MUSIC

For American readers, the name Soprano may first suggest opera. In France, however, it belongs to one of the country's most recognizable popular performers: a rapper and singer from Marseille who has spent three decades moving from neighborhood hip-hop to some of the largest stages in the country. His latest project may be his most revealing yet. Rather than simply announcing another arena tour, Soprano wants to transform French football stadiums into enormous communal karaok

There are musical comebacks, and then there are returns that carry the weight of an entire life. When Céline Dion walked onto the stage at Paris’s Plenitude Arena on September 12, 2026, she was not simply beginning another series of concerts. She was performing her first full live show in six years, before a sold-out audience of 35,000 people, and reclaiming the stage that had defined so much of her life. AI-generated image that does not depict all the actual building. Paris

Charles-Henri Avelange - Photo Credit: Slava Pedan A monument does not always have to be made of stone. Sometimes it begins with words on the wall of a fire station, encountered by a young French composer in the middle of the night. Nearly twenty years later, those words have grown into an ambitious symphonic work involving a 90-piece Hollywood orchestra, internationally recognized choral forces, children’s voices and the unmistakable sound of firefighter bagpipes. But to und

On Thursday evening, August 27, there was supposed to be music on Pennsylvania Avenue. Not simply a concert, but an ambitious idea: performers and cultures gathering at Washington’s National World War I Memorial for A World United, an international program conceived around the belief that music can cross the boundaries that history so often records. The Doughboy Foundation described the planned evening as an international gathering of cultures brought together in a single sou

Harry H. Pace, The founder of Black Swan Records. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons / Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain). History occasionally introduces individuals who understand the future before the rest of society has found the language to describe it. Harry Herbert Pace was one of those individuals. Today, Black Swan Records is frequently remembered as America’s first major Black-owned record company. The description is accurate, yet profoundly incomplete. To reduce Black Sw

How Canto Vocal Programs Is Reimagining Kurt Weill Through Music, Memory, and Humanity Few composers have lived a life as extraordinary or as emblematic of the twentieth century as Kurt Weill. Born in Germany, shaped by the vibrant artistic world of Weimar Berlin, welcomed for a time in Paris, and ultimately reinvented in the United States after fleeing Nazi persecution, Weill transformed every chapter of his life into music. His works crossed borders as effortlessly as he di

No Doubt's Sphere residency delivered more than a concert. From immersive visuals and vibrating seats to Gwen Stefani's magnetic stage presence, the evening became a celebration of music, friendship, and the nostalgia that united an entire generation.

An evening of classical music, visual art, and mentorship came together at the Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum as Desert Roots Rising Stars presented Parisian Excursion, an immersive cultural experience celebrating the connection between music, creativity, and community.

For Yasmin Levy, music is not simply inherited tradition; it is living memory. Over the course of her international career, the acclaimed singer-songwriter has become one of the most important contemporary voices preserving Ladino, the centuries-old Judeo-Spanish language now considered endangered by UNESCO. Yet Yasmin’s artistry extends far beyond preservation alone. Through a deeply personal fusion of flamenco, Sephardic melodies, Persian and Middle Eastern influences, and