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by Patrick Neas When music is led by a great conductor like Arturo Toscanini, Wilhelm Furtwängler or Herbert von Karajan, it is charged with an electricity missing from performances led by lesser talents. Riccardo Muti belongs in that pantheon of great conductors.   In a Muti performance, whether live, on radio or on a recording, one i...

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by Vanessa Franko   With a velvety voice that has spanned generations, Tony Bennett is a true icon of American music. The 89-year-old crooner had his first No. 1 hit 65 years ago with "Because of You," and while his career continued to skyrocket with songs such as "Rags to Riches" and "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," he also managed...

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From comic book art to Shakespeare and Japanese opera, the new season of the Spoleto Festival USA will be the largest ever, offering 160 performances during the 17 days the festival lights up stages across this seaside city.   The internationally known arts festival, founded by the composer Gian Carlo Menotti, will open its 37th season Frida...

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di Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi   Matteo Setti, fin dall'infanzia ha coltivato la sua ugola d'oro, che non solo ha calcato diversi palcoscenici, ma è stata identificata dal Dottor Claudio De Felice - neonatologo del Policlinico Le Scotte di Siena, che studia gli effetti della musica sui disturbi di tipo autistico, come la sindrome di Rett - come...

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di Beatrice Bondi e Maurita cardone   Un Madison Square Garden gremito ha accolto mercoledì 23 aprile Adelmo Fornaciari, in arte Zucchero. L'attesissima tappa newyorchese dell'Americana Tour, col quale lo Sugar nazionale sta calcando in lungo e in largo i palchi del Nord America da oltre due mesi, è stata una festa tra amici in cui si è ball...

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by Valeria Fanelli    Music lovers get ready for an exciting performance Italian way! On Saturday, Feb. 21, Pizzeria Da Nella will host a special music event that will feature a selection of songs from one of Italy's most popular singer-songwriters, Pino Daniele.   From 9:30 to 10:30 p.m., blues player Breezy Rodio will honor th...

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Il musicista italiano Marco Fusi, specializzato nel panorama della musica contemporanea, ha fatto visita alla Baia di San Francisco presentando un programma di pezzi per viola e violino di alcuni dei più innovativi compositori italiani attualmente operanti.   Il programma musicale è nato dalla collaborazione fra l’Istituto Italiano di Cultur...

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MAY 26, 2015 - 06:00 PMCasa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011In cooperation with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro (presenting the 2015 edition) and UNITEL Classica   Bass-baritone Paolo Bordogna in recital (arias and songs by Rossini), followed by a Q&A with the artist, presenting his new album Tutto Buf...

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The Italian singer, Silvia Tancredi returns to the Big|Brave Apple for some concerts where she will perform - unplugged - in venues around Manhattan. The confirmed dates are: 1) August 29, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Uncle Charlie's Piano Bar & Lounge, New York; 2) Sept. 5, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Leftfield NYC, 87 Ludlow St, she w...

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by Henrik Eger   Philadelphia is in for a musical treat: HILDEGARD VON BINGEN: BAMBINA MISTICA (the mystical child), an Italian cantata, with music by Italian composer Mariano Garau and Hildegard von Bingen; a libretto by Philadelphia's Karen Lauria Saillant, director of International Opera Theater, based on original writings of Hildegard; a...

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