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Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O'Riley: Tiny Desk Concert
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Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O'Riley: Tiny Desk Concert

The venturesome duo plays visionary Beethoven, heartbreaking Janáček and a piece by Philip Glass that unfolds like a lullaby.

Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O'Riley: Tiny Desk Concert

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Musical Google Earth: Composer Paul Moravec's Sense Of Place

The mountainside Montserrat monastery, north of Barcelona, inspired Paul Moravec to write a cello concerto. Luis Davilla/Cover/Getty Images hide caption

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Musical Google Earth: Composer Paul Moravec's Sense Of Place

The Pulitzer Prize winner has written pieces inspired by places as far flung as Venice, New Hampshire and a monastery in the mountains of Northern Spain. These dramatically diverse locations spawned picturesque musical ideas ranging from classical to jazz to klezmer.

Matt Haimovitz And His Wayward Cello

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Matt Haimovitz And His Wayward Cello

The classical cellist has meandered in many musical directions. He and his band of eight cellists have just released a new CD of jazz standards in fresh, new arrangements.

Hear Matt Haimovitz and Uccello play Gershwin's "Liza"

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Music Interviews

A Composer At The Edge Of Sound

Tod Machover's goal is to put music into the hands of people who want to play it — or at least imagine it. He and his team at MIT helped to create Guitar Hero, and one of his latest projects helps people with disabilities write and perform music.

A Composer At The Edge Of Sound

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Studio Sessions

Haimovitz And Burleson: A Classic 'Odd Couple'

Cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Geoffrey Burleson discuss their musical collaboration and perform selections from their new recording, Odd Couple, in NPR's Studio 4A.

Haimovitz And Burleson: A Classic 'Odd Couple'

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Cellist Matt Haimovitz's Multicultural 'Goulash'

Although cellist Matt Haimovitz was raised in the United States, he was born in the Middle East to Romanian parents. His new CD, Goulash, explores his family's heritage. Music critic Tom Manoff says that it also touches on an ongoing debate about the future of classical music.

Cellist Matt Haimovitz's Multicultural 'Goulash'

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Cellist Channels Bela Bartok... Led Zeppelin, Too

On the CD Goulash!, Matt Haimovitz and his stringed instrument explore the music of Hungary, Romania and Transylvania. And he throws in a version of the rock band's "Kashmir" for good measure.

Cellist Channels Bela Bartok... Led Zeppelin, Too

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Music Interviews

Live at NPR: Cellist Matt Haimovitz

At 32, Matt Haimovitz is among the world's finest classical cellists. But he rarely saw members of his own generation in concert hall audiences. He recently made a decision to seek them out and began performing solo in rock clubs around the country.

Live at NPR: Cellist Matt Haimovitz

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