Kylie Harwell
Classical 101 Web Producer-
Classical 101Haochen Zhang is the co-winner of the 2009 Van Cliburn piano competition, a virtuosic performer, and 25-year old master of his instrument. This week Zhang…
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Classical 101On August 3rd, 1492, Christopher Columbus led three ships out of the Spanish port of Palos in an attempt to sail westward toward the West Indies for gold,…
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Classical 101It's no secret that the Columbus Symphony Orchestra is excited about what is being called, "the Milanov Era," since Maestro Rossen Milanov has signed a…
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Classical 101Fifty years working in any profession is quite a long time, but fifty years setting the standard for piano performance is just incredible. Pianist, author…
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Classical 101The fatal attraction between a sorceress and a Christian Crusader in Lully's opera Armide is the very definition of angst. For a work written in 1686,…
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Classical 101Arvo Pärt is probably best described as a touchstone composer of the 20th Century. His work has shaped a branch of minimalist composition both for…
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Classical 101The cool kids are coming home to Columbus from Brooklyn and Seattle these days, and the members of the art-rock band/new music ensemble/avant-garde trio,…
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Classical 101When Classical 101 host Christopher Purdy hands you a book about opera from his personal shelf, it's probably best to read it, especially if the first…
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Classical 101This season, the Metropolitan Opera will produce Rossini’s Otello without blackface—the use of dark makeup for a white actor, commonly known as a low…
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Classical 101It is easy to fall into a routine or comfort zone in our listening, especially the more entrenched in a music scene one becomes. It happens. But what…