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Unique mentorship between conductor and pianist sparks musical fireworks
Pianist Yuja Wang has evolved from prodigy to international superstar, with some help from one of her mentors, music director of the San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas. In collaboration with KQED, Jeffrey Brown talks with the 28-year-old Chinese virtuoso…
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Remembering Van Cliburn, 78, Classical Pianist
Van Cliburn first gained worldwide attention when he won the first International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow at 23. Cliburn died at home at the age of 78 after a battle with bone cancer. In 2008, Jeffrey Brown profiled the…
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Orchestra Brings Together Israelis and Arabs For Common Goal
Playing With the Enemy: Orchestra Brings Together Israelis and Arabs…
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A Musician of His Time: Remembering Jazz Great David Brubeck
A Musician of His 'Time': Remembering Jazz Great David Brubeck…
Jeffrey Brown talks to jazz musician Jason Moran.
Jeffrey Brown talks to pianist Jonathan Biss.
In the 1960s, piano virtuoso Leon Fleisher lost the use of his right hand due to a condition called focal dystonia, but he focused on teaching and continued to play pieces designed for one-handed pianists. Jeffrey Brown and Fleisher discuss…
More of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher.
