Tag: Rhiannon Giddens
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Monday Link Round Up: October 19, 2020
News and music to start your week! ICareIfYouLIsten poses five questions to Nia Imani, pictured above, soprano and founder of ComposeHer, “an initiative meant to advance and nurture women and girls in classical composition and musicianship.” The blog at WQXR highlights the new recordings that have been made – including works by Florence Price, Julius…
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Monday Link Round Up: August 3, 2020
News and music to start your week! Congratulations go to Rhiannon Giddens – a trained opera singer, virtuoso fiddler and banjo player, founding member of The Carolina Chocolate Drops, MacArthur Genius grant winner, and composer who is pictured above. Giddens was just announced to be the artistic director of Silkroad, the cross-cultural music organization founded…
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Monday Link Round Up: June 17, 2019
Music and News to start your week! The New York Times profiled Alma Deutscher – violinist, pianist, and composer who has been putting the classical music world in awe since she was just 4 years old. Now 14, she’s working on a retrospective album and also discusses her future aspirations. Pass on the word! Women…