Instruments of a Beating Heart” follows a group of first graders in Japan who form an orchestra to play Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” as part of a welcoming ceremony for the incoming class of 6-year-olds.

Japanese director Nobuhiko Obayashi (1938-2020) took the world of cinema by storm with his 1997 masterpiece House. A campy, ...

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What is Vy Higginsen’s most famous contribution to musical theater? Vy Higginsen co-wrote “Mama, I Want to Sing!”, which became the longest-running black off-Broadway musical in American history, ...

Kendrick Lamar is set to perform at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show in New Orleans, where his music will be influenced by the city’s rich jazz heritage. Melvin Villaver, an assistant professor at ...

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1926 when a professional orchestra called the New Symphony Orchestra was formed. After being briefly called the Japan Symphony Orchestra, it was renamed the NHK Symphony Orchestra in 1951.

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