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Johnny Gandelsman performing the violin in Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters.
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In 2023, violinist Johnny Gandelsman realized a longtime dream: performing J.S. Bach’s six Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, plus novel arrangements of the composer’s six cello suites, over a weeklong residency at The Met Cloisters.
August 5, 2024
The Catalyst Quartet perform on a spotlit stage
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In December 2023, Catalyst Quartet—The Met’s 2023–24 Quartet in Residence—gave voice to a special set of Met collection instruments for the first time in over 70 years.
July 29, 2024
Johnny Gandelsman performing the violin in Fuentidueña Chapel at The Met Cloisters.
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In 2023, violinist Johnny Gandelsman realized a longtime dream: performing J.S. Bach’s six Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, plus novel arrangements of the composer’s six cello suites, over a weeklong residency at The Met Cloisters.
July 22, 2024
Cécile McLorin Salvant performing in the Unicorn Tapestries room at The Met Cloisters.
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In July 2023 MetLiveArts welcomed three-time GRAMMY®-winning jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant for an exclusive recording session in the Unicorn Tapestries Room at The Met Cloisters. For Salvant, also a skilled textile artist, the tapestries have been a source of inspiration.
November 16, 2023
Cécile McLorin Salvant performing in the Unicorn Tapestries room at The Met Cloisters.
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In July 2023 MetLiveArts welcomed three-time GRAMMY®-winning jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant for an exclusive recording session in the Unicorn Tapestries Room at The Met Cloisters
November 13, 2023
Illustrated drum sticks play atop a DIY drum made of a tin can decorated with colorful cut paper shapes; wavy arrows like sound waves point to the drum
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Make an instrument and a special tool to visualize sound.
July 5, 2023
Collage of a fish and conch shell emanating sound waves towards an ear
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Sound is invisible, yet it’s all around us! What’s going on here? What exactly is a sound, anyway?
July 5, 2023
Andrés Segovia plays his Hermann Hauser guitar.
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Watch this 1955 interview with Andrés Segovia in which he discusses his relationship with master luthier Hermann Hauser and plays the guitar Hauser built for him.
Andrés Segovia
March 22, 2022
Bob Grillo performers Ah, Marie on an Archtop guitar.
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Bob Grillo performs Ah, Marie with his guitar.
Bob Grillo
March 22, 2022
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Watch an exploration of the musical legacy of Ostad Elahi through his remarkable art of the tanbūr.
April 5, 2019