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Music

Hilary Hahn transitions from young phenom to established soloist

Violinist Hilary Hahn is just 25, but she's one of the biggest names in classical music. She's a Grammy Award-winner, and her work as a violin soloist on the soundtrack for the movie "The Village" is up for an Academy Award. Hahn is in the Twin Cities this weekend to perform with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

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Does the world really need another Beethoven's Fifth?

It's perhaps the best known opening in classical music, the crashing chords of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. The Minnesota Orchestra has released a new recording of the work. When many orchestras are recording less because of economic concerns, some are asking if there's really a need for another rendition of Beethoven's Fifth.

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Martin Zellar gets political

Martin Zellar's one of the state's most respected rock musicians. He rose to fame as the front man for the Gear Daddies. When that group disbanded he formed Martin Zellar and the Hardways which he continues to tour with today. But music isn't Zellar's only passion. Recently he's returned home to his native Austin to head up the Mower County DFL.

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"Mozart in Manhattan"

What if Mozart didn't die of that last illness at 35? What if he followed his librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte, to New York? Would Mozart have written the first American Opera? A new opera presented by The College of St. Catherine plays out these "what if?" scenarios. Classical music host Mindy Ratner interviews composer Albert Biales and librettist Brian Fogarty.

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Mozart in Manhattan

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died of a sudden illness in 1791 at the age of 35. What if he had lived and followed his librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte to America?

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Opera takes on bullies

You might think melodrama, angst and tragedy of operatic proportions are part of being a teenage girl. An opera opening Thursday in Fargo focuses on the emotional pain of girls who are ostracized and bullied.

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Dylan's Minnesota party tape surfaces

It is the stuff of legend among Bob Dylan devotees -- an early recording of Dylan singing folk songs with friends in a Dinkytown apartment. But apparently only a few diehards have ever heard the "Minnesota party tape." Until now. The tape has been donated to the Minnesota Historical Society by the man who recorded it, Cleve Pettersen, in a Dinkytown bar in 1960.

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"Stephanie Says" (She's yearning for England)

Minneapolis singer songwriter Stephanie Winter has lived in Minnesota for more than two decades. Her heart however, belongs to the country where she grew up, England. Winter and her band "Stephanie Says" capture that longing for home on their new CD, "Sex, Socialism and the Seaside."

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A new overture for "The People's Room"

This weekend the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra premiers a new overture to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the opening of the Minnesota State Capitol building.

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The Kato Ballroom celebrates 50 years

The Kato Ballroom opened its doors back in the early 1950s around the advent of rock and roll. Before long, the Kato established itself as a Mankato hotspot hosting legends like Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and even Louis Armstrong. This New Year's Eve the Kato revisits that history with a party celebrating its 50th anniversary.

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