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AQ’s Winter Playlist: Two Musicians Turning Tradition Inside Out

By Sebastián Zubieta

A pyrotechnic Brazilian pianist and a transgender Mexican “witch” put daring new twists on established musical convention.

This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on the education crisis Brazilian composer and pianist André Mehmari is in high demand. Recent projects include music for film and television, the opening of the 2016 Rio Olympics, and for the OSESP , Brazil’s leading orchestra. He has performed all over the world (including at the Americas Society in New York in 2013), and is also a prolific recording artist. Mehmari’s piano albums are often virtuosic, drawing equally from jazz, Brazilian styles, and classical music. His latest release, Notturno 20>21, veers towards...

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