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Paolo Bordignon playing the organ.
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Paolo Bordignon Plays The Met's Appleton Organ
Watch a performance in the Musical Instruments galleries on The Met's Appleton Organ.
Paolo Bordignon
August 26, 2021
Image of DJ at The Met cloisters flanked by two medieval pillars bathed in red light.
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Sonic Cloisters: Dubfire
Experience Dubfire’s electronic music performance at The Met Cloisters, which emphasizes the look, feel, and sound of the Cloisters.
August 5, 2021
Mulatu Astatke plays the xylophone in front of a mic with other musicians in the backdrop.
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Digital Premiere—Mulatu Astatke in The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing
Known as the father of Ethio-jazz, composer and multi-instrumentalist Mulatu Astatke rose to international fame in the 1970s and 1980s with his unique mix of American jazz and Ethiopian music, drawing comparisons to jazz giants Duke Ellington and John Coltrane.
July 27, 2021
Image of a DJ in front of medieval art at The Met Cloisters with projections.
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Sonic Cloisters: Jlin
Experience Jlin's electronic music performance at The Met Cloisters, which emphasizes expression rather than just providing dance floor fodder.
July 8, 2021
Image of an ensemble playing in The Met's Islamic Gallery's Moroccan Court.
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Faraj Abyad: The Loyalty of the Poet
The Loyalty of the Poet sets Arabic poetry to new music by Syrian American composer, vocalist, and musician Faraj Abyad.
June 22, 2021
Two men DJing at The Met Cloisters bathed in blue light.
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Sonic Cloisters: Lost Souls of Saturn
Watch Lost Souls of Saturn, Seth Troxler and Phil Moffa, combine music, storytelling, and technology to create a unique, immersive performance environment.
June 3, 2021
Anthony McGill plays the clarinet in front of the painting Untitled (Studio) by Kerry James Marshall.
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Digital Premiere—Cadence: The Sounds of Justice, the Sounds of a Movement
Join clarinetist Anthony McGill—one of classical music’s most recognizable and brilliantly multifaceted figures—for this digital premiere filmed inside the Museum's galleries.
Anthony McGill
March 9, 2021
Violinist Leila Josefowicz performing in the galleries with Jackson Pollock's "Autumn Rhythm" in the background.
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Digital Premiere—Leila Josefowicz
Tune in as celebrated classical violinist Leila Josefowicz performs two massive works for solo violin.
Leila Josefowicz
February 15, 2021
A photograph of the pianist Ben Model waving on the stage of a grand theater
On Robert Flaherty’s The Pottery Maker, with Silent-Film Accompanist Ben Model
Take a deeper look at Flaherty’s enigmatic short and learn about the new score by Ben Model.
Christopher Alessandrini, Robin Schwalb, and Stephanie Wuertz
May 22, 2020
Two musicians are in the midst of performing a live concert. A seated man plays an upright bass, and a smiling woman stands at a microphone singing, while playing a banjo.
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Digital Premiere—Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi: there is no Other
In this performance, musicians Giddens and Turrisi share a condemnation of "othering" and a celebration of the spreading of ideas, connectivity, and shared experience.
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi
May 16, 2020