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2 Men, 10 Strings, $332,000

AP | Posted 05.08.2012

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STOCKHOLM — Singer-songwriter Paul Simon and cellist Yo-Yo Ma have won the 2012 Polar Music Prize, Sweden's most prestigious award for musicians...

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Kerry Washington Aims To Adopt Failing Schools

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.23.2012

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WASHINGTON — Sarah Jessica Parker, Kerry Washington and Forest Whitaker are adopting some of the nation's worst-performing schools and pledged M...

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Slash Your Local Orchestra

David Beem | Posted 04.16.2012

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David Beem

She can no longer sustain it on her own. Her portion of the burden is too large, or maybe she passes away, and the orchestra declares bankruptcy. Sounds too fatalistic? It's happening now. It's been happening for years. If you live near an orchestra, you know. And if you don't -- who cares?

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WATCH: Yo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming Play Surprise Show

AP | By CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 03.20.2012

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CHICAGO -- Famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma and soprano Renee Fleming performed Monday with a choir of Chicago high school students to promote arts education. ...

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The Goat Rodeo Rides Again (January 31): A Conversation With Stuart Duncan Plus Chatting With Chuck Prophet (Video Exclusives)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.27.2012

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Mike Ragogna

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Another Visit to Oman

Michael Kaiser | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Arts Management, Renee Fleming, Christoph Eschenbach, Mariinsky Ballet, Yo-Yo Ma, La Scala Ballet, Carmen, Turandot, Oman, Swan Lake, American Ballet Theatre, Royal Opera House Oman, United Arab Emirates, Muscat, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

There is truly no Eastern art or Western art or Asian art, etc. There is only art. And great art has the power to move us because great artists speak to us no matter what the language.

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Lindi Ortega Video Exclusive, Plus Chatting With Yo-Yo Ma and Mason Jennings

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.05.2012

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Mike Ragogna

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'You've Got To Give Me Some Tips'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 12.05.2011

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Barack Obama earned laughs from such stars as Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Lionel Richie during the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors, cracking jokes while...

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Meryl Streep Will Play Hilary Clinton?

AP | By BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 02.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Meryl Streep received her next film assignment over the weekend from a friend – to play the role of Hillary Rodham Clinton in a fu...

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Hillary Clinton Hosts The Nation's Top Artists

AP | By BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 02.03.2012

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By BRETT ZONGKER, The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama in lauding the actors, musicians and others receiving Kennedy Center Ho...

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President To Host Neil Diamond, Meryl Streep And Other Kennedy Center Honorees

AP | Posted 12.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama hosts the five recipients of the 34th Kennedy Center Honors at a White House reception Sunday before attending th...

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The Royal Opera House Muscat

Michael Kaiser | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Arts Management, Mariinsky Ballet, Yo-Yo Ma, Kuwait, Plácido Domingo, Saudi Arabia, Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, Oman, Arts, Abu Dhabi, Arab Arts, American Ballet Theatre, GCC Nations, Renée Fleming, Royal Opera House Muscat, Kennedy Center, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

Do not be surprised if a decade from now some of the most interesting arts projects in the world are emanating from a nation that many of us could not identify on the map.

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A Precursor to the Violin: the Polish Suka

Michal Shapiro | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Sharq Taronalari, Classical Music, Polish Music, Sarangi, Yo-Yo Ma, World Music, Live Performance, Origins of the Violin, Samarkand, Suka, Pomianowska, Arts News
Michal Shapiro

I heard Maria Pomianowska jamming out on the terrace of the Afrasiyob hotel, and immediately knew that I wanted to get her and that unusual instrument of hers alone for a solo videotaping.

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Meryl Streep, Yo-Yo Ma Among Kennedy Center Honorees

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 11.07.2011

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WASHINGTON — The good times never seemed so good for Neil Diamond. Known for his songs that have become anthems at ballparks and bars, Diamond ...

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The International Festival of Arts and Ideas: A Sure Sign of Summer in New Haven

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 08.13.2011

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Dr. Irene S. Levine

No one cared about the pounding rain as thousands waited for the open-air concert on the historic Green in New Haven, Connecticut. The headliner was internationally renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

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WATCH: Breakdancing To Yo-Yo Ma

Posted 06.18.2011

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You don't have to wear a tutu to be en pointe. In this modernized treatment of "The Swan," a cello standard composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, cellist ...

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What Is Wrong With the Arts?

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yo-Yo Ma, George Balanchine, Martha Graham, Tennessee Williams, Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Stephen Sondheim, Alexei Ratmansky, Arthur Rubinstein, Merce Cunningham, Alvin Ailey, Arts Management, Vladimir Horowitz, Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, Arts, Richard Rodgers, Igor Stravinsky, Kennedy Center, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

The arts are in a parlous state, but contrary to popular belief, it isn't the fault of unions or the absence of arts education in our schools. The arts are in trouble because there is simply not enough excellent art being created.

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The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Inauguration of President John F. Kennedy

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grace Bumbry, John F. Kennedy, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Frost, Concerts for Young People by Young People, Denyce Graves, Leonard Bernstein, American Ballet Theatre, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Pablo Casals, Kennedy Center, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

No president, apart from John F. Kennedy, cited accomplishment in the arts as one of the highest aspirations of a nation. We must return to being a country that truly relishes the arts at their highest level of accomplishment.

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CultureZohn: The Carnegie Hall Youthquake

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patricia Zohn

2010-10-04-carnegie.jpgPrograms with the YouTube Orchestra, Dudamel and Lang Lang make it seem as if this classic hall is shedding its restraints.

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The Fes Festival: Different Drummers

Michal Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michal Shapiro

This year the Fes Festival presented two excellent drumming ensembles. Experiencing these two groups got me thinking about how much we rely on our own cultures to interpret sound.

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Michael Douglas and Yoko Ono Support Mayor Akiba and Nuclear Disarmament at John Catsimatidis' Fifth Avenue Home

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Margo Catsimatidis, John Cory, United Kingdom, World Peace, Disarmament, United Nations, 2020, Hiroshima, Arizona, Mad Cow Disease, Haya Bint Al Hussein, Pope John Paul, Elie Wiesel, 2010, Henry R. Luce Hall, Stevie Wonder, Mayors for Peace, American Dream, MAY 4TH, Tadatoshi Akiba, Militarism, John Catsimatidis, Chernobyl, Michael Fitzgerald, Npt, Yo-Yo Ma, Ernest Hemingway, The New Yorker, U.N. Messenger of Peace, Jonathan Schell, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Yoko Ono Lennon, The Fate of the Earth, George Clooney, Hibakusha, New York City, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Steven L. Leeper, May Day, Atomic Bomb, John Lennon, Arms Race, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Weapons, Jacqueline Cabasso, Michael Douglas, New York News
Jim Luce

Mayors for Peace, headed by the Mayor of Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba, got a boost this week during the five-yearly review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferat...

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Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains: Shuffle Bored!

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tallulah Morehead

No matter what those dopey Twilight movies tell you, werewolves make lousy house pets. But someone else was morphing into a monster under last night's full moon as well...

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Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Banana Wars.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tallulah Morehead

Happy Shakespeare's Birthday everyone. Let's celebrate by talking about Survivor, which is exactly what Shakespeare would have written if only he had had no talent.

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Susan Wadsworth: Almost 50 Years of Young Concert Artists Series

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bella Hristova, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Zankel Hall, Carter Brey, Peter Oundjian, Fred Sherry, Eugenia Zukerman, Ray Chen, Vassar, Global Citizens, Bard College, Tokyo String Quartet, Kurt Masur, Heiichiro Ohyama, Paula Robison, Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre, Jim Luce, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Korea, Dawn Upshaw, Tokyo, Joel Shapiro, Olli Mustonen, Kyushu Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman, Kennedy Center, Ani Kavafian, Zarin Mehta, Yo-Yo Ma, Borromeo String Quartet, Germany, Brasserie Cognac, Carolina Ullrich, Mannes College of Music, Washington D.C., Van Cliburn, Lincoln Center, Susan Wadsworth, Itzhak Perlman, Young Concert Artists Series, New York, Japan, Leontyne Price, Annaliese Soros, Hahn-Bin, Noe Inui, Leon Botstein, Murray Perahia, Emanuel Ax, Stephen Burns, St. Lawrence String Quartet, Kyung-Wha Chung, Fukuoka, Ran Dank, James Levine, Nobuko Imai, Thought Leaders, Ruth Laredo, 92nd Street Y, Chee-Yun, Leipzig, Arts News
Jim Luce

Not many people can fulfill their passion - and build an institution - for fifty years. Susan Wadsworth can. The founder of the Young Concert Artist...

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HuffPost Review: Jeff Beck Rocks LA

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeff Beck, Yo-Yo Ma, Music, Guitar Players, Rock N Roll, Concert Reviews, Los Angeles News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

If you were at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles last night to hear Jeff Beck play, and there had been an earthquake, you wouldn't have known it. The music was literally shaking the seats.

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