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Song Travels

Jean-Yves Thibaudet On Song Travels

May 22, 2015 • The pianist covers Spanish composer Federico Mompou and American popular songwriter Alec Wilder.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet In The Studio

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The Great War At 100: Music Of Conflict And Remembrance

Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein (who later became an American citizen) lost an arm in World War I. He commissioned composers including Maurice Ravel to write pieces for the left hand alone. Bettmann/CORBIS hide caption

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The Great War At 100: Music Of Conflict And Remembrance

July 28, 2014 • One hundred years after the start of World War I, hear a range of pop and classical music from artists of the era. Some music reflects the war's violence, some gives solace.

The Great War At 100: Music Of Conflict And Remembrance

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Concerts

Jean-Yves Thibaudet in Concert

February 9, 2007 • The French pianist brings to the Disney Stage his nuanced and atmospheric interpretations of his countryman Maurice Ravel, one of the main figures in the musical impressionist movement. Thibaudet also puts his unique pianistic stamp on works by Robert Schumann.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet in concert on Discoveries at Disney Concert Hall - 02/09/2007

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