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Whenever I think of student piano recitals, I remember the image of the performance being the tip of the iceberg and not many people seeing the larger portion of the preparation underneath the visible part. Not many people in the audience would know how the teacher went through several books
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When Kofi Annan introduced the lecture on “Why Music Matters” by Professor Leon Botstein in New York in 2004, he was asked what music has to do with the United Nations. He replied “music has to do with everything… In a world of diversity where often values clash, music leaps
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The theme for this year’s Con Brio Festival 2019 was “More Schumania: Celebrating women with Clara”. The festival showcased the works of female composers through the ages with one work by Clara Schumann each day of the festival to celebrate her bicentennial birth year. I was entrusted the task
