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Esteban Meneses’s Biography

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Esteban Meneses is a 2022 Rubin Institute for Music Criticism fellow, a freelance arts and music journalist, and a bilingual public relations consultant based in Orlando. His writing can adapt to a variety of styles and subjects — from corporate marketing and communications to opera.

He is ardently interested in contemporary music, inclusivity in the performing arts (and in arts journalism), and in making classical music appealing to the growing Hispanic population.

A 2018 graduate of Rollins C…

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O Freude! Orlando Tests New Hall On Beethoven: The Answer Resounds | Classical Voice North Americ...

O Freude! Orlando Tests New Hall On Beethoven: The Answer Resounds | Classical Voice North Americ...

Steinmetz Hall, a first-class concert venue in downtown Orlando, saw a two-week opening celebration, includin…

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Odeya Nini Plumbs the Deepest Sounds of a Voice that Heals

Odeya Nini Plumbs the Deepest Sounds of a Voice that Heals

Listening to the swirling, terraced vocals of Odeya Nini is like having raw human emotion hurled at you with …

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As her Solti post ends, Lina González-Granados looks back with gratitude | Chicago Symphony Orche...

As her Solti post ends, Lina González-Granados looks back with gratitude | Chicago Symphony Orche...

For her last public concert as the CSO's Solti Conducting Apprentice, Lina González-Granados will lead two wo…

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Young Composers Meet The Challenge And Hear Their Music Take Wing | Classical Voice North America...

Young Composers Meet The Challenge And Hear Their Music Take Wing | Classical Voice North America...

At the final "composium" of the 13th National Young Composers Challenge, open to aspiring youths ages 13 to 1…

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Composer Schwantner, Marching To His Own Drum, Chimes, Crotales | Classical Voice North America

Composer Schwantner, Marching To His Own Drum, Chimes, Crotales | Classical Voice North America

With some 60 published scores to his credit, composer Joseph Schwantner has been prolific and consistent in h…

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Susan Orlean, author of 'The Orchid Thief,' kicks off Winter With the Writers at Rollins College

Susan Orlean, author of 'The Orchid Thief,' kicks off Winter With the Writers at Rollins College

As a self-proclaimed tourist of the human condition, Susan Orlean has the knack for finding persuasive and en…

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Gabriela Lena Frank: Present and Future Myth

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By Esteban Meneses
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Gabriela Lena Frank at the March, 2025 world premiere of her Picaflor: A future myth at the Philadelphia Orchestra, with Principal Guest Conductor Marin Alsop. Photo by Jessica Griffin. | This spring, composer Gabriela Lena Frank marked multiple major career landmarks. Picaflor: A future myth, her large-scale orchestral work connecting Andean cosmology with environmental concerns, won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Music.
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Gabriela Lena Frank: Mito Presente y Futuro

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By Esteban Meneses
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Gabriela Lena Frank en el estreno mundial de su obra Picaflor: A future myth con la Orquesta de Filadelfia en marzo de 2025, junto a la directora invitada principal Marin Alsop. Foto de Jessica Griffin. | Esta primavera, la compositora Gabriela Lena Frank alcanzó varios hitos importantes en su carrera. Picaflor: A future myth, su obra orquestal de formato grande que conecta la cosmología andina con preocupaciones medioambientales, ganó el Premio Pulitzer de Música de 2026.
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Beckett’s ‘Endgame’ Gets An Operatic Spin As Wry As The Original

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By Esteban Meneses
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The Danubia Orchestra and conductor Markus Stenz recorded György Kurtág’s ‘Fin de Partie’ live in 2023 at Müpa Budapest. (Photo by Bálint Hrotkó / Müpa) Kurtág: Fin de Partie. Frode Olsen, baritone; Zsolt Haja, baritone; Hilary Summers, alto; Leonardo Cortellazzi, tenor. Danubia Orchestra; Markus Stenz, conductor. BMC 363. Total time: 114 minutes.
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