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Watch Gaelynn Lea Perform Songs of Heartbreak at Her Tiny Desk Concert
NPR's most recent Tiny Desk concert featured a fiddle player by the name of Gaelynn Lea. Ms. Lea, who suffers from Osteogenesis Imperfecta (commonly known as "brittle bone disease"), is a classically-trained fiddler from Duluth, Minnesota. Her songs of heartbreak and despair resonated intimately at the Desk, which featured, perhaps, its largest crowd to date. EXCLUSIVE: David Lang, Netia Jones Talk Mostly Mozart Fest's 50th Anniversary
Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart festival is a staple of New York's classical music summer programming. More than likely a contributing factor to the city's summer influx of residents, Mostly Mozart is celebrating 50 years of concerts this year with a unique commission from Pulitzer Prize-winning, Oscar-nominated classical giant David Lang.