Seeking broader audience, Carnegie Hall starts webcasts

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In a new push to expand the market for classical music, Carnegie Hall is launching free live webcasts to reach beyond the aging in-house audience at the venerable New York institution. Medici TV, a six-year-old French company that has already webcast many of Europe & #039;s premier classical events, will start its collaboration with Carnegie Hall on Tuesday with a recital by mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. & quot;Medici TV is literally bringing our program into people & #039;s homes, where I hope that we & #039;ll be able to recreate that sensation of a gathering of friends celebrating music together, & quot; said DiDonato, who last week sang the natio nal anthem at the final game of baseball & #039;s World Series. Clive Gillinson, executive and artistic director of Carnegie Hall, noted that most people in the world could not come to the 2,800-seat New York venue.
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