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A bumpy ride down East Germany’s memory lane

November 14, 2024Uncategorized

With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, East German culture disappeared practically overnight, cast aside for the newly accessible West. But today, amid dissatisfaction with the progress of German reunification, some former East Germans are taking a new look back at the past.

New York’s Met Opera debuts ‘Ainadamar’ about Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca and his muse

November 5, 2024Arts, Culture & Media

‘To Make the Archives Sing’: Old Jewish Argentinian songs recorded for the first time

October 17, 2024Music

Classical composer Gabriela Ortiz brings her distinctive, rhythmic Latin American style to Carnegie Hall

October 11, 2024Music

The Bambir, one of Armenia’s biggest rock bands, is still going strong after 40 years

September 10, 2024Music

Big Ocean breaks barriers as the first K-pop group whose members are hard of hearing

September 4, 2024Music

The three South Korean musicians use hearing aids and cochlear implants and mix sign language with dance moves, reaching out to deaf and hard of hearing K-pop fans around the world.

A new wave of Kurds fleeing Turkey bring their own sound to Nashville’s Music City

August 12, 2024Immigration

Nashville has been a popular destination for Kurdish refugees in the US. Today, Kurdish newcomers are trying to preserve their culture. Community centers and associations are helping new arrivals maintain a connection to their heritage while navigating life in a new country.

Taylor Swift concerts canceled over alleged ISIS plots in Austria

August 9, 2024Music

The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with Colin P. Clarke of the Soufan Group about the canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna and about music shows as targets of terror attacks.

‘Moving and beautiful and hopeful’: 700 international youth musicians gather in New York City for World Orchestra Week

August 7, 2024Music

Young musicians from the United States, South America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East have convened at New York City’s Carnegie Hall for World Orchestra Week.

Rock ‘n’ roll, Brazilian style: Hundreds participate in the largest drumming concert in the Americas

August 7, 2024Arts, Culture & Media

Over the weekend, 400 drummers performed together in the southern Brazilian city of Florianopolis. Thousands of people turned out to listen to the largest annual drumming orchestra in the Americas.

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