Happy birthday Maurizio Pollini!

The great Italian pianist is 70 today. We celebrate - and listen to - his legacy as pianist, musician, and advocate of contemporary music.Today is Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini's 70th birthday. There aren't many pianists whose CV runs from left-wing political activism to winning one of the worlds' most prestigious competitions, from commissioning and championing the rawest bleeding edges of contemporary music to building a reputation as one of the classics' and romantics' most coruscating int...

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