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Five Fast Facts About Emperor

September 9, 2021

Beethoven’s fifth piano concerto is one of the best known and best loved pieces of music ever written, but it wasn’t always known as the “Emperor” and Beethoven might have had some choice words about its nickname.    What’s in a name?  Beethoven did not give his fifth piano concerto the nickname “Emperor” and he…

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All About Adam

August 28, 2020

If he’d been allowed to sit down while practicing the violin as a child, Adam Golka may never have pursued his career as a pianist. Adam Golka tells us about his Texan-Polish roots, meditation, and that time he helped to avert disaster at a friend’s concert.   Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are…

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