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Simon Broughton surveys the impressive career and beguiling back catalogue of the classical Azeri singer Alim Qasimov, including his extensive collaborations with his daughter Fargana Qasimova

The Big Ears Festival, in abeyance now for two years, will return to every venue in Knoxville months from now, God willing and the creek don’t rise.

The UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center has announced performances and exhibitions for their 2021-22 season with tickets currently on sale.  

Like so many, national arts reporter Geoff Edgers has been grounded by the coronavirus. So he decided to launch an Instagram Live show from his barn in Massachusetts.

Aidin Vaziri July 23, 2021Updated: July 23, 2021, 2:57 pm The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will return to the SFJazz Center. Photo: Laura Morton / Special to The Chronicle It’s hard to imagine anyone being more excited about SFJazz announcing its first season of live programming in more than a year than the organization’s founder, Randall Kline. “We all need it,” he said last week, calling from southern Italy where he was on a summer trip with his family. “Music is the balm of ...

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...

The Last Temptation of Christ to Gladiator. A collaborator of Peter Gabriel, Michael Brook, Kronos Quartet, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Lionel Ritchie and Queens Brian May, among many others, Gasparyan has died at age 92. His death was announced July 6 on social media by his grandson and protege, Jivan Gasparyan Jr. No other details were provided. Gasparyan (whose names are sometimes transliterated as "Djivan" and "Gasparian") was born Oct. 12, 1928 in Solak, Armenia, in a village near the capital ...

. Electrified by the lessons he learned from the Kirana gharana vocal tradition, Hassell developed his “fourth world” concept: a powerfully abstract synthesis of modern electronics and traditional musical modes. He first explored the concept in his groundbreaking 1977 solo debut, “Vernal Equinox,” but his most indelible recording in that vein is “Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics,” a 1980 collaboration with Any number of Hassell’s albums are now considered compulsory listenin...

Alberta Bair Theater announces its lineup for the highly anticipated 2021-22 season featuring performers of the highest caliber to showcase the historic $13.6 million renovation and expansion. "We are thrilled to be welcoming full capacity audiences to LIVE entertainment in our beautifully renovated theater in September," says Ron Yates, chair of the Alberta Bair Theater Board of Directors. "We have been planning our grand re-opening celebration for months and are extremely proud of our staff a...