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I think for me, I experience music as a powerful

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antidote to suffering and to ugliness. And I

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feel a strong desire to help create beauty. And

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as a pianist, I find beauty in variety, in new

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ways of seeing and hearing. in exploring the

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full capabilities of our instrument. Playing

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new music for me is like being a part of a living

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process. Something new has to come out of something

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old. It's the only natural way and I think new

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music does this for me and I enjoy also the community

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of new music. It becomes less about us, I think,

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as performers and more about what we are presenting.

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Between Worlds, from Sarajevo to New York, pianist

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Mirna Lekic dives into cultural crossings, sonic

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identity, and the stories music can carry. Catch

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the premiere Tuesday, December 9th at 8 p .m.

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Eastern Time on YouTube and audio everywhere.