by globaladmin | Sep 17, 2023 | Episode
From the Hungarian folk Dances of Johannes Brahms, to the Negro Folk symphony by William Levi Dawson, the idea of folk music being classical is age old. There have been countless composers and performers who’ve utilized folk aesthetics to make a name for...
by globaladmin | Sep 10, 2023 | Episode
Classical music isn’t something that includes culture – classical music is culture. It’s something that the composer of THIS work both understands and applies to his musical creativity. Hi there – I’m Loki Karuna and on this edition of...
by globaladmin | Sep 3, 2023 | Episode
When you hear the phrase, “American Folk Music”, what comes to mind immediately? Maybe music that involves a banjo, hand clappin’ and foot stompin’, or something of that variety, right? Well you’d be correct in thinking of it in...
by globaladmin | Aug 27, 2023 | Episode
Within the music industry, more and more people are beginning to engage the idea of classical music in a broader, more inclusive way. By celebrating things like soul, blues, and jazz as equally classical to our lived musical experiences, the door is opened not...
by globaladmin | Aug 13, 2023 | Episode
Pianists who create music inspired by their cultural surroundings have been around, well, since there were pianos! This was true for Brahms, for Franz Liszt, for Mozart – just about anyone you can think of, and the tradition has continued into the 21st...
