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Women in Iran are prohibited from singing solo in public. But they're everywhere in pop music. Today, we explore the underground market for female singers in the Islamic republic. Also: Composer John Corigliano is among the few "serious" contemporary composers whose appeal has reached beyond the new-music crowd. As he turns 70 this month, we catch up with the Brooklyn-born composer, who is being honored with a festival at the Brooklyn Philharmonic.
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Revolution, Veils and Rock Music
In Iran, women are forbidden from singing solo in public. Still, singers Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat presented a concert recently at the Italian Embassy in Tehran. The concert is out out on CD. Masha Vahdat joins us along with Niloofar Mina, an Iranian-born ethnomusicologist who teaches at New Jersey City University.
When Carnival comes to Queens
For the lucky nations of the Caribbean and South American that celebrate Carnival, the party is less than a week away. But it turns out that the festivities have started much earlier in New York neighborhoods like Richmond Hill. WNYC reporter Corey Takahashi found that this year, Carnival came early to southeast Queens.
John Corigliano at 70
Composer John Corigliano, best known for his score to the film "The Red Violin" and Symphony No. 1, in response to the AIDS crisis, joins us to talk about his career as he turns 70 next month.
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