Music
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Europe
For Russia’s Pop Star Exiles, a Moral Stand and a Creative Climb
Before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Monetochka was on her way to becoming a superstar in Russia. She had released two…
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America
Hall Is Suing Oates. Over What Is a Mystery.
The duo, whose songs regularly appeared on the top of the charts, is embroiled in some kind of legal dispute,…
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America
‘Buena Vista Social Club,’ a Story of Second Chances, Gets One More
The best-selling album turned veteran Cuban musicians into global stars and inspired a documentary almost 30 years ago. Now it’s…
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America
Music Licensing Giant BMI Sells to Private Equity Firm
Broadcast Music Inc., one of the major performing rights organizations in the United States, collected $1.57 billion and distributed $1.47…
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America
Her Music Fell Into Obscurity. Now It’s Back at the Philharmonic.
Julia Perry’s “Stabat Mater” was well received in the 1950s. But it took until this week for the New York…
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Europe
David Del Tredici, Who Set ‘Alice’ to Music, Dies at 86
David Del Tredici, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer who began as an experimentalist but became best known for a midcareer…
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America
Review: ‘Florencia’ Brings Spanish Back to the Met Opera
Starring Ailyn Pérez, Daniel Catán’s heavily perfumed “Florencia en el Amazonas,” from 1996, is the company’s first work by a…
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America
André 3000’s 17-Minute Reverie, and 9 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Julia Holter, Dua Lipa, Danny Brown and others.
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Opinion
Cultural Diplomacy May Seem Pointless. That Won’t Stop Me.
While presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping were drawing the world’s attention for their talks in San Francisco this week,…
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Europe
In Spain, the Latin Grammys Recognize Powerful Women
Karol G, Shakira and Natalia Lafourcade took the top prizes at the awards’ first ceremony outside the United States.