graphic Novels, Home News

Game of Thrones has gone classic. The theme from the book-turned-HBO series got a makeover this week when Jason Yang arranged the score, playing each...

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Stradivarius Violin Sold For $16M To Aid Japan

AP | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Classical Music, Japan Earthquake, Japan Relief, Japan Aid, Japan Earthquake 2011, Charity, Violin, Stradivarius Violin, Performing Arts, Auction, Japan, Music, Good News, Arts News

TOKYO -- A Japanese music foundation has sold a renowned Stradivarius violin for $16 million at a London auction to raise money for tsunami disaster r...

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Lucas Kavner

Bringing 'Random Acts Of Culture' To The Masses

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 08.20.2011

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A few years ago, Dennis Scholl, the Vice President of Arts for the Knight Foundation, stumbled across a YouTube video of a spontaneous opera performan...

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Transgendered In The Music Business

Baltimore Sun | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lgbt, Classical Music, Transgender, Baltimore, Violin, Tona Brown, Mezzo-Soprano, Out Music Awards, Bach, Music, Good News, Vivaldi, Baroque Music, Gender, Arts News

On a YouTube video, Tona Brown is first seen playing some Bach on the violin. Then she breaks into song, delivering "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" in a full-t...

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Chua, Baby

Mark Steinberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jewish Mothers, Jewish Mothers Food, Humor, Chicago, Nurture Food, Satyrist, Child-Rearing, Child Rearing, Nathans Hot Dogs, Viola, School Grades, Amy Chua Chinese Mothers, Yale Law School, Violin, Satire, Wall Street Journal Chua, Amy Chua, Forte-Piano, Comedy, Piano, Chua, Rubenfeld, Comedy News
Mark Steinberg

While my self-esteem couldn't be detected by an atomic microscope, I did regard myself as a sure thing in some future Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog eating contest.

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Why Our Children Should Reach for the Stars

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christina Patterson

I didn't know that a bunch of South Americans could make me cry so much. It wasn't just the applause, or the smiles, or the yells, from all around, of...

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$18 Million Violin For Sale In Chicago

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the market for a new violin? Start saving up those pennies, and don't think you'll save money on a used one. The world's (potentially) most expensi...

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STREAMING LIVE NOW: Violinist Joshua Bell And Pianist Yuja Wang Live On MediciTV

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Classical Music, Streaming Video, Joshua Bell, Music Festival, Medicitv, Violin, Pianist, Yuja Wang, Verbier Festival, Violinist, Piano, Arts News

To hear the tones bouncing from violinist Joshua Bell's strings is an experience in and of itself. To see the sweat form on his brow (and his vivacio...

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PERFORMANCE SPOTLIGHT: Lionel Bringuier's 'Romantic Masterworks'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LA Philharmonic, Slideshow, Romantic Masterworks, Violin, Orchestra, Conductor, Augustin Hadelich, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Lionel Bringuier, Violinist, Arts News

WHO: Lionel Bringuier (conductor), Augustin Hadelich (violin), and the Los Angeles Philharmonic WHAT: 'Romantic Masterworks' WHEN: August 19th, 2010...

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Music Unites Hosts Classical Showcase With Charlie Siem To Benefit Music Education

Michelle Edgar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Edgar

Since he first picked up the violin at the tender age of three, classical artist Charlie Siem has been on a quick rise to stardom. On April 29, the sa...

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Let the N.E.A. Lead Them

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Susan Corso

We in the theatre have known for a long, long time that the show must go on. I'd venture to say that there's only one man in Washington who knows this in his bones -- National Endowment for the Arts chair, Rocco Landesman.

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Astoria Characters: The Iconic Artist

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Ruhling

Mikele Arapi is sitting on the contemporary black leather sofa sipping coffee out of a china cup in his unexpected gallery, the elaborate valances of the window drapery framing his head like a halo.

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Everything I need to know about life I learned from Super Bowl commercials.

Ed Berliner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Megan Fox, Stevie Nicks, Betty White, Denny's Shooting, Tim Tebow Super Bowl Commercial, Beavers, Screaming Chickens, Russell Crowe, Dodge Charger, GoDaddy.Com, Danica Patrick, TV Advertising, Abe Vigoda, Dockers, Chevy Chase, Violin, Ed-Berliner, Audi, Dream Police, Super Bowl Commercials, Cheap Trick, Ridley Scott Robin Hood, Clark Griswold, Focus on the Family, Doritos, Home News
Ed Berliner

Surrendering every vessel of manhood is easy when one has a new Dodge Charger to fall back on. Though I'll bet that not a single guy reading this wil...

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Music Beyond the Rubble

Bessie A. Winn-Afeku | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music School, Port-Au-Prince-Haiti, Haiti Earthquake, Survivor, Violin, Romel Joseph, Haiti, Impact News
Bessie A. Winn-Afeku

Trapped for 18 hours under the remains of his collapsed music school in Haiti, partially blind violinist Romel Joseph relived in his mind every music piece he had ever performed.

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David Garrett, World's Fastest Fingers, Breaks Record For Notes Played In A Single Second: 13! (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Garrett Violinist, World's Fastest Violinist Video, David Garrett, Violin, World's Fatest Fingers Video, David Garrett Video, World's Fastest Fingers, Music, Home News

David Garrett, a chart-topping musician, has broken the record for the most notes played on the violin in one second: an astonishing 13. He sat down ...

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