Beyond ‘Hamilton,’ for Better and for Worse
Lin-Manuel Miranda and the stars of his hit musical are moving out from under the umbrella of this new cultural brand, and trying to extend its lessons.
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CreditÁngel Franco/The New York Times Can You Hear Agnes Martin’s Serenity in John Zorn’s Frenzied Music?
She made paintings of serene subtlety. He is known for his explosive music. Martin, the artist, inspired Mr. Zorn, the composer, and now their work will be paired.
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CreditScott Gries/Getty Images New York Poised to Get Grammy Awards Back in 2018
After months of negotiations between the de Blasio administration and the Recording Academy, the ceremony is expected to return to the city for the first time since 2003.
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‘Starboy’ Places the Weeknd on the Sunny Side of Debauchery
In the last two years, this singer has tempered his subject matter only slightly, but his sonic approach drastically. He’s looked to the Michael Jackson 1980s.
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CreditConcert Associates, Inc. Russell Oberlin, Renowned Countertenor, Is Dead at 88
Lauded for his sensitive phrasing, crystalline diction and vibrato-rich tone, Mr. Oberlin helped spur the modern renaissance of the countertenor.
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CreditKayana Szymczak for The New York Times Osvaldo Golijov’s New Opera for the Met is Called Off
The Met cited “conflicting schedules”; Mr. Golijov’s publisher, Boosey & Hawkes, cited an unspecified “difference in artistic vision.”
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CreditBryan Sheffield for The New York Times In Accepting the Grawemeyer Award, a Call for Diversity in Concert Halls
Andrew Norman, winner of the prize, said he is concerned with “how to get what happens in the concert hall to reflect the diverse society that we are.”
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CreditErich Auerbach/Getty Images Second-Ever Concert of Stravinsky’s Lost ‘Funeral Song’ to Stream Free
The 12-minute orchestral work Stravinsky wrote at 26 was rediscovered in 2015. It will be performed in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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CreditCharles B. Jones Mark Taimanov, World-Class Chess and Piano Player, Dies at 90
Mr. Taimanov was a classical pianist and former Soviet chess champion whose lopsided loss to Bobby Fischer in 1971 cost him his government salary.
