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Michael Abels

Kazem Abdullah -- Courtesy of artist

5 Questions to Kazem Abdullah (conductor)

As a conductor who can often be found in the pit of an opera house, many hours of Kazem Abdullah’s l...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
The Black Opera Porject creative team: Kevin Day, Tifara Brown, and Kimille Howard

The Black Opera Project Reminds Us That Opera is a Tool to Tell New Stories

In July 2022, I reviewed Fierce for I CARE IF YOU LISTEN. The commission by Cincinnati Opera feature...
Author
A. Kori Hill
The Sphinx Virtuosi -- Photo by Scott Jackson

Sphinx Virtuosi Release Powerful, Celebratory Debut with ‘Songs of Our Times’

Released July 28 on Deutsche Grammophon, the Sphinx Virtuosi’s Songs for Our Times is sprawling, con...
Author
Sofía Rocha
LA Opera presents Omar--Photo by Cory Weaver

“Omar” Connects Music of the Muslim and Black Diasporas at LA Opera

Before and during the American Civil War, anti-literacy laws suppressed many of the individual stori...
Author
Dalanie Harris
Rhiannon Giddens (Photo by Ebru Yildiz) and Michael Abels (Photo by Eric Schwabel)

5 Questions to Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels about Omar

As a founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and through her current career as a singer-song...
Author
A. Kori Hill
Sphinx Virtuosi--Photo by Stephanie Berger

Sphinx Virtuosi “For Justice and Peace” Confronts Social Justice Issues

Music happens in real time. On Friday, October 11th, 2019, the Sphinx Virtuosi string orchestra conc...
Author
Lana Norris
Kronos Quartet (photo: Jay Blakesberg)

This week: concerts in New York (February 5, 2018 – February 11, 2018)

Kronos Quartet & Face the Music | Ecstatic Music Festival The Kronos Quartet joins NYC’s youth n...
Author
Sam Reising

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