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‘His work seems endless’: music stars pay tribute to the incredible life of Moondog

The eccentric musician, dressed like a Viking playing songs on the streets of New York, is being celebrated by names such as Rufus Wainwright and Jarvis Cocker on a new album

The Guardian - US

Fall classical music preview: An early-music collaboration and 10 more highlights of the season

Riccardo Muti returns, Lyric Opera goes to sea and Newberry Consort joins forces for the first time with Haymarket Opera Company.

Chicago Sun-Times

Levon Vincent: "A nice vintage synth can sound pretty good, but if you layer that with the punch of software it sounds ten times better"

Dance chameleon Levon Vincent plugs straight into the techno grid with fifth album, Work In Progress. Danny Turner finds out more

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TikTok organist Anna Lapwood at the BBC Proms review: an entrancing performance from a one-woman orchestra

Lapwood deployed the organ’s entire range, from the merest whisper to stadium-rock pomp at full volume

Evening Standard

Vast Swatch auction includes collaborations with Keith Haring, Philip Glass and Vivienne Westwood

LAMA’s Swatch auction of artist Esther Montagner’s collection sees over 600 pieces go under the hammer

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Infinity review – strangely insubstantial family drama from Philip Glass

Singer and actor Tara Hugo delivers a series of spoken word reminiscences backed by an underwhelming score in a piece that verges on the self-indulgent and downright sentimental

The Guardian - UK

‘If I can’t have coffee, I’ll put Philip Glass on’: Katie Melua’s honest playlist

The singer used to know Eminem word for word and secretly loves a certain ocean-going ballad, but which of her own songs can’t she bear any more?

The Guardian - UK

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Akhnaten at the ENO review: hallucinatory revival of Philip Glass opera is blistering and bold

Akhnaten is an eccentric kind of performance art, simultaneously gaudy and glamorous, mysterious and nonsensical

Evening Standard

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2023-24 season ushers in new era

Music director Riccardo Muti will be stepping down from his post, but will remain an integral part of the orchestra’s operations and will return to the podium for a series of concerts.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Woolf pack: Renée Fleming and Joyce DiDonato on turning The Hours into opera

The Pulitzer-prize-winning, Mrs Dalloway-influenced novel about three generations of women, has finally hit the stage. Its stars tell us how they pulled it off

The Guardian - UK

Loraine James interview: ‘It’s a very weird time to be gay. Things are going a bit far-right’

The acclaimed musician‘s new album pays homage to ‘forgotten’ black, queer composer Julius Eastman - she talks erasure of black artists and why she turns down most music festivals

Evening Standard

The Mix: Cool things to do in Chicago Sept. 8-14

Lakeview East Festival of the Arts, Renegade Craft Fair, and Third Percussion in concert are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times

Proms & ENO: Glass Handel review – arias meet beatboxing in a creative but baffling cacophony

Anthony Roth Costanzo’s neon-lit ‘operatic experience’ brought together Handel and Philip Glass plus dancers, a painter … and films of erotic puddings

The Guardian - UK

Pick of the BBC Proms 2022: Presenters on the concerts they can’t wait to see

From the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, to a celebration of Aretha Franklin and the music of video games, BBC TV presenters on the Proms not to miss this summer

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Akusmi: Fleeting Future review – minimalism meets rave pentatonics

French composer Pascal Bideau rearranges hypnotic gamelan riffs into complex magic that recalls Reich and Nyman with a touch of Motown

The Guardian - UK

Proms 2022: back to normal, but why settle for ‘normal’?

The return of international orchestras and an increased focus on concerts outside London are welcome facets, but adventurous and ambitious programming feels in short supply. And, below, our pick of this year’s concerts

Evening Standard

Clubbing venue Printworks to host BBC Proms event

A huge South London clubbing venue which often hosts dance music events attended by thousands is among the venues for this year’s BBC Proms.

Bangkok Post

China cancels Keanu Reeves

Chinese streaming platforms including Tencent Video and iQiyi have taken down films and video content starring actor Keanu Reeves after he participated in a Tibet-related concert.

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CSO, Riccardo Muti deliver exhilarating — and milestone performance — of Philip Glass symphony

The CSO began its exploration of Glass’ symphonies with the No. 11, a sprawling, exhilarating three-movement work with a super-sized orchestration.

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