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Next Live Show: Peter Fong

He led the first scientific expedition from the headwaters of Mongolia’s Selenge River to Russia’s Lake Baikal, and lived to write about it in Rowing to Baikal. Had he not lived, our event would have a different tone. Music: Baagii Chogsom on the morin khuur or, as the kids call it, horsehead fiddle. Wednesday, January 22  6:00 reception, 7:00 … Continue reading »

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509: Mireya Ramos

Flor de Toloache, a mariachi band cofounded by this Latin Grammy winner, is not just all women, it’s all world: “We had women from Australia, Korea, Egypt, Japan.” Which means it could only be formed in New York City. Additional music: Daniel Espiliz, guitar, Shae Fiol, vocals. Produced with Greenwich House School. Continue reading »

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507: Peter Oundjian

This conductor, the music director of the Colorado Music Festival, loved his boyhood summers in Spain. “It was a beautiful place to practice undisturbed and a fantastic place to play soccer, because soccer was my great love, violin and soccer. And then we discovered water skiing.” Mozart, same way: violin, soccer, water skiing. The making … Continue reading »