MasterClass is a 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. In July 2011 the series was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Nonfiction, Reality or Reality-Competition Program in 2011.
Plácido Domingo
Liv Ullmann
Edward Albee
Jacques d'Amboise
Ólafur Eliasson
Frank Gehry
Bill T. Jones
Michael Tilson Thomas
Julian Schnabel
Renée Fleming
Bobby McFerrin
John Guare
Patti LuPone
James Rosenquist
Bruce Weber
Kathleen Turner
Wynton Marsalis
Josh Groban
Anna Deavere Smith
Alan Alda
Joshua Bell
Status:
Ended
Original Language:
English
Type:
Documentary
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