Yo-Yo Ma (born 1955) is respected as one of the greatest cellists of the twentieth century. He brought a new vitality to the art of cello playing through his inspired adaptations of nontraditional mus...
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Yo-Yo Ma is hitting the road _ the Silk Road to China.It's the first time since 2001 that the cellist has taken his Silk Road Project to that key region of the ancient trade route, which stretched ...
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New York (dpa) - Academy Award winner George Clooney was appointed
Thursday a Messenger of Peace for the United Nations, a new role that
he said involves shoring up flagging...
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Memorable quotes by and about Mstislav Rostropovich:"I know that after my letter there will be undoubtedly an 'opinion' about me, but I am not afraid of it. I openly say what I think. Talent, of wh...
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When Joshua Bell was a teenager in Indiana, he got a call from Avery Fisher himself telling him he had won an Avery Fisher Career Grant, which helps selected young American classical musicians emba...
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra said Thursday that it balanced its budget for the 2006-2007 season, a difficult feat for an arts organization and a first for the symphony since 2003.A leading offici...
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon named U.S. actor George Clooney, who has campaigned for
refugees in Darfur, as a U.N. "messenger of peace" Friday to
promote the world body...
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon designated George Clooney as a U.N. "messenger of peace" Friday to promote the world body's activities, especially in its far-flung peacekeeping missions.The 46-year-o...
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When Yo-Yo Ma plays, he likes to tell a story.On Tuesday night, he told the story of Dvorak's Cello Concerto _ on his 1733 Montagnana. His song without words was performed on a flower-decked stage ...
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The New York Philharmonic's new season will take the orchestra deeper into the non-classical world _ with iTunes, cell phone ringtones and the Web.The orchestra also plans to expand its global reac...
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Today is Sunday, Oct. 7, the 280th day of 2007. There are 85 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 7, 1765, the Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grie...
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Yo-Yo Ma will take Silk Road to China
