Arts & Culture

Japan’s Beethoven Mamoru Samuragochi admits he can hear

"Japan's Beethoven" Mamoru Samuragochi has admitted he is not totally deaf, amid an ongoing scandal over his use of a…

11 years ago

Sleepwalker: Lifelike statue draws mixed reaction at Wellesley College

Sleepwalker – a lifelike sculpture of a man walking in snow - has drawn a mixed reaction from students at…

11 years ago

Mamoru Samuragochi fraud: Ghostwriter Takashi Niigaki admits being Japanese Beethoven’s accomplice

Takashi Niigaki has come forward to admit being part of Japan’s Beethoven fraud. The ghostwriter for the man dubbed "Japan's…

11 years ago

Lipinski Strad theft: Three people arrested in rare Stradivarius theft

Wisconsin authorities have arrested three people in connection with the theft of a three-century-old Stradivarius violin valued at $5 million.…

11 years ago

Mamoru Samuragochi: Japan’s Beethoven admits hiring someone else to write his music

Mamoru Samuragochi, a deaf composer who has been dubbed "Japan's Beethoven", has admitted hiring someone else to write his music…

11 years ago

Jose Emilio Pacheco dies at 74 after hurting his head in a fall

Novelist and poet Jose Emilio Pacheco has died at the age of 74, a day after hurting his head in…

11 years ago

Brokeback Mountain opera to premiere at Teatro Real in Madrid

A Brokeback Mountain opera version is to premiere at the Teatro Real in Madrid later this month. The libretto has…

11 years ago

Claudio Abbado dies at the age of 80

Former musical director of La Scala, Claudio Abbado, has died at the age of 80. Italian conductor died in Bologna…

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Poet Juan Gelman dies in Mexico City aged 83

Argentinean poet and political critic Juan Gelman has died aged 83 in Mexico City. Juan Gelman, the son of Jewish…

11 years ago

Amiri Baraka dies in New Jersey hospital at 79

Poet Amiri Baraka died in New Jersey on Thursday at the age of 79. Amiri Baraka died in hospital -…

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