In memoriam to Pete Seeger (May 3, 1919 - Jan. 27, 2014), Great Performances looks back to his milestone birthday concert in 2009. With a career spanning more than half a century, renowned folk artist, political activist, and avid environmentalist, Pete Seeger, turned 90 in ...
Great Performances mourns the passing of maestro Claudio Abbado, an Italian conductor who directed some of the finest music institutions in the world – including La Scala, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna State Opera and the Berlin Philharmonic. He died on Monday at his ...
Great Performances mourns the passing of Emmy Award-winning pioneer producer and director of Dance in America Merrill Brockway in Santa Fe at the age of 90. An Indiana native, he started his career as a piano teacher and accompanist for noted singers and instrumentalists. At ...
Folk legend Richie Havens passed away yesterday from a heart attack at the age of 72. Havens inadvertently played himself into history when he opened the music festival at Woodstock in 1969 when the bands scheduled to open were late to the venue. It was ...
Great Performances mourns the passing of Maria Tallchief, a Native American who grew up on an Indian reservation and later became a world famous prima ballerina. She died in Chicago at the age of 88. She had studied with Ernest Belcher (father of dancer Marge ...
Jonathan Winters, one of the great comedians of our time, has passed away at the age of 87. Known for his comic irreverence and multitude of characters, Winters appeared in films including "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and "The Loved One" as well ...
Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) GREAT PERFORMANCES mourns the passing of the two-time Oscar-winning Hollywood legend and passionate AIDS research advocate Elizabeth Taylor. Her life and career were celebrated by GP in the 2001 profile, “Elizabeth Taylor: England’s Other Elizabeth.” The hour featured interviews with Shirley MacLaine, ...
GREAT PERFORMANCES mourns the passing of Doris Eaton Travis—the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl—who first lit up the 1918 edition of The Ziegfeld Follies with her All American Girl star power.
"Walter Cronkite loved music and dancing, which is why he jumped at the opportunity to return to Vienna in1984--where he had been stationed as a correspondent following World War II--to host the 1985 Vienna Philharmonic's New Year’s Day Concert. For nearly a quarter of a ...
GREAT PERFORMANCES mourns the passing of one of our greatest champions and patrons, Dorothy Cullman. From the very start of Thirteen/WNET in the 1960s, Dorothy and her husband Lewis have been major supporters of the station’s arts programming, and great believers in the role public ...
