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Plácido Domingo was recently named greatest tenor of all time, according to a poll of leading music critics. He's certainly one of the world's busiest musicians. Today, Domingo talks about a career conducting, directing, and singing, and about his new album of Spanish street songs known as coplas. Later: Classical guitarist Gyan Riley was following in some big footsteps when he left home. His father just happens to be Terry Riley, one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. But he's carved out a niche of his own as he demonstrates today with a live performance in our studio.
Placido Domingo
Tenor Placido Domingo is at home both in the world’s great opera houses but also in vast stadiums and on the pop charts. His new album is a collection of coplas, the popular Spanish street songs he heard as a child. He joins us to talk about it and to ...
Night Life on the Sea Shore
Brighton Beach is a fun summer destination -- and it's not just for sun-bathing and chess-playing on the boardwalk. When the sun goes down, nightclubs are packed with locals, mostly émigrés from Russia and Ukraine. There, through music, performers have recreated the old country...in the new. Daniela Gerson has more.
Gyan Riley
Gyan Riley grew up listening to music by his father, minimalist composer and pianist Terry Riley, and Indian classical pieces. He incorporates both and many other sounds as a classical guitarist and composer. He joins us with a live performance.
Gyan Riley performs tomorrow Jun. 6 at Baruch College's ...
Gyan Riley performs tomorrow Jun. 6 at Baruch College's ...
A Great Tenor Looks to the Future
What do you ask someone who’s so famous that he has his own Muppet? Placido Domingo is one of the greatest tenors of our time, and as a conductor and arts administrator he has been a tireless champion of the world of ...