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Antal Varga, a Budapest violinist, is 78 years old when a young American stranger places a yellowed music sheet into his hands. With shock he recognizes his own teenage handwriting, for he himself wrote this piece in 1945, when his city was under siege. Desperate to talk with this American…

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It's the power of music in traumatic times, and the power of music to connect across the ocean and time

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It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

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