Masterclass (TV series)

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American documentary television series

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::summary American documentary television series ::

Masterclass is an American documentary television series airing on HBO. Each half-hour episode documents the experience of a small group of young artists working with a famous mentor. The series premiered on HBO on April 18, 2010, with opera star Plácido Domingo working with three aspiring young singers.

The students in the program are chosen from participants in the Miami-based organization, YoungArts, a program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, which supports emerging artists. The series is produced and directed by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon of the Simon & Goodman Picture Company. The Executive Producer is Lin Arison.

Episodes

Season 1 (2010)

| EpisodeNumber=1 | EpisodeNumber2=1 | RTitle=Plácido Domingo | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary=Spanish opera star Plácido Domingo works with three young singers focusing not on technique but on how to convey feeling and emotion in their performances. | LineColor=A62821 | EpisodeNumber=2 | EpisodeNumber2=2 | RTitle=Liv Ullmann | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary=Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann works with a group of young actors on scenes from A Streetcar Named Desire. | LineColor=A62821 | EpisodeNumber=3 | EpisodeNumber2=3 | RTitle=Edward Albee | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary=American playwright Edward Albee, whose works include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Zoo Story, and A Delicate Balance, works with four budding playwrights to share his analysis of their work. | LineColor=A62821 | EpisodeNumber=4 | EpisodeNumber2=4 | RTitle=Jacques d'Amboise | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary=American ballet dancer and choreographer Jacques d'Amboise helps a group of young dancers to create a dance in five hours and then takes the show to the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. | LineColor=A62821 | EpisodeNumber=5 | EpisodeNumber2=5 | RTitle=Olafur Eliasson | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary=Danish installation artist Olafur Eliasson, whose works include New York City Waterfalls and The Weather Project at London's Tate Modern museum, invites 5 young artists to his studio in Berlin and works with them on an environmental art project. | LineColor=A62821 | EpisodeNumber=6 | EpisodeNumber2=6 | RTitle=Frank Gehry | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary=Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, whose buildings include Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, works with aspiring architects on a city-planning project. | LineColor=A62821 | EpisodeNumber=7 | EpisodeNumber2=7 | RTitle=Bill T. Jones | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary=American dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones, who founded the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and has choreographed for film, Broadway, and opera, works with seven young people (a writer/actress, Alix Briggs, a choreographer, Kacey Hauk, and a supporting cast of three dancers and two actors) to create an original work in three days. | LineColor=A62821 | EpisodeNumber=8 | EpisodeNumber2=8 | RTitle=Michael Tilson Thomas | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary=Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and the New World Symphony Orchestra, works with three young virtuoso musicians. | LineColor=A62821 | EpisodeNumber=9 | EpisodeNumber2=9 | RTitle=Julian Schnabel | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary=American artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel invites a group of young photographers, painters and sculptors into his studio for a critique of their work and a discussion of how he approaches his own work. | LineColor=A62821

Season 2 (2012–13)

Season 3 (2013–14)

Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

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Year	Category	Nominee(s)
Outstanding Children's Nonfiction, Reality or Reality-Competition Program	Lin Arison, Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
Outstanding Children's Program	Sheila Nevins, Lin Arison, Jackie Glover, Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
Outstanding Children's Program	Sheila Nevins, Lin Arison, Jackie Glover, Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon	Wynton Marsalis
Outstanding Children's Program	Sheila Nevins, Lin Arison, Jacqueline Glover, Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon	Alan Alda
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References

Genzlinger, Neil, [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/17/arts/television/17masterclass.html "No Ordinary Teachers in These Schoolrooms "], ''[[New York Times]]'', 16 April 2010
Levin, Jordan, [http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/18/1582990/masters-inspire-awe-bright-ideas.html "Masters inspire awe, bright ideas"], ''[[Miami Herald]]'', 18 April 2010
Sick, Jessica, [http://www.nbcmiami.com/around-town/events/Yes-Master-90963134.html "Mastering the Class], [[NBC]] Miami, April 16, 2010
Amarante, Joe, [http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/04/16/entertainment/doc4bc7d096af4ca763790748.txt "Tips from the legends: Viewers take the 'Masterclass' on HBO Sunday"], ''[[New Haven Register]]'', April 16, 2010
"Masterclass". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
"A YoungArts Masterclass". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
"Wynton Marsalis – A YoungArts Masterclass". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
"Alan Alda And The Actor Within You: A YoungArts Masterclass". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].

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