Music

Terence Blanchard shines at New Orleans music tribute at Super Bowl

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Terence Blanchard did the Bay Area proud during his performance at Super Bowl LIX. Yes, he also did the host city proud — his hometown of New Orleans — especially given that the trumpeter’s performance was part of a really cool tribute to the Crescent City that came before the Kansas City Chiefs and the … Read more

William Christie Turns 80 and the Music World Celebrates

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William Christie conducting Juilliard415 and soprano Song Hee Lee. Photo: Rachel Papo In the mid-1600s, a young Italian arrived in Paris and soon transformed the still-evolving art form of opera into something quintessentially French. More than three hundred years later, a harpsichordist born in Buffalo, New York, also came to Paris and had a similarly … Read more