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Women at the Keyboard

Musicologist Natasha Loges shines a spotlight on five women pianists from across the globe. These women confronted personal and professional challenges to find creative fulfilment.

Musicologist Natasha Loges shines the spotlight on five women pianists from across the globe. Each woman faced difference challenges, not only of gender and race, but also social class, sexuality and family responsibilities. Each life unfolded against a tumultuous background of World Wars, the Cultural Revolution and the Vietnam War. These women confronted personal and professional challenges - often controversially - to find creative fulfilment as musicians

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