Classical KUSC Podcasts

Director Ken Kazan brings a PG-13 version of Don Giovanni to the Thornton School Opera stage.

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French/Albanian choreographer Angelin Preljocaj incorporates his study of Judo into his dance work.

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The contemporary dance troupe Ballet Preljocaj returns to southern California.

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Writer/Director Simon McBurney brings Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” back to the stage; LA 5th Graders rehearse for their debut at the Festival of New American Musicals; Kenneth Turan reviews “The Soloist;” Contributing reporter Victoria Looseleaf sits down with choreographer Angelin Preljocaj of modern dance troupe Ballet Preljocaj, and Dean Rob Cutietta ponders - conductor, friend or foe?

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Dean Rob Cutietta answers a question about the improving reputation of orchestral conductors.

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Violinist Joshua Bell demonstrates the results of practice to elementary school children through the program “Music LA.”

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USC Professor Antonio Demasio links music and the brain.

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Scott Hamilton Kennedy documents the struggle of local campesinos in “The Garden.”

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Hossein Farmani shares the future plans for the Month of Photography LA.

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We chat with Esa-Pekka Salonen as he prepares to hand over the baton; Kenneth Turan reviews “Every Little Step;” Ron McCurdy provides insight into the jazz poetry of Langston Hughes; The boys of Libera explain why they prefer music to any other after school activity, and Dean Rob Cutietta confronts the musical mimicry of Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman.

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