Magna Performing Arts of Arizona LLC

08/25/2025

Reminder...Classical IS cool.

In all her cello-ness & alto-ness, you are missing out if you don't explore Laufey's music.

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05/25/2025

Every guitar owner cherishes their guitars. But these guitars have achieved museum-level status, with a permanent gallery dedicated to them in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

For decades, an obsessive duo of guitar guys has been amassing a definitive collection. The art these objects created changed the world.

03/12/2025

Beautiful music can transcend any differences that people have in the world and touch our hearts.

A 𝗡𝘆𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗮, roughly translated from Swedish as "key-harp" or "keyed fiddle", is primarily known to have originated in Sweden. But its roots can be tracked all the way back to medieval Europe.
https://www.nyckelharpa.org/about/what-is-a-nyckelharpa

A 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 (Norwegian: hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument similar to the fiddle, with each one being a handmade piece of art. It is considered the to be the national instrument of Norway.
https://www.hfaa.org/about-the-hardanger-fiddle

02/21/2025

02/03/2025

Ballerina Victoria Dauberville was filmed performing a dance on the edge of a cruise ship’s bilge, mere inches from Antarctica’s icy waters. The visually-stunning moment was so awe-inspiring, social media couldn’t believe that it was real.

09/25/2024

Mozart dropped a new single! Yep, that Mozart. It is believed he wrote this long lost piece when he was a teenager.

Long lines of music lovers formed to hear a piece of history, as a previously unknown Mozart trio received its first public performance.

08/24/2024

In honor of Ukraine's 33rd Independence Day today, we want to share that The National Ballet of Ukraine will be touring part of the U.S. If you will happen to be in any of the tour cities on their performance dates listed in the shared post, we encourage you to see these incredibly talented dancers.

07/28/2024

The mix of music genres at the Summer 2024 Olympics opening ceremony in Paris was so incredible! Want to know who performed?

*It was hard to find some of this info so that we could acknowledge the performers. If you know of anything we missed, comment below, and we’ll add it to the main post if we can verify it.*

- Lady Gaga performing Z**i Jeanmaire’s "Mon truc en plumes", yes, en français!; also accompanied by a full-on horn section, upright bassist and keyboardist
- Accordionist Félicien Brut, perched on the Pont d'Austerlitz while the Parade of Nations funneled beneath
- Les Miserables lead-in to…
- Heavy metal band Gojira mixing in opera by Franco-Swiss opera singer Marina Viotti
- Popular French-Malian pop artist Aya Nakamura, accompanied by the French Republican Guard Band
- French pianist Alexandre Kantorow performing Ravel’s “Jeux d’eau (water games)” while rain ironically dances upon his piano
- French mezzo-soprano opera singer Axelle Saint-Cirel performing the French national anthem “La Marseillaise” on top the Grand Palais
- Polish operatic countertenor singer (and breakdancer!) Jakub Józef Orliński
- Algerian-French rapper Rim'K
- Pianist Sofiane Pamart and singer Juliette Armanet, with a moving rendition of Lennon/Ono’s “Imagine”
- The Radio France Choir and French National Orchestra playing the Olympic anthem
- And a heavily-rumored return of the vocal queen, Celine Dion! performing Edith Piaf's “L'Hymne à l'amour" with her musical director Scott Price on piano

And Dancers galore:
- A very French and fun can-can dance (originating from 1820’s) performed by 80 Moulin Rouge dancers; their outfits were designed specifically for the performance
- Dance segments representing an ode to French craftsmen and artisans, with vertical dancing on the Notre Dame scaffolding by Compagnie Retouramont, a huge ensemble of dancers on reflective waterfall stages, and Paris Ballet’s principal Guillaume Diop on the roof of City Hall
- Colorful Cirque du Soleil-like flipping & sway pole acrobats and tightrope walkers
- And thousands more talented dancers (apx 3000!) all throughout the ceremony
- Special shout out to the acrobat(s) that tossed around on the tippy top of Paris while escorting the Olympic torch to the proper hand offs

07/24/2024

Enjoy this beautiful flute choir. As you can see, there are over 100 flute students that joined together to perform this under the direction of Rebecca Fuller.

04/01/2024

Did you notice? SPRING IS HERE! I know you are busy but make sure that you are planning to get out and enjoy this favorite time of year. Take a Walk. Go to the local ball game. Have a picnic. Plan to get up and move. You'll be glad your did.

03/26/2024

Is this perfection?

12/13/2023

In honor of National Violin Day on Dec 13, 2023...The violin can be classic & inspiring. But it can also be modern & surprising.

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