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Playing a guzheng is hard enough. Finding Europe in Melbourne? Forget it
As a child, Mindy Meng Wang would spend eight hours a day practising the guzheng. Then something changed her tune.
- John Bailey
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- Karl Quinn
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- Cameron Woodhead
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- Cassidy Knowlton
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- Lenny Ann Low
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- Michael Dwyer
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- Kylie Northover
‘Transformative’: The musical that freed Tina Turner from her past
Playwright Katori Hall knows all about the barriers faced by her musical idol. They’re the same ones confronting Kamala Harris today.
- Michael Dwyer
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