Brooklyn Public Library Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop with Jay-Z Retrospective and Mega-Concert

Brooklyn Public Library Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop with Jay-Z Retrospective and Mega-Concert

Celebrating this anniversary, the Brooklyn Public Library has decided to retrace the career of the American rapper. A mega-concert will also be organized on August 11, including Snoop Dog, Lil Wayne and Kurtis Blow. Rapper Jay-Z’s lyrics are displayed on the art deco facades of Brooklyn’s Great Library; Yankee Stadium is preparing to host a … Read more

GLORY AND TRAGEDY (3/6) – Celine Dion’s Strong Ties with France and Hidden Collaborator

GLORY AND TRAGEDY (3/6) – Celine Dion’s Strong Ties with France and Hidden Collaborator

GLORY AND TRAGEDY (3/6) – Long considered outdated, the singer has very strong ties with France. Revealed by her pygmalion René Angélil at the age of 13 years, the singer did not leave the stage until March 2020. She has since retired, and the announcement of her illness has caused dismay. A look back at … Read more

Medea and Jason: The Dark Tragedy Transformed into Comic Parody

Medea and Jason: The Dark Tragedy Transformed into Comic Parody

If there is a story that is hardly laughable, it is the legend of Medea. One of the most terrible mythological figures, the magician helps the hero Jason to seize the Golden Fleece but, betrayed by the one she loves, sinks into a murderous madness. Until committing the irreparable by murdering his two children. She … Read more

Global Citizen Festival in New York to Benefit the Fight Against Poverty and Climate Change

Global Citizen Festival in New York to Benefit the Fight Against Poverty and Climate Change

The event for the benefit of the fight against poverty and climate change will be held on September 23 in New York. The Red Hot Chili Peppers and hip-hop singer Lauryn Hill will headline New York’s Global Citizen festival in September, a concert to rally support in the fight against poverty, organizers announced Tuesday. Other … Read more

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra’s Memorable Return to Paris: A Night of Seductive Music

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra’s Memorable Return to Paris: A Night of Seductive Music

Aerial view of the Paris Philharmonic concert stage (photo illustration). Florence Piot/Florence Piot – stock.adobe.com CRITICISM – After twenty-two years of absence internationally, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra has just performed in Paris. An effective art of seduction. There are two ways of reporting on the two exceptional concerts just given by the Met Orchestra, in … Read more

The Surprising Triumph of Taehan Kim at Queen Elisabeth Competition: Portrait of the Young Baritone

The Surprising Triumph of Taehan Kim at Queen Elisabeth Competition: Portrait of the Young Baritone

The cliffhanger we missed. The very young Korean Taehan Kim surprisingly triumphs in Bozar. A portrait of the baritone of the moment and the voice of tomorrow. It’s about ten past twelve when I realize that an inevitable night’s sleep has suddenly become ten times more difficult. “But we haven’t written a word about him … Read more

Ztracený became the most successful composer, he also won the OSA award in the song of the year category

Ztracený became the most successful composer, he also won the OSA award in the song of the year category

The leading creator of Czech contemporary music and pianist Marek Kopelent received the Gold Award of the Authors’ Protection Association (OSA) for lifetime contribution in memoriam on Thursday. Just like last year, Marek Ztracený became the most successful composer of popular music and the most successful lyricist. This year he added a win in the … Read more

“Why Classical Music is Fun and Passionate: A Concert Experience”

“Why Classical Music is Fun and Passionate: A Concert Experience”

“Concert? What a concert, the Kissás won’t be coming until June.” Come on. For Christmas, his potato salad-numbed mind promises me the Philharmonic too. A concert, of course, but add mayonnaise. Half a year later, he is already making excuses that classical music is too serious for him, so go with someone else. So I … Read more

Etiquette for Classical Music and Opera Concerts: Tips for a Better Experience

Etiquette for Classical Music and Opera Concerts: Tips for a Better Experience

“You have just destroyed one of the most beautiful passages of this work.” This was the reprimand that the conductor William Christie addressed to the spectators of the National Auditorium in Madrid during a concert in December 2016. The maestro nationalized French stopped the interpretation of the Messiah of Händel when in the stalls a … Read more

Ed Sheeran Wins Case for “Thinking Out Loud” Being Not a Partial Copy of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On”

Ed Sheeran Wins Case for “Thinking Out Loud” Being Not a Partial Copy of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On”

The jury found that the planetary tube, Thinking Out Loud, by the British artist, was not a partial copy of the famous Let’s Get It On of the prince of soul Marvin Gaye in 1973. By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 04/05/2023 at 19:22update on 05/04/2023 at 7:35 p.m. The British musician and singer, … Read more