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The late, great pianist is Huang’s favorite, but if she tried to mimic his daring interpretations, "it would not be very good," she says.
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The 14-year-old pianist wants to drag classical music into the 21st century by creating an iPhone app for fans of the German composer.
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Keeping track of all the different voices in a Bach piece is a fun way to improve your technique, says the 14-year-old champion pianist—but it can also affect your brain.
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A friend of mine, who works in the sustainable food industry, was alarmed by my recent post on overfishing. Not alarmed to learn about the demise of marine ecosystems (she […]
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From a distance, Johann Sebastian Bach's pieces seem so "simple and pure," says the 14-year-old pianist. But on "the inside" they are much more complex.
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