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Apr 2024
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Cultural Threads

Airwave Media
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From his studio in Boston, Yo-Yo Ma tells us how music eases tensions between American and Chinese people, even as Washington and Beijing are at each other’s throats. 

Guests: Yo Yo Ma; Hai Ye Ni, principal cellist, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra

Sound design, original score, mixing and mastering by Rowhome Productions.

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