Feel the Music project teaches deaf children a touch of Beethoven

Mahler Chamber Orchestra scheme aims to open up world of music to hearing-impaired children across EuropeSliding on their sock-clad feet, a gaggle of children squeeze themselves under the belly of the Steinway as the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes invites them to place their palms on the soundboard and feel the vibrations.When Andsnes launches into a stormy cadenza from the second movement of Beethoven's 3rd Concerto, the children in their makeshift den squeal with delight and surprise. Some...

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