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‘Seymour: An Introduction’ is a Mystical, Occasionally Rapturous Profile of a Reclusive Musician
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‘Seymour: An Introduction’ is a Mystical, Occasionally Rapturous Profile of a Reclusive Musician

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Nov 03, 2015
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Seymour Bernstein does not want to be a famous pianist. Or, rather, he chose quite consciously not to become a famous pianist many years ago, on the stage of Alice Tully Hall in New York City. Despite glowing reviews, the overwhelming anxiety of performance was too much for him and he gave up playing in public. He retreated to his Manhattan apartment to…

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