Twenty-five young musicians from around the world have come to California to train and perform this month. They will take part in an international program called iPalpiti. The name comes from the Italian word for heartbeats. Eduard Schmieder is the p

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Here's What Playing an Instrument Can Do for Your Brain 弹奏乐器对大脑有什么积极影响 Great news for all you musicians out there: Playing an instrument may boost reaction time, according to a new study. The added perk is something people

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: What at first seemed like a standard bit of legalese has now created a controversy. The language appears in the contracts given to artists performing at this year's South by Southwest music festival. Musicians accuse the festival o

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Section 20 Famous Musicians 1How many musical instruments can you think of? 2Can you named anyone famous for playing what you chose? 3How many are from the 20th century? 4Before then, most famous musi

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - When It Ain't Right to Use 'Ain't' in English, and When It Is By Dana Demange and Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Friday, December 16, 2005 (MUSIC) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VO

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Coffeehouse Nurtured America's Folk Musicians Over Half a Century SARATOGA SPRINGS Saratoga Springs, in upstate New York, is far from America's musical hot spots of Nashville, Austin, Los Angeles and even New York City. But over the past five decades

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Broadcast: Jan 11, 2003 The conference opened with a 1) rousing 2) gospel song featuring Lester Chambers and the incoming Chairman of the FCC, the Federal Communications Commission, Jonathan Adelstein

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Rock Musicians 'Carry On' in Pakistan Rock and roll never really died in Pakistan. But it did fade away. Pop and rock bands used to play in clubs across Pakistan in the more liberal 1980s, but have largely receded from the public eye. One band is sti

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Indonesian Pianist, 12, Wows Jazz World People who listen to Joey Alexander play the piano say they are listening to the future of jazz. And Joey is only 12 years old. But musicians who work with the 12-year-old are the first to say that age does not

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Musicians Find New Places to Perform Enjoying a musical performance no longer requires a costly ticket or a trip to a theater. These days, musicians are performing in private homes, at hair cutting shops, at airportseven on ferry boats. Musicians lik

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 16 February 2007 Carnival season is a time for music and revelry, and not just in Brazil. In Cape Verde, some musicians want to show that Brazil's famous carnival rhythms also have roots in Africa's musical history. Phuong Tran

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 27 May 2008 Nepal's traditional instruments date back centuries and have been very much at the core of the country's cultural heritage. But these days, modern musical forms from India and the West have some fearing that traditio

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SXSW Attracts Musicians, Filmmakers from Around the World South by Southwest is known for its exuberance and its mingling of business and pleasure. While the music blares from several nearby venues, a delegation from Chile holds an event to bring tog

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Festival Brings Musicians and Fans to Austin, Texas AUSTIN, TEX. Austin, Texas is known as the Live Music Capital of the World, and that reputation is enhanced each year during the South by Southwest Festival. The event, which started in 1987, has gr

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: NBC's hit show The Voice pairs famous recording artists with aspiring singers competing for a chance at a recording contract. The stars sit in big red chairs as the competitors give it their all on stage. Also giving it their all -

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By Shally Zomorodi Los Angeles, California 17 November 2006 watch Roads To You Concert Roads to You musicians on tour Musicians from all over the world are putting their differences aside to spread a message of peace to audiences in the Middle East,

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By Jeremy White John Kerry sailed across Boston Harbor for the Democratic Convention last month to the sound of Bruce Springsteen's No Surrender. Stepping onto the dock, he said the Boss had it right.

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OTTAWA, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra of Canada, led by renowned Music Director Pinchas Zukerman, will stage concerts in Chinese cities in October for the first time as part of the mutual cultural activities organized

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When Li Yuchun emerged as the winner of Hunan TVs Supergirl (《超级女声》) singing contest back in 2005, few peoplenot even many of her fans imagined Li would rise to A-list stardom. After all, the then 21-year-old student from Sichuan was just

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Whenever King Xuan of the state of Qi ordered his musicians to play yu,an ancient wind instrument consisting of reed pipes,he al-ways insisted on three hundred musicians playing together.Nanguo,an educated man in retirement,asked for perm

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