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Théo Ould, The French Prodigy Squeezing Cool (And Bach!) Into The Accordion

A gifted accordionist, 25-year-old Théo Ould is pushing the limits of his instrument, playing a repertoire of unprecedented richness, from Bach to contemporary music, with virtuosity and conviction.

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Ideas Society

García Márquez’s Final Novel And The Eternal Beauty Of The Unfinished

The late Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author’s sons have published his draft novel Until August against his will. Yet no work of art is ever really finished. And excerpts and fragments are suited to our anxious times.

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No More Mozart? Classical Music V. Cancel Culture

The University of Oxford is planning to change its curriculum to focus on fewer white composers and more non-European music. But does it really make sense to bury Beethoven and Brahms?

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April 27

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Lost Beethoven Piece Unearthed – Watch (And Listen!)

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, BBC NEWS (UK) Worldcrunch MANCHESTER – A piece of music composed by Ludwig van Beethoven nearly 200 years ago has been unearthed by a University of Manchester scholar. Professor Barry Cooper, a leading Beethoven expert, spotted the work which the German composer wrote around 1820 alongside some original sketches of the famous […]

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