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Illuminating 60-second flights through the world of classical music with host and longtime NPR commentator Miles Hoffman. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio.You can enjoy an archive of these segments here.

A Minute with Miles Miles Hoffman

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Illuminating 60-second flights through the world of classical music with host and longtime NPR commentator Miles Hoffman. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio.You can enjoy an archive of these segments here.

    Joanna Mauer: wisdom vs. age

    Joanna Mauer: wisdom vs. age

    One of the wonderful aspects of life as a musician: age differences among players don’t mean anything. What counts is what kind of person you are, and how you make music.

    • 1 min
    IPA

    IPA

    Professional opera singers often have to sing in languages with which they’re completely unfamiliar. And yet they’re expected to pronounce all the words correctly. How do they do it?

    • 1 min
    Interpretations vs. the music itself

    Interpretations vs. the music itself

    Like it or not, performers can’t help evaluating performance, especially in the cases of pieces we know or instruments we play.

    • 1 min
    Text-based music

    Text-based music

    It’s often easier to say what classical music is not, than to say what it is.

    • 1 min
    Brass quintet

    Brass quintet

    Most of what brass players do is done with the lips, and it’s invisible to us.

    • 1 min
    Bad chairs

    Bad chairs

    Chairs that are too low, too high, too hard, too slippery, or with seats tilted backward… they’re the bane of musicians’ existence.

    • 1 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
6 Ratings

6 Ratings

Cheeky Violinist ,

amazing!!

I listen to this podcast almost every morning, and this is just simply amazing! He always gives new and exciting information, which makes me really happy. Miles is an overall amazing person. In one of the recent audios, he lets out a chuckle or two. I love how this guy isn’t afraid to mask his emotions! One last thing, I also love how these are updated daily!

Doof man ,

Lovely and illuminating

Who cannot spare one minute to learn something new? The host is a high-energy violist who is so eager to share what he knows that one cannot help but be curious to learn more about the segment's topic.

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