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Fleisher, Frost Symphony open Festival Miami with commanding performance

 

If you go

Festival Miami continues through Nov. 4 at the University of Miami; festivalmiami.com, 866-811-4111.


By Lawrence Budmen

Festival Miami, the University of Miami Frost School of Music’s annual showcase, opened with a Beethoven- Rachmaninoff program featuring one of the music world’s senior statesmen, Leon Fleisher. Read the review at SouthFloridaClassicalReview.com.

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