A collection of stories tagged 'gabriela' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:15:16 EST Sing a tune and Montero will come up with an instantaneous four minutes of new music. This time on Sing It and Wing It, Montero improvises around a Balkan folk tune, sung to her by a listener in Brooklyn. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/42202 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16373044&ft=1&f=1039 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:37:00 EST Pianist Gabriela Montero fields songs sung over the telephone and creates her own improvisations around them. This week, hard work on a sailing team inspired a listener to sing the song "The Weight" by The Band. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/38691 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14001296&ft=1&f=1039 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:32:00 EDT NPR station WFUV has a backstage view of one of the country's most impressive music festivals, held each year in rural Tennessee. Rita Houston, host of The Whole Wide World talks with special guests Gillian Welch, Manu Chao, Rodrigo y Gabriela and Elvis Perkins. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/36278 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11240386 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:49:00 EDT Disenchanted with their status as heavy metal rockers, the duo Rodrigo y Gabriela traded electric guitars for acoustic models then hit the road for Dublin. Their fusion of metal with their Mexican roots has become popular in Europe. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/33591 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9693293 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:52:00 EDT A Performance Today listener calls in with a song to sing, and pianist Gabriela Montero comes up with a piano improvisation to play. After Montero improvises, we hear a bit of Betty Carter singing "My Reverie," a song by Larry Clinton, based on Debussy. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/29095 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6690649 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:53:00 EST Montero has had a terrific year as a classical pianist: making her debut with the New York Philharmonic, releasing two solo CDs, getting profiled on 60 Minutes. Montero returns for another edition of "Sing It and Wing It," in which she improvises around a song sung by a guest on the phone. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/28402 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6597943 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:08:00 EST The music of Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero attempts to reconcile their love of heavy metal music with their traditional style of Mexican guitar playing. Their self-titled debut combines Sanchez's intricate fingerpicking with Quintero's smooth melodic style -- and works wonderfully. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/25351 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6412458 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:11:00 EST "Sing It and Wing It" is what pianist Gabriela Montero does at the end of most of her concerts. A member of the audience sings her a song and she improvises on it. She does one in the studio for us, as an example. If you'd like to try one, send Fred Child an email at pt@npr.org. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/25213 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6392993 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:45:00 EDT Gabriela Montero gives Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 a new twist. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/25151 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6384241 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:01:00 EDT Improvisation came easily -- and early -- to Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero. She received a two-octave toy piano when she was 7 months old. By age 3, she was improvising on themes from songs her mother sang her. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/23778 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6077568 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:00:00 EDT Gabriela Montero combines classical piano playing with improvisation. She stops by the NPR studios to share some of her music, including improvisations on Rachmaninoff's Moment Musicaux Op. 16, No. 4 and Bach's Toccata in D Minor. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/21097 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5535567 Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:36:00 EDT