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An undated portrait of the late Romanian pianist Radu Lupu. Lupu died Sunday at age 76 in Lausanne, France.

Radu Lupu, celebrated Romanian pianist, dies at age 76

Apr 18, 2022
A pianist widely admired by his fellow artists, Radu Lupu was known for his interpretations of Brahms, Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven, among others. Lupu retired from performing in 2019.
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This Kid Just Put Everyone Else's Pandemic Hobby Game To Shame

Sep 07, 2021
Over the course of the pandemic many of us have taken up (and often dropped...) new hobbies to past the time. But Brigitte Xie has taken it to a whole new level.
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Hidden Brain
A young Maya Shankar.

Fresh Starts: Tales Of Renewal For A New Year

Dec 27, 2018
The turn of the year is a time when we set the old aside and welcomed the new into our lives. When one chapter ends, another begins.
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Marion Grace Woolley (left) had a crazy idea. Could carpenter Désiré Mulumeoderwa build a piano? He thinks he can.

Daring To Dream: A Carpenter Tries To Build A Piano In Rwanda

Feb 24, 2018
If he succeeds, it would be the first piano made in his country — and the first made in Africa since 1989. Skeptics wonder if it's an impossible mission.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin tried hammering out a couple of tunes Sunday in Beijing.

Putin Plays The Piano, With Perhaps Unintentional Undertones

May 15, 2017
Was Sunday's episode in Beijing a challenge to France's Emmanuel Macron? A jab at China's piano-tuning skills? Or just Putin passing the time with a little Soviet-era nostalgia?
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Czech Violinist Jaroslav Svěcený Credits Teachers For Music Career

Nov 05, 2015

Jaroslav Svěcený might not be a name a lot of Americans know, but in his native Czech Republic, he's kind of a big deal.

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Jed Distler: Playing Thelonious Monk in Two Hours

Apr 05, 2012
Jed Distler likes the piano.  He also likes a challenge.
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La Voz de Tres

Mar 05, 2012
Take one pianist.  Combine a classical guitarist.
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Pianist and Composer Otto Ehling

Feb 23, 2012
Otto Ehling has been playing the piano since he was two years old. But he briefly went through a period when he was disenchanted with the craft.
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Tiger Mother the Musical

Nov 29, 2011
The term "tiger mother" became synonymous with strict Asian parenting, after the controversial book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," hit shelves.  In the book, a Yale professor describes how she raises her Asian-American children by threatening "no lunch, no dinner" if they didn't play the piano perfectly.
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Rebroadcast: White House Pianist David Osborne

Oct 24, 2011
He's played for presidents at the White House, but you can catch him most nights for free at the Bellagio. Pianist David Osborne talks about his years tickling the ivories for celebrities and politicians alike, getting past Secret Service, what Dick Cheney whispered to him, and why former President Jimmy Carter wants him to play at his funeral.
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Pianist Chih-Long Hu

Oct 11, 2011
Chih-Long Hu's mother is a piano teacher, and he's been playing piano longer than he can remember.  Even in kindergarten, he was the 5-year-old accompanying the class on the piano.
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White House Pianist David Osborne

Feb 08, 2011
He's played for presidents at the White House, but you can catch him most nights for free at the Bellagio. Pianist David Osborne talks about his years tickling the ivories for celebrities and politicians alike, getting past Secret Service, what Dick Cheney whispered to him, and why former President Jimmy Carter wants him to play at his funeral.
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