I made a Prepared Piano!

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For all the viola players out there

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Sergei Rachmaninoff boarding a Ship

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Stravinsky playing some cards

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Happy 80th Birthday to the great Adolphus Hailstork!! Here’s a post-performance photo I took with him back in 2017.

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Happy Birthday, Chopin!

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Just saw Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time live

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Beethoven died on this day in 1827. Here are some of my photos from around Vienna. Clockwise from top left: Plaques at the location where Beethoven died (original building was demolished); copy of his death mask; church where his funeral was held; original gravesite; current gravesite.

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My water bottle leaked and now it’s LITERALLY Handel’s Water Music

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Just saw this on Twitter. Isn't it wonderful?

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Had my morning coffee and cinnamon bun with Johan Halvorsen, Norway’s greatest showman. He’s a lot shorter in person...

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Creative Sunday it was.

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An extremely rare set of 16th century knives, engraved with musical scores which allowed guests to sing at the end of the meal. (Photo by Johan Osterman)

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Tomorrow night I have the utter privilege of singing in the world premiere of a lost work by VW, The Future. Completed by Martin Yates, Performed by the RSNO and Soloist Ilona Domnich!

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Bernstein conducting the finale of Mahler 2

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Nannette Streicher was a respected fortepiano maker in Vienna. Mozart owned a fortepiano made by her father, Johann Andreas Stein, and she carried on his legacy by making fortepianos for Beethoven and others. She was Beethoven’s close friend and is buried next to him (Schubert is on the other side).

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Le Cygne (from Saint-Saens 'Le Cygne'), graphic score by me

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Happy 136th birthday to Heitor Villa Lobos

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Brahms' roommate for eternity - and he is not impressed.

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Ludwig Being a Bro (Part 2)

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Currently having a date with this crazy lady who won't shut up about her dad

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Grandma has always been proficient with needlepoint art. Here's her rendition of the young Mozart.

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Satie got me into classical music and inspired me to learn the piano. Now he lives on me forever :)

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Igor, colorized by me

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Gustav & Alma Mahler: one of the first known photographs of Gustav and Alma, taken 1903, one year after their wedding, in Basel.

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Shostakovich sketch dump!

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I usually colour military history for r/sabaton. But as a music student, I felt obligated to work on some composers as well. So here’s Debussy colourised by me. [OC]

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Encouragement is encouraging. Reminder: even if you aren’t one of the legendary greats (actually, maybe more if you’re not), you can still inspire those around you to do awesome stuff and spread more beauty in the world. Keep creating, performing, practicing, and sharing!

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Happy Birthday Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Born on this day in 1874, composer Charles Ives. What are your favourite works by him?

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Haven’t drawn in forever, but here’s Gustav Mahler. He’s simultaneously cottagecore and will fight god, and I respect that.

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I was searching for a Photography of Mahler and Strauss forever and finally found one!Details in comments.

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When I find out I can print for free at college. My Barenreiter Bach 4 parts chorales

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Igor Stravinsky drawn by Walt Disney

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My attempt at colorizing a photo of Tchaikovsky.

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Joseph Haydn died in Vienna 212 years ago today. My photos, clockwise from top left: Haydn's sarcophagus in Eisenstadt, Austria; his death mask; his original burial site; the church where his memorial service was held; the home where he died.

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Came across an interesting historical marker in Columbus, GA over the weekend

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On March 7th, 1875, Maurice Ravel was born in Ciboure, France. Ravel was composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism, although he rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer.

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Shostakovich spray-paint artwork :D

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Incredibly realistic render of Franz Schubert

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Anton Bruckner, born September 4th, 1824 in Ansfelden, Austria.

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David Oistrakh's signature in my conductor's Shostakovich 1st violin concerto score!

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What is this demarcation being made in the movie Tar? What is the significance?

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Violin string being driven by a bow in slow motion.

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Two classical vinyl album covers I spliced together. Thought y’all might enjoy.

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George Gershwin meets Maurice Ravel at a soiree in NYC, March 7, 1928, hosted by mezzo-soprano Eva Gauthier on the occasion celebrating Ravel's fifty-third birthday.

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Found a stained glass window featuring JS Bach in the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig

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Organ of Granada Cathedral.

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Ludwig van Beethoven (*17th December 1770 Bonn - †26th March 1827 Vienna) died 195 years ago

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Happy 107th birthday to Sviatoslav Richter, one of greatest pianists of 20th century!

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Happy birthday to Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara! (1928-2016)

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I see your Ravel and raise you Milton Babbitt...

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From Roger Nichols’ book on Ravel — Maurice, this is why we love you (regarding the composer’s comments about Bolero)

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Happy Birthday Johann Christian Bach

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Antonio Dvorak's grave, Prague, Czechia

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German composer and pianist Johannes Brahms (*7 May 1833 - †3 April 1897) died 123 years ago

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I’m not sure if this is the correct place to ask this, but I’ve had this 15th century sheet music for a while, and I’m curious if these notes are still readable to modern musicians? If so, I would love to hear it played! I’m dying to know what this used to sound like.

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Happy 161st birthday, Giacomo Puccini.

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Adults Can Color Too

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Here's a decent quality photo of Shostakovich and his cat, early 1920s. One in a million.

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The original gravesites of Beethoven and Schubert in Wahringer Ortsfriedhof (now Wahringer Schubertpark in Vienna). Schubert wanted to be buried next to Beethoven, so his family got him as close as possible. When they were moved to Zentralfriedhof in 1888, this arrangement was kept.

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Today is Richard Strauss's 156th birthday!

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In 2016 I gave a concert with my orchestra in Firenze! (Florence, Italy). We sat with an orchestra of 65+ people in between these statues!

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On 29th of July in 1856 Robert Schumann passed away.

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Organized my music collection recently, this is about half of it XD

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Inherited from my father, who was there.

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Haven't done a full art project in months. Finally drew the Second Viennese School!

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Happy birthday to composer and legendary chemist Alexander Borodin!

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Been a while since I’ve drawn Shostakovich, if you’ll believe that.

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Started a new collection in quarantine!

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A plaque for Alan Hovhaness featuring his yearbook quote

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Born 100 years ago today, composer Gyorgy Ligeti (d. 2006). What are you favourite works by him?

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On September 13 in 1874 Arnold Schonberg was born

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A lovely quote about Bach from Chopin

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A tiny paper on my piano professor’s door

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If any of you are searching for a christmas gift ...

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Benjamin Britten, holding a Dachshund in his arms and chatting with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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My piano teacher has this string quartet puzzle that he hasn't been able to figure out the name or orgin of, despite asking multiple string players. So, anyone here know? (Note the first violin is cut off at the top, same situation at the bottom, and some measures at the right side).

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A silly picture of Paul Hindemith with his wife, Gertrud.

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The pipe organ I get to play each Sunday

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Ah yes

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Thought this may be appreciated here. Just had it framed. Celebrating with the Brandenburg Concertos

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Bach's Chaconne for Solo violin in D Minor, BWV 1004

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Ranking Haydn’s Symphonies, thank you to all who participated!

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I tried to colorize a photo of Claude Debussy... Yes, I know it's not perfect.

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today is the birthday of the piano virtuoso charles valentin alkan

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Found there two pictures put away on the attic, signed and addressed to my great grandfather who was a semi successful pianist and composer at the time.

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My latest listening map - this time for my first listen of Brahms’ Symphony No. 1

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Today is Martha Argerichs' 79th birthday!

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Happy 154th birthday to Sibelius!

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The young boy Debussy. Taken sometime before 1880.

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I created a Spotify playlist of almost (some pieces were lost or not recorded) every piece by Shostakovich in chronological order! My name is scratched out to protect my identity but you should be able to search up the playlist. Hope you guys enjoy!

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Someone decided on the Locrian mode for this children’s park instrument. What’s your favorite piece that uses the Locrian mode?

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Happy birthday Arnold Schoenberg, this is one of his quotes.

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Happy 136th birthday, Anton Webern.

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Maria Callas, born Dec. 2nd, 1923

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An improved version of the Beethoven Lego piano :)

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One of the pages from Bach's B minor Mass, BWV 232

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Badass portrait of Vivaldi (credit to Tom Lohner)

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An extremely scrupulous dynamic marking in Verdi’s Il Trovatore. This is from the critical edition, so Verdi definitely wrote this in.

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I bet there’s no better place to play Sibelius.

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Rachmaninoff proofing his Piano Concerto No. 3 at the Ivanovka estate, 1910 (Colorized by me)

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The Bach Family Tree

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OTD [November 22, 1913], English composer Benjamin Britten was born. What are your favorite works?

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Maria Callas was born Dezember 2nd in 1923.

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Just saw this tonight. What an absolutely incredible experience. Hope I get to see it again eventually. Bravo!

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Stravinsky takes flowers to Diaghilev’s grave. Venice, 1932.

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fun reminder that Satie was said to take his pet lobster out for walks.

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Just got back from Vienna, one of my favorite places. This is from the Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente (Collection of old musical instruments)

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Annotation of the people depicted in the painting Franz Liszt Fantasizing at the Piano by Josef Danhauser. Masterpiece filled with familiar faces from music and literature.

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A lessor known drawing of young Beethoven

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I don’t have a deep understanding of sheet music, but this was a fun way to listen to & track a piece as I listened - can you guess which symphonic movement?

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Results of the poll for ranking Mahler’s Symphonies - thank you to all who voted!

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I am a jazz pianist who is attempting to learn classical music. Are there any books with stuff like this (about the same difficulty)? This is my favorite so far and when it sounds so good I have motivation to learn it

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Inspired by Mahler's 1st symphony.

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More Shostakovich art.

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Lego Chopin

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Only relied upon Deep Learning/AI (pre-trained model) with Python, BGR color lib., etc to colorize his majesty's one of B&W images. Puccini (circa 1914).

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The Atlanta Symphony had cool listening guides for today's show

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Poster of Paganini’s London Concert

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Bach playing the organ at the St. Thomas School in Leipzig

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I guess this is what Spotify thinks of Classical Music

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I travelled half way around the world to visit Paganini’s favourite il Cannone.

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Music sheet typewriter (repost from r/machineporn)

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On this day, September 6th, in 2007 we lost the incredible voice of Luciano Pavarotti.

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Clara Schumann on Liszt’s Music:

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This glorious concert hall at Heydar Aliyev center in Azerbaijan

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Happy Birthday Chopin🎉🎹

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French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist Francois Couperin, born November 10th, 1668. He was known as Couperin le Grand

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A very happy birthday to Charles-Valentin Alkan! This is one of the only two known photos of him.

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Didn't realize there were streets in my city named after composers.

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Results of the Poll for Ranking Dvorak’s Symphonies back in September.

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[News] Hadi Karimi, the creator of beautiful 3D renders of Chopin and Liszt amongst others, is now doing a portrait of Rachmaninoff.

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Front row seats to Mozarts Requiem. SO COOL!

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Coin Collector and Classical Music Listener Popping Over to Share a Photo of My 2 Schilling Coin from Austria in Honor of Franz Schubert

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I'm probably not alone in this, but I see color every time I hear a piece in a certain key signature. I made a table of the colors that I see (dubbed chromesthesia) and thought I'd share it with you all.

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I drew George Frideric Handel, the Baroque composer

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Sibelius with Stokowski in Finland. 1953.

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Mozarts Requiem .... any fans ?

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I drew Bach playing the harpsichord-not very detailed but I like it

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My workplace :))

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Attended my first classical concert today! Big applause for Aleksandra Swigut, the Chopin performance was amazing.

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Composer and conductor Michael Nyman, born March 23rd in 1944 in London, England.

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Notation

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