Michael Andor Brodeur
@michaelbrodeur.bsky.social
classical music critic @washingtonpost | “SWOLE” out now on @beaconpressbks | https://linktr.ee/brodeurtree
Spoiler free one character Bugonia review: 😮
October 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Spoiler free one character Bugonia review: 😮
If you enjoy classical radio, now is a great time to support it. My recent piece for the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Column | Public radio cuts could silence classical music in America
Sweeping funding cuts to public radio could deal a devastating blow to classical music communities.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If you enjoy classical radio, now is a great time to support it. My recent piece for the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra just announced a three-year contract extension for music director Jonathon Heyward, taking his tenure through 2030-31 season.
October 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra just announced a three-year contract extension for music director Jonathon Heyward, taking his tenure through 2030-31 season.
In my review of the NSO’s opening night, I noted that the Vienna Philharmonic announced a Kennedy Center performance on March 4. Those tickets go on sale today for KC members and tomorrow for the general public. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Review | At a changing Kennedy Center, the NSO gets back to business
The National Symphony Orchestra was joined by pianist Yuja Wang for its season opener at the Kennedy Center on Saturday.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
In my review of the NSO’s opening night, I noted that the Vienna Philharmonic announced a Kennedy Center performance on March 4. Those tickets go on sale today for KC members and tomorrow for the general public. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Heads up DC folks: The Apple store at Carnegie Library is hosting a "Spotlight" event featuring a Q&A between WETA's John Banther and Gianandrea Noseda, as well as a performance from musicians from the National Symphony Orchestra. Starts at 6 p.m. www.apple.com/today/event/...
Spotlight: The National Symphony Orchestra - Apple
Discover the NSO’s story from Gianandrea Noseda and enjoy a live performance by members of the orchestra.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Heads up DC folks: The Apple store at Carnegie Library is hosting a "Spotlight" event featuring a Q&A between WETA's John Banther and Gianandrea Noseda, as well as a performance from musicians from the National Symphony Orchestra. Starts at 6 p.m. www.apple.com/today/event/...
ICYMI: A big honkin' comprehensive compendium of all the arts and culture that make D.C. D.C.
The 101 greatest movies, songs, books, artworks (and more!) about Washington, D.C.
Introducing the D.C. Canon, starring Chuck Brown, Olivia Pope, George Washington, Leonardo da Vinci, Duke Ellington, Rites of Spring and — who could forget? — Gort.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ICYMI: A big honkin' comprehensive compendium of all the arts and culture that make D.C. D.C.
Much like you, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is officially old.
Featuring a great @michaelbrodeur.bsky.social essay on Rocky Horror www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Column | At 50, ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ still brings the misfits together
The campy cult classic has been the world’s favorite midnight movie for a half-century, and it’s not going anywhere.
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September 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Much like you, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is officially old.
to hell with the world wide web i just bought a selectric
September 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
to hell with the world wide web i just bought a selectric
My contribution to the Style section celebration of the 50th birthday of "JAWS," some notes on cinema's most infamous two notes.
Column | Dissecting the scariest two notes in film history
To depict the silver screen’s apex predator in “Jaws,” John Williams composed the musical equivalent of blood in the water.
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June 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
My contribution to the Style section celebration of the 50th birthday of "JAWS," some notes on cinema's most infamous two notes.
When is the decency backlash starting?
June 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
When is the decency backlash starting?
Imagine calling anything a cybersomething.
May 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Imagine calling anything a cybersomething.
There's a lot going on in DC tonight for classical folks (WNO has "American Rhapsody" w/ Renee Fleming and Denyce Graves; GMU has Damien Geter's "Loving V. Virginia.") But don't sleep on this combo of the Borromeo and Verona String Quartets playing octets by Enescu, Shostakovich and Mendelssohn!
Borromeo String Quartet with the Verona Quartet — Dumbarton Concerts
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May 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
There's a lot going on in DC tonight for classical folks (WNO has "American Rhapsody" w/ Renee Fleming and Denyce Graves; GMU has Damien Geter's "Loving V. Virginia.") But don't sleep on this combo of the Borromeo and Verona String Quartets playing octets by Enescu, Shostakovich and Mendelssohn!
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ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
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April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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Some of @michaelbrodeur.bsky.social’s finest work. I think about Unstable at least once a month
Can't let Patriots' Day go by without returning to one of our most loved and controversial lists ever.
Fake Massachusetts Towns
Lameham Methol Shamesbury Blight Falls West Lameham Mansocket Whitefolk Leominsterlingburghamshireton Scroughton Unstable (/unst’-a-bull/) Hamham B...
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April 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Some of @michaelbrodeur.bsky.social’s finest work. I think about Unstable at least once a month
If I ever write an opera, I'm sourcing all the character names from CVS, starting with Anbesol and Orajel.
April 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If I ever write an opera, I'm sourcing all the character names from CVS, starting with Anbesol and Orajel.
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April 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Unlike the portable and utterly hummable themes of, say, “Severance,” Tapia de Veer’s music is not meant to be remembered; and out of context, it carries the allure of the average vacation photo. Like resort wear, it really only works in one place.
Column | ‘The White Lotus’ is about to lose another major character: The music
The idiosyncratic score of the Chilean-Canadian composer plays an outsized role in the success of Mike White’s hit series.
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April 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Unlike the portable and utterly hummable themes of, say, “Severance,” Tapia de Veer’s music is not meant to be remembered; and out of context, it carries the allure of the average vacation photo. Like resort wear, it really only works in one place.
Here's what happened last night at the Kennedy Center. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Review | A warm send-off to the NSO starts with a frigid welcome to JD Vance
A program featuring violinist Leonidas Kavakos was disrupted by long lines and security checks to accommodate the vice president’s visit.
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March 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Here's what happened last night at the Kennedy Center. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kriston Capps reports on another cultural casualty of Trump's executive orders at the Art Museum of the Americas.
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Art Museum of Americas cancels shows of Black, LGBTQ artists following Trump orders
Participants said the museum, run by the Organization of American States, shut down two upcoming shows to comply with Trump’s orders targeting “DEI.”
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February 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Kriston Capps reports on another cultural casualty of Trump's executive orders at the Art Museum of the Americas.
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The U.S Marine Band has cancelled a concert that was to feature high school musicians of color, in accordance with executive orders targeting “DEI” initiatives. My story here: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Following executive orders, ‘The President’s Own’ Marine Band scraps concert
The U.S. Marine Band’s cancelled collaboration with Equity Arc was to feature high-school musicians of color who competed for the opportunity to perform with the ensemble.
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February 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The U.S Marine Band has cancelled a concert that was to feature high school musicians of color, in accordance with executive orders targeting “DEI” initiatives. My story here: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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RIP, WaPo. Just the saddest screenshots to get. An absolute abandonment of the principles of accountability of the powerful, justice, democracy, human rights, and accurate information that previously animated the section in favor of a white male billionaire’s self-interested agenda.
February 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
RIP, WaPo. Just the saddest screenshots to get. An absolute abandonment of the principles of accountability of the powerful, justice, democracy, human rights, and accurate information that previously animated the section in favor of a white male billionaire’s self-interested agenda.
“After weeks of standard negotiations and having been invited to be a featured part of WorldPride and Capital Pride Alliance events, on Wednesday, February 12, Roest and his team received a curt email from the Kennedy Center: “We are not in a position at this time to advance a contract.”
International Pride Orchestra Announces June 5 Pride Celebration Concert at Strathmore Music Center After Disinvitation from Kennedy Center Following Trump Takeover.
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February 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“After weeks of standard negotiations and having been invited to be a featured part of WorldPride and Capital Pride Alliance events, on Wednesday, February 12, Roest and his team received a curt email from the Kennedy Center: “We are not in a position at this time to advance a contract.”
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What we know about the bomb threat that forced an evacuation at the Kennedy Center www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/0...
Kennedy Center evacuated amid bomb threat, police units on site
Park Police are at the center with canine units in response to a bomb threat. The city’s explosives division is assisting, officials said.
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February 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
What we know about the bomb threat that forced an evacuation at the Kennedy Center www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/0...
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NEW on the climate of fear inside the Kennedy Center as performances drop from the calendar www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center staff describe climate of fear as events drop from calendar
Issa Rae became the first major artist to publicly cancel an upcoming show at the center after President Donald Trump took over its board and leadership.
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February 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
NEW on the climate of fear inside the Kennedy Center as performances drop from the calendar www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
My new gym is forcing me to get acquainted with the work of Mumford & Sons and I feel bad for everything l’ve said because I didn’t realize it was actual children’s music.
February 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
My new gym is forcing me to get acquainted with the work of Mumford & Sons and I feel bad for everything l’ve said because I didn’t realize it was actual children’s music.