@NPR Music's coverage and commentary on classical music. Tweets by Tom Huizenga.
Washington, DC & New York, NY
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ENOUGH waiting. My new book is out today. amazon.co.uk/Enough-Sir-Step… And in @guardian today, some snippets theguardian.com/music/2023/f… @FaberBooks
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It's rare that I feel like an interview really captures everything I'm thinking about these days but this one DOES! Hallelujah! Thank you Tom Huizenga and @nprmusic. With shoutouts to @lunacomplab, @meredith_monk @rvavrek and many others npr.org/2023/01/26/115146078…
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No. 55 of #1000TinyDesks: David Russell
"He is a classical guitar deity. His Tiny Desk is an object lesson in exquisite, lyrical and flawless technique." — @nprclassical's Tom Huizenga n.pr/3w8ypT8
ALT David Russell at the Tiny Desk
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RT nprmusic: No. 46 of #1000TinyDesks: Edmar Castaneda
"The harp: It's not just for dream sequences and classical coloring. Edmar Castaneda makes the instrument swing and sing like no other harpist." — @nprclassical's Tom Huizenga …
ALT EDmar Castaneda at the Tiny Desk
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Tiny Desk!!!!! With @mxjustinVbond
Opera and cabaret comingle when @A_R_Costanzo and @mxjustinVbond Bond bring music by Philip Glass, The Bangles, Peter Gabriel and Christoph Willibald Gluck to a “tiny apartment” in Manhattan. #tinydesk npr.org/2022/02/15/107641034…
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I’ve heard “The Entertainer” a thousand times but didn’t know a word of the story @laradownes tells @LeilaFadel here. And the music is inspiring. @MorningEdition @NPR
My conversation with @LeilaFadel for @MorningEdition & a photo essay reflecting on the story behind Scott Joplin's iconic 'The Entertainer'🌞 Thank you to everyone at @npr @nprmusic for the deep dive! ❤️ #blackhistorymonth npr.org/sections/pictureshow…
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Fantastic article from @classicalbeat and @nprclassical with much food for thought about the opera industry and the truly heroic artists that rose (are rising!) to the occasion of navigating the pandemic: shorturl.at/jnH24 My admiration for everyone mentioned here is 🙌🏼🙏🏼
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I, and quite likely you, would never have listened to Emily D’Angelo’s “Nausicaa” if not for @nprclassical’s Tom Huizenga studiously listening to new classical recordings each week. And you won’t find Brandee Younger or James Francies on other rock/pop/hip-hop lists.
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The first time @KayhanKalhor left Iran, he was 17 & walked 2500 miles to Italy. He lived in the U.S. legally for decades. But after chaotic encounters with American immigration at the height of the Trump-era travel ban, he decided to return to Iran.
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In his newest work, "Falling Out of Time," composer Osvaldo Golijov explores a painful subject — the death of a child. The piece wound up being more timely than anyone could have anticipated. npr.org/2021/01/18/946288532…
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This is the first time that the New York Philharmonic has been forced to cancel its entire concert season. No previously scheduled concerts will happen before June 2021.
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Whistleblowers point in part to a real estate deal that could drain two-thirds of AGMA's financial reserves and a secretive, failed deal with disgraced opera star Plácido Domingo. The union's leadership denies their allegations.
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Watch for your therapeutic morning cry: NY Philharmonic violinist Kuan Cheng Lu playing Bach for an audience of two teachers at an otherwise empty Lincoln Center. npr.org/2020/08/12/899503050…
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This is the second time in just over a year that a leadership figure at OTSL has been accused of sexual misconduct and has resigned from the company. Last June, it was MD emeritus Stephen Lord, who was accused of sexual harassment by some two dozen people.
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Damon Bristo, Opera Theatre of St. Louis’ now-former director of artistic admin, was reportedly arrested last month for child sex trafficking in the second degree. npr.org/2020/08/11/901360275…
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Pianist Yuja Wang, violinist Leonidas Kavakos and several prominent academics have been accused this week of making anti-Black comments. npr.org/2020/07/29/896200557…
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Two of New York's biggest cultural institutions, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, said Thursday that they will remain closed through the New Year due to the coronavirus pandemic. npr.org/sections/coronavirus…
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BREAKING THE WAVES has begun – watch the digital premiere with us! youtu.be/AjlyGR5zw34
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Thanks so much @nprmusic @nprclassical for your support of my & @kathleentagg new album! It took us over 5 years to make, so we're thrilled to finally have it out! This track has over 40 layers of clarinet & prepared piano! Thanks for sharing our music- it means the world.
The genre-fluid clarinet genius @DavidKrakauer joins pianist Kathleen Tagg for “The Geyser,” an appropriately titled outburst that kicks off their new album 'Breath and Hammer.' Listen now @nprmusic’s Press Pause playlist. n.pr/presspause
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Composer and pianist Anthony Davis has won the Pulitzer Prize in music for his opera "The Central Park Five," with a narrative that feels as raw now as when its real-life story began more than 30 years ago. npr.org/2020/05/04/850166148…
