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Emanuel Ax

"I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes."

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"I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes."

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"I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit."
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