Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein (Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн) (November 28, 1829 – November 20, 1894) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor. As a pianist, he was regarded as a rival to Franz Liszt and has been described by historians as one of the greatest virtuosi in history. Anton Rubinstein - Life. Rubinstein was born in Vikhvatinets (now in Republic of Moldova). He learned the piano from an early age, and made his first public appearance at the age of nine. He wa ...

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Conservatory. A conservatory is a school dedicated to teaching of various arts, such as music (including playing of musical instruments, musical composition, musicianship and music theory) and acting. See: music school. Famous conservatories: Julliard (music, acting), AFI Conservatory (film). A conservatory is also another name for a large greenhouse where plants are cultivated. See: conservatory (greenhouse). Other related arc

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The College's loan and reference collections number several hundred thousand items. There are numerous manuscripts including some by composers such as Mozart and Haydn, and many letters, including a substantial Beethoven collection. There are tens of thousands of pieces of early printed music. The modern printed music is available for hire when not needed by the College. There are also thousands of recordings, and an extensiv ...

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Royal College of Music, Royal College of Music - Museum of instruments, Royal College of Music - Other collections, Royal College of Music - Junior Department, Royal College of Music - External link

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Goran Bregović was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina in former Yugoslavia to a Bosnian Croat father and a Bosnian Serb mother. His father was an officer in the Yugoslav People's Army. His parents divorced and he remained living with his mother in the predominantly Bosniak part of Sarajevo. Goran played violin in a music school, but was thrown out of it in second grade for being untalented. His musical education was thus reduced to what his friend taught him until Goran's mother bought him his first guitar in his early teens. Brego ...

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The role of the Academy in the Finnish musical field has been controversial. It is unique that one single institution has such a predominant role in a country. No real rivalry exists since the Academy is the only state-funded music university in Finland. It is therefore self-evident that virtually all of the most talented music students choose to apply for the Academy. The lack of healthy competition between two or more music schools in the country is not usually regarded as a positive thing. However, the student-body of the Academy is extre ...

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Sibelius Academy, Sibelius Academy - Degrees, Sibelius Academy - Junior Academy, Sibelius Academy - Status of the Academy in Finland, Sibelius Academy - Notable teachers and students

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The Shedd Institute was founded in 1991 under the name Oregon Festival of American Music as a thematically-based summer orchestral pops festival dedicated to the championship of American classical music. In 1993 the Festival was designated as a Resident Company of the Hult Center, joining 6 other local non-profits, including The Eugene Symphony, Eugene Opera, Eugene Ballet and Oregon Bach ...

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The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts, The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts - History, The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts - Performance Programs, The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts - Facilities

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Born in Cedarville, Illinois, Jane Addams was educated in the United States and Europe, graduating from the Rockford Female Seminary (now Rockford College) in Rockford, Illinois. In 1889 she and Ellen Gates Starr co-founded Hull House in Chicago, Illinois, one of the first settlement houses in the United States. Influenced by Toynbee Hall in the East End of London, settlement houses provided welfare for a neighborhood's poor and a center for social reform. At its height, Hull House was visited each week by around two thousand people. ...

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Academy students perform regularly in the Academy's concert venues, and also nationally and internationally under important conductors such as Sir Colin Davis, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Christoph von Dohnányi, Lutz Koehler, Sir Charles Mackerras, Diego Masson, James MacMillan and Trevor Pinnock. In September 2005, Sir Colin Davis conducted an orchestra which combined students from the Academy and New York's Juilliard School at the BBC Proms. The Academy collaborates with other conservatoires world-wide, including participating in the SOC ...

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The natives of Cuba were the Taíno, Arawak and Ciboney people, known for a style of music called areito. Large numbers of African slaves and European immigrants brought their own forms of music to the island. European dances and folk musics included zapateo, fandango, zampado, retambico and canción. Later, northern European forms like waltz, minuet, gavotte and mazurka appeared among urban whites. Fernando Ortíz, a Cuban folklorist, described Cuba's musical innovations as arising from the interplay between African slaves settled on large ...

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Music of Cuba, Music of Cuba - Folk music, Music of Cuba - Guajira, Music of Cuba - Música campesina, Music of Cuba - Classical music, Music of Cuba - Danzón, Music of Cuba - Changuí, Music of Cuba - Rumba, Music of Cuba - Diversification and Popularization, Music of Cuba - 1920s and 30s, Music of Cuba - 1940s and 50s, Music of Cuba - 1960s and 70s, Music of Cuba - 1980s and 90s, Music of Cuba - Timba, Music of Cuba - Buena Vista Social Club, Music of Cuba - External link

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Rubinstein was a prolific composer, writing no less than twenty operas (notably Demon, written after Lermontov's Romantic poem), five piano concertos, six symphonies and a large number of solo piano works along with a substantial output of works for chamber ensemble, two concertos for cello and one for violin, free-standing orchestral works and tone poems (including one entitled Don Quixote). Rubinstein's music demonstrates none of the nationalism of The Five, and in fact he spoke out against Russian nationalism, leading ...

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Rubinstein was born in Vikhvatinets (now in Republic of Moldova). He learned the piano from an early age, and made his first public appearance at the age of nine. He was taken to Paris, and then to Berlin, where he and his brother Nikolai studied composition and theory with Dehn. Here he met with, and was supported by, Felix Mendelssohn and Giacomo Meyerbeer. He then moved to Vienna, where he briefly taught, before returning to Russia in 1848 where he worked as a m ...

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Music of Cuba - 1920s and 30s. Son music came to Havana in 1920 (see 1920 in music) due to the efforts of legendary groups like Trío Matamoros. Son was urbanized, with trumpets and other new instruments, leading to its tremendous influence on most later forms of Cuban music. In Havana, influences such as American popular music and jazz via the radio were adopted. The son trios gave way to the septets, including guitar or tres, marímbulas or double bass, bongos, claves and maracas. The trumpet was introduced in 1926. Lead singers improvised lyrics and embellish ...

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Music of Cuba, Music of Cuba - Folk music, Music of Cuba - Guajira, Music of Cuba - Música campesina, Music of Cuba - Classical music, Music of Cuba - Danzón, Music of Cuba - Changuí, Music of Cuba - Rumba, Music of Cuba - Diversification and Popularization, Music of Cuba - 1920s and 30s, Music of Cuba - 1940s and 50s, Music of Cuba - 1960s and 70s, Music of Cuba - 1980s and 90s, Music of Cuba - Timba, Music of Cuba - Buena Vista Social Club, Music of Cuba - External link

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Main article: Bijelo Dugme The cult rock group Bijelo Dugme became one of the most popular groups of former Yugoslavia between the late 1970s and mid 1980s. ...

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Goran Bregović, Goran Bregović - Early life, Goran Bregović - Bijelo Dugme, Goran Bregović - After Bijelo Dugme, Goran Bregović - Incomplete list of films he did music for, Goran Bregović - List of his film music albums

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The Royal Academy of Music offers training in performance, composition, conducting, music theatre and opera from pre-college level (Junior Academy) to PhD. The people. ...

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