Yonkers Public Library (YPL) subscribes to dozens of online services and content libraries, ranging from streaming video services to research databases to language learning apps. You can find them all at ypl.org/resources. Normally it would cost you a monthly fee to access these resources, like you would for a Netflix or Hulu subscription, but as a YPL cardholder you can access them for free- you just need to enter your 14-digit barcode and PIN.
In this post we're featuring a new resource: medici.tv. Medici.tv is the leading video streaming service in classical music, opera, dance, and jazz. To get medici.tv as a customer would cost you $12.99/month or $129 a year but you can get it for free with your YPL library card. It offers free access to over 3,500 musical works filmed from the 1940s up to the present day and 3,000 films including concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries, and master classes.
Medici.tv also offers over 150 events every year that can be streamed live (with replays available for 90 days) from the world’s most prestigious orchestras (including the New York Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris) and concert halls (including Carnegie Hall, the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and London's Royal Opera House).
Some upcoming examples of live events include:
- Klaus Mäkelä's Carnegie Hall debut: Stravinsky's Firebird and Rite of Spring on March 16, 2024
- The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Music Center (Franz Welser-Möst conducts Mozart and Bruckner — With Igor Levit) on March 17, 2024
- Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Fabio Luisi conducts Sophia Jani, Xi Wang (world premiere), and Saint-Saëns — With Karen Gomyo, Tine Thing Helseth, and Bradley Hunter Welch) on March 18, 2024
To watch these events or learn more visit medici.tv.
Not a YPL cardholder but want to get medici.tv? Apply for a library card here.