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On Stage at Curtis

Escape from Reality

Season 14 Episode 25 | 28m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

Cellist Oliver Herbert and pianist Xiaoxuan Li perform.

Cellist Oliver Herbert from San Francisco, California, graduated from Curtis in 2019. When asked, what is music to you, His reply was “great music can make you feel like you are the center of the universe.” Pianist Xiaoxuan Li from China entered Curtis in 2017, answered the same question, saying “music is like medicine, it calms me down and relieves stress.”

05/01/2020 | Expired 05/01/2025

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On Stage at Curtis is a local public television program presented by WHYY

On Stage at Curtis

Escape from Reality

Season 14 Episode 25 | 28m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

Cellist Oliver Herbert from San Francisco, California, graduated from Curtis in 2019. When asked, what is music to you, His reply was “great music can make you feel like you are the center of the universe.” Pianist Xiaoxuan Li from China entered Curtis in 2017, answered the same question, saying “music is like medicine, it calms me down and relieves stress.”

05/01/2020 | Expired 05/01/2025

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