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Two Remain, the Story of Two Auschwitz Survivors

Two Remain is an opera based, in part, on two survivors of Auschwitz: Krystyna Zywulska, a Polish dissident, author and lyricist, and Gad Beck, a Jewish homosexual.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Cohen Receives 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from NDEO

Congratulations Dance Education adjunct faculty member Patricia Cohen for receiving the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Dance Education Organization.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Billboard’s Top 2024 List Includes Music Business Program

Billboard’s 2024 list of Top Music Business Schools included the NYU Steinhardt Music Business Program. We congratulate Larry Miller, Director, Music Business, and the program's faculty, for receiving this honor.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Storyteller Brings the History of Middle Passage to the Stage

Antonio Rocha, an award winning storyteller, mimes and narrates the history of the Malaga ship and the trafficking of Africans to the Americas, including Brazil, the performer's homeland.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Q & A With Jonathan Haas, Director of Program in Percussion Studies

Jonathan Haas, Director of the Program in Percussion Studies, answers a few questions about what makes this program stand out from the rest.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Q & A with Christopher Zandieh, Piano Studies Concerto Competition Winner

Christopher Zandieh, Piano Studies Concerto Competition winner, discusses how he prepared to perform with the NYU Orchestera, how he has grown as a pianist in the Piano Studies Program, and his plans post graduation.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Hajian Creates Score for PBS Series Focusing on Untold Latino History

Screen Scoring adjunct faculty member Chris Hajian composes the score for the PBS documentary series VOCES: American Historia – The Untold History of Latinos.
Areas of Study: The Arts

How Music Can Help Heal Trauma and Connect Communities

As part of the UN’s Healing Arts Week, Steinhardt hosted a symposium exploring the ways music, art, theater, and dance can improve health and well-being. Director of Music Therapy Ken Aigen explains music's healing power.
Areas of Study: The Arts

Q&A with Manuel Laufer, Director, Program in Piano Performance

Dr. Laufer answers questions about evolving curriculum, contemporary repertoire and post graduation career choices for today's piano student.
Areas of Study: The Arts

NYU Researchers Lead Team That Developed Bird Migration Tracking Technology

A research team based in part at NYU Steinhardt has achieved a breakthrough in ornithology and artificial intelligence by developing an end-to-end system to detect and identify the subtle nocturnal calls of migrating birds.
Areas of Study: The Arts