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2x Grammy-Winning soprano Hila Plitmann sings at Buckingham Palace for the Queen's Coronation Festival in 2013.

"Fly to Paradise" by Eric Whitacre
Virtual Choir 4 & The Bach Choir
Eric Whitacre, conductor

Richard Danielpour has collaborated frequently with soprano Hila Plitmann, and this album features three recent works, two of which were written specifically for her. The song cycles heard here are sung in three languages central to the composer’s life: Farsi, Italian, and English.

In 2024 Valley of the Moon Music Festival celebrates 10 years of brining the sounds of Classical and Romantic music to beautiful Sonoma Valley.

Introducing Valley of the Moon Music Festival! Video for their inaugural season July 18-August 2, 2015, in Sonoma, California for Classical music on period-instruments. Filmed at a house concert in Sonoma.

Performers:
Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin
Tanya Tomkins, cello
Eric Zivian, fortepiano

Nestled in the heart of the Sonoma Valley, Valley of the Moon Music Festival presents historically informed Classical and Romantic chamber music on period instruments.

Building Easter Island's first music school. Correspondent Kelefa Sanneh talked with Teave about preserving native traditions and fostering music education on a tiny spot in the Pacific.

In bringing the Song of Rapa Nui to the world, pianist brings music education home. Mahani Teave grew up on one of the most remote islands on Earth, but the 38-year-old pianist still found a way to bring her music to the world — and music education to Rapa Nui. Jeffrey Brown tells the story of her unusual journey and her new album as part of our ongoing arts and culture series, CANVAS.

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 1 - I. Vivace
Mahani Teave, piano
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra

NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts visits its most far-flung location yet - Easter Island - where "classical music thrives there – thanks largely to Mahani Teave... She begins with a sparkling Allemande by Handel, followed by a beguiling performance of a Chopin Nocturne....and closes with an ancestral song."

Hilá Sings Michael Daugherty's Songs from a Silent Land,
with LSU Wind Ensemble