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1 week ago | 
wusf.org | Olivia Hampton |Iman Maani |A Martínez |Tom Huizenga
Anne Akiko Meyers is on a mission to bring new music to the world. This spring alone, the violinist has released three albums in as many months featuring new works she commissioned. Meyers, 55, started playing the violin at age four. She has collaborated with some of today's most prominent composers like Arvo Pärt, Jennifer Higdon, Arturo Márquez and Wynton Marsalis. "I get so moved by their music," she says.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
wbez.org | Leila Fadel |Obed Manuel |Olivia Hampton
The U.S. Department of Education has given schools and universities that receive federal funding an ultimatum: eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal funding. The Education Department has directed institutions, from preschools to colleges, to stop using “racial preferences” in admissions, financial aid, hiring and other areas in a letter sent last week.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
kpbs.org | Olivia Hampton |Obed Manuel |Leila Fadel
Updated February 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM ETThe U.S. Department of Education has given schools and universities that receive federal funding an ultimatum: eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal funding. The Education Department has directed institutions, from preschools to colleges, to stop using "racial preferences" in admissions, financial aid, hiring and other areas in a letter sent last week.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
wosu.org | Olivia Hampton
When Emmy-nominated composer Levi Taylor saw Terence Blanchard's opera Champion (2013), it awakened something in him. "I was like, 'wow, wait, there's somebody who looks like me who's writing diverse stories that are just as relevant and compelling,'" he told NPR's Michel Martin. "There's just so much room to talk about Black identity and dignity."Taylor, who has mostly worked in film and television, has now lent his hand at crafting a short opera about the Black experience.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
mprnews.org | Olivia Hampton
When Emmy-nominated composer Levi Taylor saw Terence Blanchard's opera Champion (2013), it awakened something in him. "I was like, 'wow, wait, there's somebody who looks like me who's writing diverse stories that are just as relevant and compelling,'" he told NPR's Michel Martin. "There's just so much room to talk about Black identity and dignity."Taylor, who has mostly worked in film and television, has now lent his hand at crafting a short opera about the Black experience.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
ideastream.org | Olivia Hampton
They finish each other sentences, in conversation and in music. Brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen, from the Netherlands, have played music together as far back as they can remember. They performed for the Dutch queen as young boys. As a piano duo, they've taken that symbiotic connection to some of the world's greatest concert halls. "The strange thing is that with Arthur, I never notice when our hands touch or our heads or whatever, it's just a very natural thing," Lucas told NPR's A Martínez.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
gpb.org | Olivia Hampton
Pedro Almodóvar, the Spanish director known for brightly colored films filled with melodramatic plot twists, has unveiled his first English-language feature film. The Room Next Door dives into the inevitability of death and its inextricable ties to life. "I don't believe in God... I don't accept death," the 75-year-old director told NPR's A Martínez. His unease is shared with Ingrid, played by Julianne Moore.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
npr.org | Olivia Hampton
1972 Munich Olympics thriller shows nail-biting decisions in ABC Sports control room Audio will be available later today. The 1972 Munich Olympics kicked off under the banner of hope and peace, hosted by a country eager to turn the page nearly three decades after the fall of the Nazi regime. Instead, those Summer Games were marred by tragedy when armed militants affiliated with the Palestinian organization Black September took members of Israel's Olympic team hostage.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Olivia Hampton
They finish each other sentences, in conversation and in music. Brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen, from the Netherlands, have played music together as far back as they can remember. They performed for the Dutch queen as young boys. As a piano duo, they've taken that symbiotic connection to some of the world's greatest concert halls. "The strange thing is that with Arthur, I never notice when our hands touch or our heads or whatever, it's just a very natural thing," Lucas told NPR's A Martínez.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
kccu.org | Olivia Hampton
Just days after he finished shooting his latest film, The Seed of The Sacred Fig, Mohammad Rasoulof got a call that would change the course of his life. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Court had just sentenced him to eight years in prison over charges linked to his earlier films and activism. It was the latest, and harshest, in a series of arrests and jail time over the past 15 years. There was no possibility of appeal.
