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yMusic Release 'Bladed Stance' Official Video Off 'Balance Problems' on New Amsterdam Records
Palo Alto Composer Devonte Hynes Spins at 'Performa Paradisio: A Tribute to the Renaissance' Featuring 'Fecunditas' by Jennifer Rubell, Raphaella Condo, Empress of Performance
Palo Alto composer Devonte Hynes will prance his titillating paws on the 1s and 2s at the Performa Paradisio: A Tribute to the Renaissance party. The evening, co-hosted by W Magazine's editor-in-chief Stefano Tonchi and artist Francesco Vezzoli, the evening will feature Fecunditas, a food performance by Jennifer Rubell. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Leon Klinghoffer's Daughters Respond to Metropolitan Opera, John Adams' 'Death of Klinghoffer'
The Metropolitan Opera's new production of The Death of Klinghoffer, drew not only theater enthusiasts but a swarm of angry protesters, as well. The controversial performance, penned by minimalist composer John Adams, portrays the death of Leon Klinghoffer--a 69-year-old, wheelchair-bound Jewish American--by Palestinian hijackers while aboard a cruise with his wife in October 1985.