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Happy 255th Birthday, Ludwig van Beethoven! (Original Post) ancianita Dec 16 OP
He has a Masters from Juilliard. oberle Dec 16 #1
Yep. Batiste is a maestro. My first exposure to him was as music director for Stephen Colbert. ancianita Dec 16 #2
Nice! 2naSalit Dec 16 #3
Sometimes we could use a musical break to lighten up. ancianita Dec 16 #4

oberle

(268 posts)
1. He has a Masters from Juilliard.
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 02:41 PM
Dec 16

And played some classical pieces at the Kennedy Center honors a few hears ago.

ancianita

(42,779 posts)
2. Yep. Batiste is a maestro. My first exposure to him was as music director for Stephen Colbert.
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 02:48 PM
Dec 16
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Batiste from which comes this part...

About his 2024 album Beethoven Blues, Batiste told The New York Times that Beethoven's music "is so very African, filled with polyrhythms" and the "feeling" of the blues.
Batiste's original compositions on the album include "Dusklight Movement", inspired both by the "Moonlight" Sonata, and a bit by B.B. King's "The Thrill Is Gone".[18]

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