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O’Conor’s Beethoven Bootcamp Enthusiastically Received in Beijing, China

In October, Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, Chair of the Keyboard Division and Professor of Piano John O’Conor, Mus.D., was invited to present his Beethoven Bootcamp course on all the Beethoven piano sonatas and piano concertos at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China. It was a weeklong course with overflowing audiences. He also recently presented recitals and masterclasses at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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