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Pianist Orli Shaham Takes Her Cues from the Audience
Pianist Orli Shaham Takes Her Cues from the Audience Orli Shaham Photo by J. Henry Fair
Concert pianist dreams of virtuoso feats by David Srebnik The Winter Olympics are here with competition starting in Vancouver on the 12th. So there's plenty of skiing, skating, racing and curling in our future. The figure skating competition begins on Sunday, February 14th, and pianist Orli Shaham is likely to be watching. She's a big fan - not so much of the skaters and the skating but of the audience.

Listen to Orli Shaham by clicking on the audio bar above.

To applaud or not to applaud: that has always been the question at concerts. In recent days, performers like Orli Shaham, Emanuel Ax, Christopher O'Riley and Mark Elder are encouraging us to clap when we feel like it. It's a discussion that's likely to continue for a long time. In the meantime, you can find out what else Orli Shaham has to say about music and music-making on her website.

Vancouver Winter Olympics Schedule is here.

The music heard here was Mozart's Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Major, K. 306, Mvt. 1. It comes from Gil and Orli Shaham's "Mozart in Paris" CD (Canary Classics CC 010).
To hear more of your favorite performers talking about the music you love, and to get an insider's view of their lives, visit www.virtuosovoices.org/meetvirtuoso/index.htm.

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