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Composer Gabriela Lena Frank's Pulitzer-winning piece is inspired by the ancient cosmologies of her Peruvian heritage.
Mariah Tauger
Classical Stories From WSMR
Gabriela Lena Frank wins music Pulitzer for 'Picaflor: A future myth'
Tom Huizenga
The composer created her own symphonic fable that weaves Andean cosmology with the natural world.
Isabel Leonard as Frida and Carlos Álvarez as Diego perform in a scene from Gabriela Lena Frank's El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego at New York's Metropolitan Opera.
Marty Sohl
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Classical Stories From WSMR
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera dream together again at Met Opera
Jeff Lunden
Will Sharpe plays Mozart in the Starz series Amadeus.
Adrienn Szabo
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Starz
Classical Stories From WSMR
Will Sharpe imagines Mozart's day-to-day in 'Amadeus'
Ann Marie Baldonado
A study from University College London found that participating in arts, like painting or going to the theater, can help slow biological aging.
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Engaging with the arts can slow biological aging, study shows
Allison Aubrey
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