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Missy Mazzoli's new album, Dark with Excessive Bright, features the composer's orchestral compositions. Caroline Tompkins/courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Missy Mazzoli is a symphonic composer with a photographer's eye

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on Oct. 6, 2021. Last week, the mayor of Philadelphia declared it "Philly Loves Yannick Week," in celebration of him extending his contract with the Philadelphia Orchestra for four more years. Chris Lee/Philadelphia Orchestra hide caption

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From Beyoncé to Debussy, Yannick Nézet-Séguin shares music that inspires him

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Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic, March 9, 2022. Chris Lee/New York Philharmonic hide caption

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N.Y. Philharmonic chief looks to Gustavo 'Dudamel era' after historic appointment

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Trade, created by Emma O'Halloran and Mark O'Halloran, will be featured at the PROTOTYPE festival this year. Maria Baranova/Unison Media hide caption

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Who says opera needs a grand stage? This festival is all about intimate productions

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A photo of Lionel Mapleson, pasted in one of his journals. Alex Teplitzky/NYPL hide caption

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This man's recordings spent years under a recliner — they've now found a new home

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Angelo Badalamenti in a portrait taken Feb. 9, 1990. The composer, best known for his work with director David Lynch, died Dec. 11, 2022. ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images hide caption

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An exterior shot of The Juilliard School in New York City, taken in September 2020. Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption

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A 2005 exterior shot of The Juilliard School, which is located on the campus of Lincoln Center in New York City. Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The classical singer Julia Bullock has released Walking in the Dark, her debut solo album. Grant Legan/Nonesuch Records hide caption

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With a bold debut album, Julia Bullock curates an unconventional career

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Julia Bullock's Walking in the Dark is one of NPR Music's top 10 classical albums of 2022. Photo illustration: Jackie Lay/NPR / Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images hide caption

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Composer Ned Rorem in 1953 in Paris, where he lived for nearly a decade and wrote his infamous Paris Diary. Provided by the artist hide caption

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Composer Julia Wolfe at the Nashville Symphony Orchestra's world premiere of her piece Her Story on Sept. 15, 2022. Kurt Heinecke/Nashville Symphony hide caption

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Our biggest orchestras are finally playing more music by women. What took so long?

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The new interior of David Geffen Hall, during a New York Philharmonic tuning session. Michael Moran/New York Philharmonic hide caption

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Stripped to the bones: Why a new NYC concert hall sounds so much better

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The Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2016. Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe/Getty Images hide caption

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Where are the Black musicians in the country's largest orchestras?

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On his new album, Sean Shibe ditches his nylon-strung classical guitar for a Fender Stratocaster. Iga Gozdowska/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Sean Shibe, a shape-shifting artist, redefines the idea of a classical guitarist

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From left to right: Geneviève Laurenceau, David Kadouch, Fiona McGown and Héloïse Luzzati perform at the July 2022 edition of the music festival Un Temps pour Elles. Alexis Lardilleux/La Boîte à Pépites hide caption

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A new label revives forgotten female composers' music

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UC Berkeley Professor Richard Taruskin, whose 4000-page book The Oxford History of Western Music set a benchmark for writing about the history of classical music. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst N/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty hide caption

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"That's where our story starts, but that's not where music starts."

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Vijay Gupta performing with some of the professional musicians in Street Symphony at the Midnight Mission on LA's Skid Row. David Zimmerman hide caption

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Street Symphony plays in harmony with Skid Row's 'sacred spaces'

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Composer Carlos Simon's Requiem for the Enslaved, commissioned by Georgetown University, is a reckoning with the school's troubled history. Toko Shiik/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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'Requiem for the Enslaved' holds a major university's truths up to the light

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Herman Makarenko, lead conductor for the National Opera of Ukraine. Julian Hayda/NPR hide caption

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Kyiv opera house reopens after 3 months

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