In an underground reservoir built 1,233 years ago in a city that saw sectarian riots last year, visitors hear a beguiling musical composition that combines Arab love songs with Hebrew poetry.
Tag: Music
The War in Ukraine Is the True Culture War
With Russia trying to erase Ukraine’s national identity, the fight to preserve, and build upon, Ukraine’s artistic heritage has taken on new urgency.
After 350 Years of Tradition, a Boys’ Choir Now Admits Girls
The Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, is the latest English choir to start including female singers, a move some fear will reduce opportunities for boys.
Far From Kabul, Building a New Life, With Music and Hope
The students of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music fled after the Taliban seized power. Now they are trying to remake their school, and their dreams, in Portugal.
For a Kyiv techno collective, ‘now everything is about politics.’
“This war has destroyed the statement that art could be outside politics,” the group’s booking and communications manager said.
The Netrebko Question
The Russian soprano Anna Netrebko is opera’s biggest star. But her career is in disarray because of her ties to Putin, and arts companies around the world are divided on whether to welcome her back.
Summer Begins
The season is almost here, finally, with all its sun-dappled splendor and glorious clichés.
Toronto Blue Jays’ Manager By Day, Salsa Musician By Night
Growing up in Puerto Rico, Montoyo learned to play percussion and salsa music.
BTS Ponders Its Future, and South Korea’s Economy Warily Takes Note
The band’s label saw its stock price plunge, and the possibility that the K-pop group won’t tour as pandemic restrictions ease threatens to reverberate through South Korea’s economy.
Ukraine’s Eurovision winners don’t regret flouting the rules with a plea for Mariupol.
The winning band’s lead singer said he still feared for the fighters who had been holed up beneath the Azovstal steel plant.