AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoCross-Cultural Music: Young singers from China and New York shared folk, classical and pop traditions at a choir concert in Manhattan, part of a weeklong exchange. In Melbourne, a new international competition is inviting musicians to write songs in Yiddish and keep the language alive through new work. New Voices: Anjana’s debut EP, Yes No Maybe?, turns love, insecurity and self-discovery into five songs. Live Heritage: New Orleans’ Crescent City Blues and Barbecue Festival marked its 20th year with local performers and Booker T. Jones. In New Zealand, pianist Sir Stephen Hough will reunite with the NZSO in November for Saint-Saëns’ “Egyptian” Concerto. Music and Memory: Nairobi promoters are turning millennial nostalgia into a draw, as fans pay to relive the R&B that shaped their youth. Concert Safety: Country singer Ella Langley stood by cancelling her Tulsa show after a bomb threat, saying a concert was not worth risking a life.
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