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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
Senegalese singer Baaba Maal, in blue, performs an acoustic concert with Cheikh Ndiaye (left) at The Met.
Baaba Maal’s Songs of the Sahel
The world-renowned Senegalese singer carries the stories of the Sahel to The Met.
Will Fenstermaker
May 6, 2020
A man plays the triangle in a band
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Arts Awareness, 1972
“We discovered that art history was not the best handle by which to reach a kid.”
April 24, 2020
Photograph of a balafon, a xylophone-like percussion instruments made of wood against a dark background.
How Griots Tell Legendary Epics through Stories and Songs in West Africa
In the western Sahel, legendary tales are shared and passed down through different forms of expression, but especially spoken word.
Hakimah Abdul-Fattah
April 20, 2020
Senegalese singer Baaba Maal, in blue, performs an acoustic concert with Cheikh Ndiaye (left) at The Met.
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Baaba Maal
Senegalese icon Baaba Maal highlights traditional instruments and musical storytelling of the Sahel in this rare acoustic performance in The Met's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.
March 9, 2020
How Ragnar Kjartansson Composed Death Is Elsewhere
Kjartansson muses on Death Is Elsewhere’s relationship to Icelandic storytelling traditions.
Ragnar Kjartansson
August 12, 2019
Oliver Beer’s Vessel Orchestra and the Democracy of Sound
What happens when you listen to things you can normally only see? To find out, Beer turned 32 artworks into a playable instrument.
Lauren Rosati
August 9, 2019
A blonde-haired man with glasses, dressed in black, stands between two sculptures
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Meet the Artist—Oliver Beer on Vessel Orchestra
Beer discusses the process and inspiration of his sound installation Vessel Orchestra.
Oliver Beer
July 13, 2019