Music

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

Arts, Culture & Media

A new production at New York’s Metropolitan Opera sounds and looks different from anything presented at the venerable opera house before, featuring flamenco rhythms and dance.  

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

Music

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

Music

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

Music

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

Music

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

Immigration

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

Music

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

Music

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

Arts, 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.

‘She transcends’: French Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux finds hope and meaning in ‘Vida’

Music

After a 10-year break, Ana Tijoux, who became famous abroad in 2010 with her album, “1977,” has just released new songs inspired by motherhood, war, pollution and the end of the world.