The Premiere of MASTERCLASS on HBO

Funding for the arts in America may be dismal, but the talent in our high schools isn’t. “MASTERCLASS,” the new HBO series set to premiere Sunday, April 18, presents nine world-class creative artists sharing their arts and their life experience with young people representing the best of a new generation of talent in America. Each edition of MASTERCLASS highlights the importance of... [read more]

Funding for the arts in America may be dismal, but the talent in our high schools isn’t. “MASTERCLASS,” the new HBO series set to premiere Sunday, April 18, presents nine world-class creative artists sharing their arts and their life experience with young people representing the best of a new generation of talent in America. Each edition of MASTERCLASS highlights the importance of mentorship, allowing emerging young artists to meet and work with legends in the fields where they aspire to become legends themselves.

The nine-part series will feature half-hour episodes:

Sunday, 4/18 at 5:30pm: Placido Domingo
Sunday, 4/25 at 5pm: Liv Ullmann
Sunday, 5/2 at 5:30pm: Edward Albee
Sunday, 5/9 at 5:45pm: Jacques d'Amboise
Sunday, 5/16 at 3:45pm: Olafur Eliasson
Wednesday, 6/9 at 7pm: Frank Gehry
Sunday, 6/13 at 6:30pm: Bill T. Jones
Friday, 6/18 at 7pm: Michael Tilson Thomas
Sunday, 6/27 at 6:30pm: Julian Schnabel

Check out the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSntgK0ruDA

The students in the series are part of YoungArts, the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Founded in 1981, this non-profit organization is dedicated to identifying, nurturing and supporting emerging young artists as they pursue their dreams and to raising appreciation for and support of the arts in American society.


MASTERCLASS IS produced and directed by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon, an award-winning documentary filmmaking team whose work has garnered four Oscar nominations, many Emmys and the duPont-Columbia Award for Independent Programming.

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