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Can Beethoven temper the political tensions between U.S. and China? | Trudy Rubin

The PBS documentary "Beethoven in Beijing," premiering Friday, portrays the historic Philadelphia Orchestra visit to Beijing, and music's role in China's fraught relationship with the U.S.

Conductor Eugene Ormandy (first row, center) stands beside Madame Mao during a historic visit by Philadelphia Orchestra to Beijing in 1973, the first appearance by any U.S. orchestra in communist China.
Conductor Eugene Ormandy (first row, center) stands beside Madame Mao during a historic visit by Philadelphia Orchestra to Beijing in 1973, the first appearance by any U.S. orchestra in communist China.Read moreCourtesy of Philadelphia Orchestra
    by Trudy Rubin | Columnist
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