Sentence examples for substantial contemporary from inspiring English sources

The play was written as a vehicle for Helen Hayes, who was hungry for a substantial contemporary role.

Even a model in which orchestras, chamber groups and opera companies present themselves as museums with substantial contemporary wings has almost insurmountable limitations circumscribing the possibility of hearing much new music.

But on hearing Kamer...'...s bright sound, clear diction and sumptuous blend, you understood immediately what prompted substantial contemporary composers like Arvo Pärt, Peteris Vasks and John Luther Adams to create new works for it.

Describing the Battle of Grunwald (1410), a Polish victory over the Germans in the Polish-Teutonic War, the book had a substantial contemporary political context in the ongoing Germanization efforts (Kulturkampf) in German Poland.

Echo's listenership, however, is substantial by contemporary standards: nearly a million daily in Moscow, and two and a half million nationally, and the listeners are well educated and middle-aged.

The four men were thus all representative of a substantial element of contemporary Indian society.

The choreographer Merce Cunningham has played an invaluable role in fostering the creation of a substantial body of contemporary American music over the last half-century.

"Walk on Water" is an odd bird, a slight-feeling indie film that slowly builds into a substantial meditation on contemporary politics, sexual and otherwise.

The museum's preparations to move to new digs in the futuristic Olympic Village now include plans to build a substantial collection of contemporary Chinese art, he said.

When Carolyn Kuan, 33, takes the orchestra's reins next season, she will bring substantial credentials in contemporary music to the position; she will also be the first female music director in Hartford's 68-year history.

Western museums are now showing substantial interest in contemporary work by Iranian artists, Ms. Nasser-Khadivi added, pointing to institutions like the Met, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Tate Modern, in London.