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Don't cancel Russian artists like Rachmaninoff, classical music writer argues

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Published April 18, 2022 at 11:20 AM CDT
Russian composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943) at the Piccadilly Hotel in London in 1938. (Keystone/Getty Images)
Russian composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943) at the Piccadilly Hotel in London in 1938. (Keystone/Getty Images)

Here & Now classical music opinionator Fran Hoepfner joins host Peter O’Dowd to discuss Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor.”

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