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Chinese pianist Fei-Fei Dong glances up at conductor Leonard Slatkin during her performance of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, op. 30 during the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas on June 6, 2013.
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Beatrice Rana, of Italy, performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, op. 37 during the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas on June 6, 2013.
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Nikita Mndoyants of Russia, performs Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, op. 16 during the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas on June 6, 2013.
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A baton-less Leonard Slatkin conducts the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra during the Fourteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas on June 6, 2013. Word is that when asked why he didn’t use a baton, Slatkin said, “I forgot them.”
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