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Pierre-Laurent Aimard artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
An Etude is basically a practice piece, designed to improve a certain aspect of technique. But the Etudes Claude Debussy composed go far beyond that. Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard unfolds the layers of colorful detail in Debussy's Etudes, in the studio with host Fred Child.
()A piano lid with transparent, louvered slats, or "sound mirrors," is changing performances. The Steinway-designed lid makes it easier for pianists to also conduct from the stage, because their view of the orchestra is no longer impeded.
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