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  • Daniil Trifonov

    THE INTEGRATED GLOBAL
    CREATIVE ECONOMY

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    The Brazilian Ministry of Culture

    fomented by
    The Bahian Secretary of Culture

    fomented by
    The Palmares Foundation
    for the promotion of Afro-Brazilian Culture

    fomented by
    The National Foundation of Indigenous Peoples

    I CURATE/pathways out

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  • Name: Daniil Trifonov
  • City/Place: New York City
  • Country: United States
  • Hometown: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

CURATION

  • from this node by: Matrix

Life & Work

  • Bio: Grammy Award winning Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov (dan-EEL TREE-fon-ov) – winner of Musical America’s 2019 Artist of the Year award – has made a spectacular ascent of the classical music world as a solo artist, champion of the concerto repertoire, chamber and vocal collaborator, and composer. Combining consummate technique with rare sensitivity and depth, his performances are a perpetual source of awe. “He has everything and more … tenderness and also the demonic element. I never heard anything like that,” marveled pianist Martha Argerich. Trifonov recently added a first Grammy Award to his already considerable string of honors, winning Best Instrumental Solo Album of 2018 with Transcendental, a Liszt collection that marked his third title as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist. As The Times of London notes, he is “without question the most astounding pianist of our age.”

    This fall brings the release of Destination Rachmaninov: Arrival. Featuring the composer’s First and Third Concertos, this is the third volume of the Deutsche Grammophon series Trifonov recorded with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, following Destination Rachmaninov: Departure, named BBC Music’s 2019 Concerto Recording of the Year, and Rachmaninov: Variations, a 2015 Grammy nominee. Later this fall, Trifonov inaugurates his multi-faceted, season-long tenure as 2019-20 Artist-in-Residence of the New York Philharmonic with accounts of Scriabin’s Piano Concerto under Jaap van Zweden. The residency also sees him take part in the New York premiere of his own Piano Quintet, and rejoin the music director and orchestra for Mozart’s 25th Piano Concerto, first in New York and then on a European tour that includes a stop at London’s Barbican. The Scriabin concerto is the vehicle for the pianist’s return to the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas, with whom he reunites for Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and for Rachmaninov’s Fourth with the San Francisco Symphony, both at the orchestra’s home and on tour in Europe. Other upcoming orchestral highlights include Alexander Mosolov’s First Piano Concerto with the Nashville Symphony and Beethoven’s First and Fifth Piano Concertos with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Nézet-Séguin, as heard on the pianist’s DG Rachmaninov series. In recital this season, Trifonov tours a solo program of Bach transcriptions and The Art of Fugue to New York’s Lincoln Center, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, Boston’s Celebrity Series, and destinations in Europe, besides partnering his mentor and fellow pianist Sergei Babayan at Carnegie Hall, Cornell University, Eastman School of Music, and in Dortmund, Germany.

    Trifonov launched the New York Philharmonic’s 2018-19 season with back-to-back performances, playing Ravel’s G-major Concerto at the opening-night gala and Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto the following night. He revisited the Ravel on tour with the London Symphony and Sir Simon Rattle, and during a residency at Vienna’s Musikverein, where he appeared with the Vienna Philharmonic and gave the Austrian premiere of his own Piano Concerto. The “Emperor” also took him to the London Symphony, National Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, and Cleveland Orchestra, with which he toured Asia. Other orchestral highlights included performances of Scriabin’s concerto during a season-long residency with the Berlin Philharmonic, Prokofiev’s Third with the Chicago Symphony, Rachmaninov’s Third with the Boston Symphony, and Schumann’s concerto with longtime collaborator Valery Gergiev and the Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Trifonov gave solo recitals of Beethoven, Schumann, and Prokofiev on Carnegie’s mainstage and in Berlin, where his Berlin Philharmonic residency featured multiple solo and chamber performances. These included accounts of his own Piano Quintet, of which he also gave the Cincinnati premiere with the Ariel Quartet, and a duo recital with German baritone Matthias Goerne, with whom he also appeared at New York’s 92nd Street Y.

    Other highlights of recent seasons include a seven-concert, season-long Carnegie Hall “Perspectives” series, crowned by a performance of Trifonov’s own piano concerto with Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra; curating similar series at the Vienna Konzerthaus and in San Francisco, where the pianist gave a season-closing performance with the San Francisco Symphony; playing Tchaikovsky’s First under Riccardo Muti in the historic gala finale of the Chicago Symphony’s 125th anniversary celebrations; headlining complete Rachmaninoff concerto cycles at the New York Philharmonic’s Rachmaninoff Festival, with London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, and on tour with the Munich Philharmonic; undertaking Asian tours with the Czech Philharmonic and Rome’s Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and European tours with the London Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and La Scala Orchestra; and making debuts at London’s BBC Proms and with the Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, Rome’s Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Berlin Staatskapelle, and the Berlin Philharmonic, where he headlined the orchestra’s famous New Year’s Eve concert under Sir Simon Rattle. Since making solo recital debuts at Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, Vienna’s Musikverein, Japan’s Suntory Hall, and Paris’s Salle Pleyel in 2012-13, Trifonov has given solo recitals at venues including the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Boston’s Celebrity Series, London’s Barbican and Royal Festival and Queen Elizabeth halls, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw (Master Piano Series), Berlin’s Philharmonie, Munich’s Herkulessaal, Bavaria’s Schloss Elmau, Zurich’s Tonhalle, the Lucerne Piano Festival, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, the Théâtre des Champs Élysées and Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, Barcelona’s Palau de la Musica, Tokyo’s Opera City, the Seoul Arts Center, and Melbourne’s Recital Centre.

    The 2013-14 season saw the release of Trifonov: The Carnegie Recital, the pianist’s first recording as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist; captured live at his sold-out 2013 Carnegie Hall recital debut, the album scored a Grammy nomination. Besides the Grammy Award-winning Transcendental, Destination Rachmaninov: Departure, and the Grammy-nominated Rachmaninov Variations, Deutsche Grammophon has also issued Chopin Evocations, which pairs the composer’s works with those by the 20th-century composers he influenced. Trifonov’s discography also features a Chopin album for Decca and a recording of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto with Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra on the ensemble’s own label.

    It was during the 2010-11 season that Trifonov won medals at three of the music world’s most prestigious competitions, taking Third Prize in Warsaw’s Chopin Competition, First Prize in Tel Aviv’s Rubinstein Competition, and both First Prize and Grand Prix – an additional honor bestowed on the best overall competitor in any category – in Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Competition. In 2013 he was awarded the prestigious Franco Abbiati Prize for Best Instrumental Soloist by Italy’s foremost music critics, and in 2016 he was named Gramophone’s Artist of the Year.

    Born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1991, Trifonov began his musical training at the age of five, and went on to attend Moscow’s Gnessin School of Music as a student of Tatiana Zelikman, before pursuing his piano studies with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He has also studied composition, and continues to write for piano, chamber ensemble, and orchestra. When he premiered his own Piano Concerto in 2014, the Cleveland Plain Dealer marveled: “Even having seen it, one cannot quite believe it. Such is the artistry of pianist-composer Daniil Trifonov.”

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João had something priceless to offer the world.
But he was impossible for the world to find.
✅—João do Boi

✅—Pardal/Sparrow
Royalty work in NYC for
Aretha Franklin, Gilberto Gil
Mongo Santamaria, Airto Moreira
Astrud Gilberto, Barbra Streisand
Led Zeppelin, Philip Glass
Carlinhos Brown, Richie Havens
Jim Hall, Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)
Ray Barretto, Wah Wah Watson
The Cadillacs, The Flamingos...
I've been screamed at by Aretha Franklin,
and harangued by Allen Klein over
royalties for the estate of Sam Cooke.
I built this matrix beginning with João do Boi.
Please link to, tell others about, join us!
[email protected]
PATHWAYS
from Brazil, with love
THE MISSION: Beginning with the atavistic genius of the Recôncavo (per the bottom of this section) & the great sertão (the backlands of Brazil's nordeste) — make artists across Brazil — and around the world — discoverable as they never were before.

HOW: Integrate them into a vast matrixed ecosystem together with musicians, writers, filmmakers, painters, choreographers, fashion designers, educators, chefs et al from all over the planet (are you in this ecosystem?) such that these artists all tend to be connected to each other via short, discoverable, accessible pathways. Q.E.D.

"Matrixado! Laroyê!"
✅—Founding Member Darius Mans
Economist, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
✅—Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
President of Brazil


The matrix was created in Salvador's Centro Histórico, where Bule Bule below, among first-generation matrixed colleagues, sings "Chegou a hora dessa gente bronzeada mostrar seu valor... The time has come for these bronzed people to show their worth..."

Music & lyrics (Brasil Pandeiro) by Assis Valente of Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil. Video by Betão Aguiar of Salvador.

...the endeavor motivated in the first instance by the fact that in common with most cultures around our planet, the preponderance of Brazil's vast cultural treasure has been impossible to find from outside of circumscribed regions, including Brazil itself...

Thus something new under the tropical sun: Open curation beginning with Brazilian musicians recommending other Brazilian musicians and moving on around the globe...

Where by the seemingly magical mathematics of the small world phenomenon, and in the same way that most human beings are within some six or so steps of most others, all in the matrix tend to proximity to all others...

The difference being that in the matrix, these steps are along pathways that can be travelled. The creative world becomes a neighborhood. Quincy Jones is right up the street and Branford Marsalis around the corner. And the most far-flung genius you've never heard of is just a few doors down. Maybe even in Brazil.

"I am thrilled to receive your email! Thank you for including me in this wonderful matrix."
✅—Susan Rogers
Personal recording engineer: Prince, Paisley Park Recording Studio
Director: Music Perception & Cognition Laboratory, Berklee College of Music
Author: This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

"Many thanks for this - I am  touched!"
✅—Julian Lloyd Webber
That most fabled cellist in the United Kingdom (and Brazilian music fan)

"I'm truly thankful... Sohlangana ngokuzayo :)"
✅—Nduduzo Makhathini
Blue Note recording artist

"Thanks, this is a brilliant idea!!"
✅—Alicia Svigals
Founder of The Klezmatics

"This is super impressive work ! Congratulations ! Thanks for including me :)))"
✅—Clarice Assad
Compositions recorded by Yo Yo Ma and played by orchestras around the world

"Thank you"
(Banch Abegaze, manager)
✅—Kamasi Washington



Bahia is a hot cauldron of rhythms and musical styles, but one particular style here is so utterly essential, so utterly fundamental not only to Bahian music specifically but to Brazilian music in general — occupying a place here analogous to that of the blues in the United States — that it deserves singling out. It is derived from (or some say brother to) the cabila rhythm of candomblé angola… …and it is called…

Samba Chula / Samba de Roda

Mother of Samba… daughter of destiny carried to Bahia by Bantus ensconced within the holds of negreiros entering the great Bahia de Todos os Santos (the term referring both to a dance and to the style of music which evolved to accompany that dance; the official orthography of “Bahia” — in the sense of “bay” — has since been changed to “Baía”)… evolved on the sugarcane plantations of the Recôncavo (that fertile area around the bay, the concave shape of which gave rise to the region’s name) — in the vicinity of towns like Cachoeira and Santo Amaro, Santiago do Iguape and Acupe. This proto-samba has unfortunately fallen into the wayside of hard to find and hear…

There’s a lot of spectacle in Bahia…

Carnival with its trio elétricos — sound-trucks with musicians on top — looking like interstellar semi-trailers back from the future…shows of MPB (música popular brasileira) in Salvador’s Teatro Castro Alves (biggest stage in South America!) with full production value, the audience seated (as always in modern theaters) like Easter Island statues…

…glamour, glitz, money, power and press agents…

And then there’s where it all came from…the far side of the bay, a land of subsistence farmers and fishermen, many of the older people unable to read or write…their sambas the precursor to all this, without which none of the above would exist, their melodies — when not created by themselves — the inventions of people like them but now forgotten (as most of these people will be within a couple of generations or so of their passing), their rhythms a constant state of inconstancy and flux, played in a manner unlike (most) any group of musicians north of the Tropic of Cancer…making the metronome-like sledgehammering of the Hit Parade of the past several decades almost wincefully painful to listen to after one’s ears have become accustomed to evershifting rhythms played like the aurora borealis looks…

So there’s the spectacle, and there’s the spectacular, and more often than not the latter is found far afield from the former, among the poor folk in the villages and the backlands, the humble and the honest, people who can say more (like an old delta bluesman playing a beat-up guitar on a sagging back porch) with a pandeiro (Brazilian tambourine) and a chula (a shouted/sung “folksong”) than most with whatever technology and support money can buy. The heart of this matter, is out there. If you ask me anyway.

Above, the incomparable João do Boi, chuleiro, recently deceased.

 

 

Why Brazil?

 

Brazil is not a European nation. It's not a North American nation. It's not an East Asian nation. It straddles — jungle and desert and dense urban centers — both the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn.

 

Brazil absorbed over ten times the number of enslaved Africans taken to the United States of America, and is a repository of African deities (and their music) now largely forgotten in their lands of origin.

 

Brazil was a refuge (of sorts) for Sephardim fleeing an Inquisition which followed them across the Atlantic (that unofficial symbol of Brazil's national music — the pandeiro — the hand drum in the opening scene above — was almost certainly brought to Brazil by these people).

 

Across the parched savannas of the interior of Brazil's culturally fecund nordeste/northeast, where wizard Hermeto Pascoal was born in Lagoa da Canoa (Lagoon of the Canoe) and raised in Olho d'Águia (Eye of the Eagle), much of Brazil's aboriginal population was absorbed into a caboclo/quilombola culture punctuated by the Star of David.

 

Three cultures — from three continents — running for their lives, their confluence forming a scintillatingly unprecedented fourth. Pandeirista on the roof.

 

Nowhere else but here. Brazil itself is a matrix.

 

PORTUGUÊS (to English →)

 


João tinha algo inestimável a oferecer ao mundo.
Mas ele era impossível pro mundo encontrar.
✅—João do Boi

✅—Pardal/Sparrow
Trabalho de royalties para
Aretha Franklin, Gilberto Gil
Mongo Santamaria, Airto Moreira
Astrud Gilberto, Barbra Streisand
Led Zeppelin, Philip Glass
Carlinhos Brown, Richie Havens
Jim Hall, Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)
Ray Barretto, Wah Wah Watson
The Cadillacs, The Flamingos...
Fui gritado por Aretha Franklin,
e arengado por Allen Klein sobre
royalties para o patrimônio de Sam Cooke.
Eu construi este matrix a partir de João do Boi.
Por favor, faça um link para, conte aos outros, junte-se a nós!
[email protected]
CAMINHOS
do Brasil, com amor
A MISSÃO: Começando com a atávica genialidade do Recôncavo (conforme o final desta seção) e do grande sertão — tornar artistas através do Brasil — e ao redor do mundo — descobriveis como nunca foram antes.

COMO: Integrá-los num vasto ecosistema matrixado, juntos com músicos, escritores, cineastas, pintores, coreógrafos, designers de moda, educadores, chefs e outros de todos os lugares (você está neste ecosistema?) de modo que todos esses artistas tendem a estar ligados entre si por caminhos curtos, descobriveis e acessíveis. Q.E.D.

"Matrixado! Laroyê!"
✅—Membro Fundador Darius Mans
Economista, doutorado, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
✅—Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Presidente do Brasil


O matrix foi criado no Centro Histórico de Salvador, onde Bule Bule no clipe, entre colegas da primeira geração no matrix, canta "Chegou a hora dessa gente bronzeada mostrar seu valor..."

Música & letras (Brasil Pandeiro) por Assis Valente de Santo Amaro, Bahia. Vídeo por Betão Aguiar de Salvador.

...o empreendimento motivado na primeira instância pelo fato de que em comum com a maioria das culturas ao redor do nosso planeta, a preponderância do vasto tesouro cultural do Brasil tem sido impossível de encontrar fora de regiões circunscritas, incluindo o próprio Brasil.

Assim, algo novo sob o sol tropical: Curadoria aberta começando com músicos brasileiros recomendando outros músicos brasileiros e avançando ao redor do globo...

Onde pela matemática aparentemente mágica do fenômeno do mundo pequeno, e da mesma forma que a maioria dos seres humanos estão dentro de cerca de seis passos da maioria dos outros, todos no matrix tendem a se aproximar de todos...

Com a diferença que no matrix, estes passos estão ao longo de caminhos que podem ser percorridos. O mundo criativo se torna uma vizinhança. Quincy Jones está lá em cima e Branford Marsalis está ao virar da esquina. E o gênio distante que você nunca ouviu falar tá lá embaixo. Talvez até no Brasil.

"Fico muitíssimo feliz em receber seu e-mail! Obrigada por me incluir neste matrix maravilhoso."
✅—Susan Rogers
Engenheiro de gravação pessoal para Prince: Paisley Park Estúdio de Gravação
Diretora: Laboratório de Percepção e Cognição Musical, Berklee College of Music
Autora: This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You

"Muito obrigado por isso - estou tocado!"
✅—Julian Lloyd Webber
Merecidamente o violoncelista mais lendário do Reino Unido (e fã da música brasileira)

"Estou realmente agradecido... Sohlangana ngokuzayo :)"
✅—Nduduzo Makhathini
Artista da Blue Note

"Obrigada, esta é uma ideia brilhante!!"
✅—Alicia Svigals
Fundadora do The Klezmatics

"Este é um trabalho super impressionante! Parabéns! Obrigada por me incluir :)))"
✅—Clarice Assad
Composições gravadas por Yo Yo Ma e tocadas por orquestras ao redor do mundo

"Thank you"
(Banch Abegaze, empresário)
✅—Kamasi Washington


A Bahia é um caldeirão quente de ritmos e estilos musicais, mas um estilo particular aqui é tão essencial, tão fundamental não só para a música baiana especificamente, mas para a música brasileira em geral - ocupando um lugar aqui análogo ao do blues nos Estados Unidos - que merece ser destacado. Ela deriva (ou alguns dizem irmão para) do ritmo cabila do candomblé angola... ...e é chamada de...

Samba Chula / Samba de Roda

Mãe do Samba... filha do destino carregada para a Bahia por Bantus ensconced dentro dos porões de negreiros entrando na grande Bahia de Todos os Santos (o termo refere-se tanto a uma dança quanto ao estilo de música que evoluiu para acompanhar essa dança; a ortografia oficial da "Bahia" - no sentido de "baía" - foi desde então alterada para "Baía")... evoluiu nas plantações de cana de açúcar do Recôncavo (aquela área fértil ao redor da baía, cuja forma côncava deu origem ao nome da região) - nas proximidades de cidades como Cachoeira e Santo Amaro, Santiago do Iguape e Acupe. Este proto-samba infelizmente caiu no caminho de difíceis de encontrar e ouvir...

Há muito espetáculo na Bahia...

Carnaval com seu trio elétrico - caminhões sonoros com músicos no topo - parecendo semi-reboques interestelares de volta do futuro...shows de MPB (música popular brasileira) no Teatro Castro Alves de Salvador (maior palco da América do Sul!) com total valor de produção, o público sentado (como sempre nos teatros modernos) como estátuas da Ilha de Páscoa...

...glamour, glitz, dinheiro, poder e publicitários...

E depois há de onde tudo isso veio... do outro lado da baía, uma terra de agricultores e pescadores de subsistência, muitos dos mais velhos incapazes de ler ou escrever... seus sambas precursores de tudo isso, sem os quais nenhuma das anteriores existiria, suas melodias - quando não criadas por eles mesmos - as invenções de pessoas como eles, mas agora esquecidas (pois a maioria dessas pessoas estará dentro de um par de gerações ou mais), seus ritmos um constante estado de inconstância e fluxo, tocados de uma forma diferente (a maioria) de qualquer grupo de músicos do norte do Trópico de Câncer... fazendo com que o martelo de forja do Hit Parade das últimas décadas seja quase que doloroso de ouvir depois que os ouvidos se acostumam a ritmos sempre mutáveis, tocados como a aurora boreal parece...

Portanto, há o espetáculo, e há o espetacular, e na maioria das vezes o último é encontrado longe do primeiro, entre o povo pobre das aldeias e do sertão, os humildes e os honestos, pessoas que podem dizer mais (como um velho bluesman delta tocando uma guitarra batida em um alpendre flácido) com um pandeiro (pandeiro brasileiro) e uma chula (um "folksong" gritado/cantado) do que a maioria com qualquer tecnologia e dinheiro de apoio que o dinheiro possa comprar. O coração deste assunto, está lá. Se você me perguntar de qualquer forma.

Acima, o incomparável João do Boi, chuleiro, recentemente falecido.

 

 

Por que Brasil?

 

O Brasil não é uma nação européia. Não é uma nação norte-americana. Não é uma nação do leste asiático. Compreende — selva e deserto e centros urbanos densos — tanto o equador quanto o Trópico de Capricórnio.

 

O Brasil absorveu mais de dez vezes o número de africanos escravizados levados para os Estados Unidos da América, e é um repositório de divindades africanas (e sua música) agora em grande parte esquecido em suas terras de origem.

 

O Brasil era um refúgio (de certa forma) para os sefarditas que fugiam de uma Inquisição que os seguia através do Atlântico (aquele símbolo não oficial da música nacional brasileira — o pandeiro — foi quase certamente trazido ao Brasil por esse povo).

 

Através das savanas ressequidas do interior do culturalmente fecundo nordeste, onde o mago Hermeto Pascoal nasceu na Lagoa da Canoa e cresceu em Olho d'Águia, uma grande parte da população aborígine do Brasil foi absorvida por uma cultura caboclo/quilombola pontuada pela Estrela de Davi.

 

Três culturas - de três continentes - correndo por suas vidas, sua confluência formando uma quarta cintilante e sem precedentes. Pandeirista no telhado.

 

Em nenhum outro lugar a não ser aqui. Brasil é um matrix mesmo.

 

  • Sameer Gupta Composer
  • Giorgi Mikadze გიორგი მიქაძე New York City
  • Patricia Janečková Soprano
  • Gerald Albright Flute
  • Gerald Cleaver Jazz
  • Karim Ziad Composer
  • Chad Taylor Philadelphia
  • Anthony Hamilton Los Angeles
  • 小野リサ Lisa Ono Japan
  • Sunn m'Cheaux Gullah Geechee
  • Sombrinha Banjo
  • Tommaso Zillio Guitar Instruction
  • Jimmy Dludlu Cape Town
  • Nick Douglas Comedy Writer
  • Ari Hoenig Composer
  • Garvia Bailey Jamaica
  • Ricardo Markis Brasil, Brazil
  • Djamila Ribeiro YouTuber
  • Aruán Ortiz Contemporary Classical Music
  • Carlos Henriquez Bass
  • Soweto Kinch Rapper
  • Calida Rawles Los Angeles
  • ANNA EDM
  • Kurt Andersen Writer
  • Luiz Brasil Bahia
  • Marc-André Hamelin Classical Music
  • Bodek Janke Berlin
  • Fred P Ambient Music
  • Meena Karimi Afghanistan
  • Jim Lauderdale Americana
  • Jason Treuting Percussion
  • Kermit Ruffins Singer
  • Tessa Hadley Non-Fiction
  • Estação Primeira de Mangueira Escola de Samba, Samba School
  • Guilherme Kastrup Percussion
  • Richard Bona Bass
  • Anderson Lacerda MPB
  • Philip Watson Ireland
  • Chris Dingman Vibraphone Instruction
  • Armen Donelian Composer
  • Mino Cinélu Composer
  • Sebastian Notini Percussão, Percussion
  • Kurt Rosenwinkel Jazz
  • Christopher James Piano
  • Tommy Peoples Ireland
  • Bule Bule Bahia
  • Isaac Butler Podcaster
  • Cláudio Jorge MPB
  • Tarus Mateen R&B
  • Anderson Lacerda Choro
  • Casey Benjamin Songwriter
  • Anne Gisleson Writer
  • Maria Struduth Ilustradora, Illustrator
  • Marcus Gilmore Composer
  • Dave Jordan Singer-Songwriter
  • Horácio Reis Salvador
  • Ben Harper Blues
  • Lenna Bahule MPB
  • Anthony Coleman Klezmer
  • Amaro Freitas Jazz
  • Daedelus Electronic Music
  • Alberto Pitta Estampas Afrobaianas, Afro-Bahian Patterns
  • Pedro Martins Brasília
  • Oteil Burbridge Bass
  • Philipp Meyer Austin, Texas
  • Luciano Calazans Bass
  • Ronell Johnson Funk
  • Burhan Öçal Turkey
  • Jeff Ballard Drums
  • Tonynho dos Santos Salvador
  • Shankar Mahadevan Singer
  • David Simon Television Writer
  • Michael Olatuja Composer
  • Joshue Ashby Panama
  • Brigit Katz Canada
  • Gilmar Gomes Salvador
  • Sebastian Notini Salvador
  • Mingo Araújo Brazil
  • Jimmy Cliff Rocksteady
  • Cory Henry Jazz
  • Oteil Burbridge Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Errollyn Wallen Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • Jen Shyu Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Lionel Loueke Composer
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates Journalist
  • Dexter Story Ethnomusicologist
  • Rebeca Omordia Nigeria
  • Wadada Leo Smith Multi-Instrumentalist
  • JD Allen Jazz
  • Mandisi Dyantyis Cape Town
  • Jorge Aragão Rio de Janeiro
  • Yuja Wang Classical Music
  • Rissi Palmer Durham, North Carolina
  • Marc Maron Los Angeles
  • Meklit Hadero Ethiopia
  • Brigit Katz Toronto
  • Owen Williams Developer
  • Diego Figueiredo Arranjador, Arranger
  • Chano Domínguez Spain
  • Gamelan Sekar Jaya Bali
  • Philip Watson Cork
  • Moacyr Luz Rio de Janeiro
  • Zeca Baleiro Brasil, Brazil
  • Lula Gazineu Samba
  • André Brock African American Cyberculture
  • Frank Beacham Videographer
  • Bobby Sanabria Afro-Cuban Jazz
  • Abhijith P. S. Nair Violin
  • Ana Moura Lisbon
  • Clint Smith Poet
  • Peter Dasent Sydney
  • Zachary Richard Cajun Music
  • Kiko Souza Bahia
  • Duane Benjamin Orchestrator
  • Maria Marighella Bahia
  • Darol Anger Record Producer
  • Criolo Ator, Actor
  • Shabaka Hutchings London
  • Deesha Philyaw Literary Critic
  • Denzel Curry Hip-Hop
  • Kenny Garrett Flute
  • Hendrik Meurkens Samba
  • Tito Jackson Singer-Songwriter
  • Judith Hill Jazz
  • Margareth Menezes Gestor Público, Public Servant
  • Gustavo Caribé Chula
  • Joyce Moreno MPB
  • Scotty Apex Rapper
  • Ben Harper R&B
  • João Camarero Brazil
  • Nação Zumbi Pernambuco
  • Benoit Fader Keita Techno
  • Edgar Meyer Double Bass
  • Tonynho dos Santos Flugelhorn
  • Alicia Hall Moran Theater
  • Steve Lehman Jazz
  • Jacám Manricks Saxophone
  • Matthew F Fisher Collaborative Artist
  • Third Coast Percussion Percussion Ensemble
  • Arto Lindsay Brasil, Brazil
  • Reza Filsoofi Composer
  • João Jorge Rodrigues Presidente de Bloco Afro
  • Manolo Badrena Composer
  • Margaret Renkl Journalist
  • Brigit Katz Journalist
  • Rita Batista Bahia
  • Alex Clark Digital Media Producer
  • Les Thompson Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Colm Tóibín Poet
  • Aperio Chamber Music
  • Nicholas Daniel Oboe
  • James Elkington Folk Rock
  • Milad Yousufi Poet
  • Silas Farley Dance Teacher
  • Derek Sivers Singer-Songwriter
  • Catherine Bent Berklee College of Music Faculty
  • Simone Sou São Paulo
  • João Luiz Brooklyn, NY
  • Ben Cox Filmmaker
  • Jerry Douglas Record Producer
  • Aderbal Duarte Salvador
  • Philip Watson Journalist
  • Jussara Silveira Brasil, Brazil
  • Marc Ribot Composer
  • Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh Hardanger d'Amoré 10-string Fiddle
  • Gonzalo Rubalcaba Piano
  • Vânia Oliveira Educadora, Educator
  • Ned Sublette New Orleans
  • Bill Callahan Singer-Songwriter
  • Jaimie Branch Free Jazz
  • Terri Hinte Travel Writer
  • Kermit Ruffins New Orleans
  • Mário Pam AFROBIZ Salvador
  • Isaias Rabelo Brazilian Jazz
  • Jaques Morelenbaum Songwriter
  • Giveton Gelin Bahamas
  • Dave Weckl Multi-Cultural
  • Márcio Valverde Guitar
  • Fred P Techno
  • Miho Hazama New York City
  • Papa Mali Reggae
  • Jon Madof Guitar
  • Saileog Ní Cheannabháin Viola
  • Guinha Ramires Composer
  • Peter Dasent Film Scores
  • Samuca do Acordeon Choro
  • Vincent Herring Jazz
  • Raymundo Sodré Ropeadope
  • Meena Karimi Dilruba
  • Jonny Geller Public Speaker
  • Omer Avital Middle Eastern Music
  • Tray Chaney Record Producer
  • DJ Sankofa Pimenta Africana, African Peppers
  • John Edwin Mason Historian
  • Tom Moon Saxophone
  • Nabihah Iqbal Guitar
  • Nublu Club
  • Zé Luíz Nascimento Salvador
  • Muri Assunção LGBTQ
  • Paulo Martelli Brazilian Classical Guitar
  • Lorna Simpson Sculptor
  • Lina Lapelytė Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Alexa Tarantino Jazz
  • J. Cunha Brasil, Brazil
  • Nguyên Lê Record Producer
  • Carlos Blanco Flamenco
  • Bodek Janke Drums
  • Dan Trueman Composer
  • Michael Janisch Avant-Garde Jazz
  • Gabriel Grossi Harmonica
  • Max ZT Hammered Dulcimer
  • Stefan Grossman New York City
  • Oren Levine St. Croix
  • Varijashree Venugopal Bengaluru
  • Burhan Öçal Turkish Music
  • Bai Kamara Jr. Singer-Songwriter
  • Asa Branca Federal University of Bahia Faculty
  • Raelis Vasquez Dominican Republic
  • Adam O'Farrill Brooklyn, NY
  • Nêgah Santos Percussion
  • Amit Chatterjee Guitar
  • Laura Marling Singer-Songwriter
  • Paulo Martelli Brasil, Brazil
  • André Mehmari Contemporary Classical Music
  • Stefon Harris Manhattan School of Music Faculty
  • Gerald Clayton Jazz
  • Daymé Arocena Havana
  • Ana Luisa Barral MPB
  • Savoy Family Cajun Band Louisiana
  • Mauro Senise MPB
  • Wynton Marsalis Trumpet
  • Jim Hoke Composer
  • Zigaboo Modeliste Drums
  • Kathy Chiavola Singer
  • Serwah Attafuah NFTs
  • Hendrik Meurkens Composer
  • Jason Treuting Princeton University Faculty
  • Alê Siqueira Salvador
  • Lenny Kravitz Designer
  • Oteil Burbridge Jazz
  • Roots Manuva Rapper
  • Lavinia Meijer Classical Music
  • Thomas Àdes Contemporary Classical Music
  • Muhsinah Hip-Hop
  • Louis Marks Podcaster
  • Aperio Houston
  • Fatoumata Diawara Singer-Songwriter
  • Nubya Garcia Saxophone
  • François Zalacain New York City
  • Jon Madof New York City
  • Dafnis Prieto Master Classes, Clinics, Workshops
  • J. Cunha Designer Gráfico, Graphic Designer
  • Andrew Finn Magill Composer
  • Arturo O'Farrill Latin Jazz
  • Joatan Nascimento Bahia
  • Chris Thile Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Bob Lanzetti Record Producer
  • Casa da Mãe MPB
  • Lucas Santtana Diretor Musical, Music Director
  • VJ Gabiru VJ
  • Cinho Damatta Guitarra, Guitar
  • Martin Hayes Ireland
  • André Becker Jazz
  • Sam Eastmond Bandleader
  • Bill Hinchberger Paris
  • Restaurante Axego Brazil
  • Mary Halvorson Brooklyn, NY
  • Asanda Mqiki Afro-Soul
  • Ênio Bernardes Cantor-Compositor, Singer-Songwriter
  • Arthur L.A. Buckner Minneapolis, MN
  • Omari Jazz Composer
  • Ibrahim Maalouf Beirut, Lebanon
  • Nigel Hall New Orleans
  • Ricardo Herz Violin
  • Nelson Ayres Brazilian Jazz
  • Nguyên Lê Vietnam
  • Nathan Amaral Salzburg
  • Bruno Monteiro Produtor Musical, Music Producer
  • Mestre Nelito Samba
  • Inaicyra Falcão Bahia
  • Jonga Lima Salvador
  • Luiz Brasil Samba
  • June Yamagishi New Orleans
  • Keb' Mo' Blues
  • Gabriel Policarpo Ritmista
  • Jeremy Danneman Jazz
  • Seth Swingle Banjo
  • James Brandon Lewis Saxophone
  • Scott Devine Bass
  • Nara Couto Brasil, Brazil
  • Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin Concertina
  • Gabrielzinho do Irajá Partideiro
  • Milton Primo Brazil
  • Jon Lindsay Record Producer
  • Max ZT Dulcimer Instruction
  • Tonho Matéria Brasil, Brazil
  • Carlos Prazeres Orquestra Sinfônica da Bahia
  • Justin Stanton Keyboards
  • Áurea Martins Brasil, Brazil
  • Badi Assad Singer-Songwriter
  • Mestre Barachinha Brazil
  • Celso Fonseca Songwriter
  • Ned Sublette Musicologist
  • Dr. Lonnie Smith Hammond B-3
  • Julien Libeer Piano
  • Abhijith P. S. Nair Composer
  • Hilton Schilder Cape Jazz
  • Alphonso Johnson Composer
  • Swizz Beatz DJ
  • Jimmy Dludlu Highlife
  • Ari Rosenschein Journalist
  • Alfredo Del-Penho Singer-Songwriter
  • Dónal Lunny Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Dan Nimmer Piano
  • Djamila Ribeiro Ensaísta, Essayist
  • Alberto Pitta Artista Plástico, Artist
  • Ryan Keberle Jazz
  • Danilo Brito São Paulo
  • Les Thompson Performance Center Technical Director
  • Damion Reid R&B
  • Walter Ribeiro, Jr. Forró
  • Alex Conde Flamenco
  • Seu Regi de Itapuã Bahia
  • Glenn Patscha Folk & Traditional
  • Kurt Andersen Journalist
  • Jack Talty Irish Traditional Music
  • Roosevelt Collier Lap Steel Guitar
  • Yuja Wang Piano
  • Sam Wasson Los Angeles
  • John Archibald Journalist
  • Bill Summers Jazz
  • Billy Strings Bluegrass
  • Reggie Ugwu Writer
  • Eliane Elias São Paulo
  • Ronell Johnson Brass Band
  • Jason Moran New England Conservatory of Music Faculty
  • David Bruce Contemporary Classical Music
  • Gerald Albright Bass
  • Toninho Nascimento Singer-Songwriter
  • Daedelus Record Producer
  • Nduduzo Makhathini Record Producer
  • Carlos Lyra Singer-Songwriter
  • Damon Albarn Record Producer
  • Stefan Grossman Folk & Traditional
  • Iroko Trio São Paulo
  • Oksana Zabuzhko Ukraine
  • Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey Conductor
  • Archie Shepp Saxophone
  • Steve Abbott Music Producer
  • Ben Williams Jazz
  • Germán Garmendia Record Producer
  • Ari Rosenschein Singer-Songwriter
  • Scotty Barnhart Trumpet
  • Lazzo Matumbi Reggae
  • Adam Neely New York City
  • Jean-Paul Bourelly Jazz
  • Luciano Matos Dono de Site de Cultura, Cultural Website Owner
  • Avishai Cohen אבישי כה Singer
  • Noam Pikelny Banjo Instruction
  • Mono/Poly Experimental Music
  • Oriente Lopez Bandas Sonoras de Películas y Televisión, Film & Television Scores
  • Celsinho Silva Samba
  • Tony Trischka Old-Time Music
  • Ronell Johnson New Orleans
  • Nigel Hall R&B
  • Frank Olinsky Parson's School of Design Faculty
  • Damon Albarn Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Celino dos Santos Chula
  • Joe Fiedler Multi-Cultural
  • Stephen Kurczy Writer
  • Luíz Paixão Cavalo Marinho
  • Cleber Augusto Brazil
  • Sheryl Bailey Berklee College of Music Faculty
  • The Rheingans Sisters England
  • Paolo Fresu Paris, France
  • Reena Esmail Composer
  • Yvette Holzwarth Contemporary Classical Music
  • Carlos Malta Pífano
  • Robby Krieger Guitar
  • James Carter Contemporary Classical Music
  • Elizabeth LaPrelle Singer-Songwriter
  • Nelson Faria YouTuber
  • Christopher Seneca Writer
  • Shane Parish Guitar Instruction
  • John Patrick Murphy Accordion
  • Aaron Goldberg Jazz
  • Brad Mehldau Jazz
  • Bill Summers New Orleans
  • Cleber Augusto Guitar
  • Luizinho do Jêje Brazil
  • Olivia Trummer Composer
  • Dave Smith Alternative, Improv
  • James Gadson Funk
  • Anthony Hamilton Record Producer
  • Ari Rosenschein Seattle
  • Adonis Rose Percussion
  • Aaron Parks Composer
  • Issa Malluf Arabic Percussion
  • Billy O'Shea Copenhagen
  • Adriano Giffoni MPB
  • Leo Nocentelli New Orleans
  • Rodrigo Caçapa Composer
  • Harold López-Nussa Piano
  • Alessandro Penezzi Guitar
  • João Parahyba Brazil
  • Samuca do Acordeon Bossa Nova
  • João Jorge Rodrigues Militante do Movimento Negro, Militant Black Activist
  • Sam Yahel Piano
  • Pete Williamson Animation Designer
  • Stephan Crump Bass Instruction
  • Marta Sánchez Piano
  • Jack Talty Musicologist
  • François Zalacain Record Producer
  • Tarus Mateen New York City
  • Ballaké Sissoko Mali
  • Paddy Groenland Guitar
  • Yotam Silberstein New School Faculty
  • Sandra de Sá Brasil, Brazil
  • Corey Ledet University of Louisiana at Lafayette Faculty
  • Yasushi Nakamura Tokyo
  • Joan Chamorro Saxophone
  • Matthew Guerrieri Music Journalist
  • João Parahyba São Paulo
  • Leela James R&B
  • Beeple Concert Visuals
  • Dorothy Berry Museum Curator
  • Cuong Vu Trumpet
  • Brian Q. Torff Jazz
  • Paulo Aragão Violão
  • Sahba Aminikia Iran
  • Nei Lopes Brasil, Brazil
  • Robby Krieger Painter
  • Casey Benjamin Keyboards
  • Olivia Trummer Piano
  • Gilberto Gil Salvador
  • VJ Gabiru Videógrafo, Videographer
  • Rick Beato Recording Engineer
  • Zara McFarlane Guitar
  • Alê Siqueira Brazil
  • Paulo César Figueiredo Produtor Cultural, Cultural Producer
  • Fapy Lafertin Guitar
  • Shaun Martin Keyboards
  • Bertram Hand Percussion Performance
  • Rose Aféfé Movimento Terra Aféfé
  • Anthony Hervey Trumpet Instruction
  • Dhafer Youssef ظافر يوسف Composer
  • Dan Moretti Saxophone
  • Célestin Monga Economist
  • Luiz Antônio Simas Historiador, Historian
  • David Greely Songwriter
  • Rita Batista Salvador
  • James Brady Arranger
  • Forrest Hylton Writer
  • Eric Galm Trinity College Faculty
  • Luciano Salvador Bahia Salvador
  • Michael Pipoquinha Composer
  • Camille Thurman Piccolo
  • Ellie Kurttz London
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  • Leandro Afonso Federal University of Bahia
  • Shane Parish Composer
  • Ben Azar Composer
  • Rez Abbasi Guitar
  • Merima Ključo Theater Scores
  • Ricardo Herz São Paulo
  • João Teoria Cantor, Singer
  • Sandro Albert New York City
  • Manu Chao Multi-Instrumentalist
  • Ben Azar Guitar Instruction
  • Jelly Green Painter
  • Seth Swingle Old-Time Music
  • Kathy Chiavola Country
  • Casa Preta Local de Música ao Vivo, Live Music Venue
  • Onisajé Salvador
  • Juca Ferreira Bahia
  • Paul McKenna Glasgow
  • Nora Fischer Classical Music
  • Zachary Richard Louisiana
  • Herbie Hancock Composer
  • Charlie Bolden Composer
  • Ajurinã Zwarg Percussion
  • Magda Giannikou Composer
  • Little Simz Rapper
  • Vânia Oliveira Brasil, Brazil
  • Monarco Singer-Songwriter
  • Sam Reider Singer-Songwriter
  • Carlos Blanco Brasil, Brazil
  • Mariene de Castro Samba
  • Sara Gazarek Singer
  • Casa da Mãe Bahia
  • Brian Q. Torff Bass
  • Joel Guzmán Tex-Mex
  • Eduardo Kobra Ativista da Paz, Peace Activist
  • Jurandir Santana Bahia
  • Mikki Kunttu Lighting Designer
  • Chau do Pife Pífano
  • Vincent Valdez Printmaker
  • Anat Cohen New York City
  • Biréli Lagrène Manouche
  • Paolo Fresu Bologna, Italy

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