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The Banff Centre has announced the lineup for the International String Quartet Festival, running September 2 - 5, 2021. The program includes a slate of online concerts, talks, and film screenings.

While I was listening on my computer to the virtual semi-finals in the 2020

Val Kilmer in a scene from the documentary “Val.” (Courtesy of A24) The actor Val Kilmer sits behind a table at a Comic Con in London, looking pale and unsteady. His voice has been reduced to a whispering rasp after tracheostomy surgery for throat cancer in 2015 – although the good news is, the surgery was successful – and he tries to smile gamely as fan after fan asks him to sign posters and photos of his Iceman character in “Top Gun,” always asking for the same caption: “You can...

Image Credits (L-R): Miró Quartet by Jeff Wilson; Paul Lewis by Kaupo Kikkas; Danish Quartet by Caroline Bittencourt; Junction Trio by Shervin Lainez; Sasha Cooke by Stephanie Girard; Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason by Jake Turney; Pacifica Quartet by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco; Karen Slack by Kia Caldwell; Mahan Esfahani by Kaja Smith.   Featuring the Miró Quartet in a World Premiere by Caroline Shaw, Pianist Paul Lewis (Baltimore Recital Debut), Danish String Quartet (Baltimore Debut), Junction Trio...

Juilliard and FENDI Announce the Recipients of the Inaugural FENDI Vanguard Awards Four students—one dancer, one actor, and two musicians—have been selected from Juilliard to receive this honor.by Alexa Criscitiello Juilliard and FENDI have partnered to launch the Fendi Vanguard Awards, which will be presented to four exceptional Juilliard students who are poised to be innovators in their chosen discipline and across the performing arts. Four students-one dancer, one actor, and two musicia...

  Soprano and Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS fellow Yvette Keong at a recent opera scenes master class at the Wheeler Opera House. Baritones Ian Rucker and Joshua Conyers at a recent opera scenes master class at the Wheeler Opera House. William Guanbo Su, bass, at a recent opera scenes master class at the Wheeler Opera House. Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS co-directors Patrick Summers and Renée Fleming at a recent master class with students at the Wheeler Opera House. Soprano Yaritza Ve...

Tomas Cohen/Special to the Daily World-class orchestral music is in the air, and that’s because the Bravo! Vail Music Festival has returned to the valley for its 34th season this summer. Over the past three decades, Bravo! Vail has earned a reputation as one of the world’s premiere music destinations, and is now the only festival in North America to host four of the world’s finest orchestras in a single season. The festival runs through Aug. 4, and brings in The Saint Paul Chamber Orchest...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: In what appears to be a major catastrophe in Americas space program, Challenger, only seconds after leaving the launchpad, according to NASA, has exploded in midair. No word yet on if there are any survivors. SIMON: That was from CNN on January 28, 1986. All seven members of a truly diverse and interesting crew of human beings died, including the first and only member of NASAs Teacher in Space Project. Ke...

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After occupying parts of the school, some students were barred from entering the building. So they took the demonstration outside.