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Great Performances
Now Hear This "Rachmaninoff Reborn"
Season 52
Episode 13
Follow Rachmaninoff’s journey from a Russian aristocrat to an American artist after the Bolshevik revolution. Forced to rebuild at 44, he embraced modern technology, toured extensively and reinvented his career while longing for his lost homeland.
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