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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBecause sometimes we need to take time to appreciate grace and beauty.
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Because sometimes we need to take time to appreciate grace and beauty. (Original Post)
Skidmore
Oct 2014
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Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)1. ...nt
livetohike
(22,144 posts)2. Thank you for posting this
madokie
(51,076 posts)3. A piano is my favorite music maker
Saxophone is right up there with it.
This old lady, even with the knarled fingers, can still tickle the ivory I must say.
thank you for this, I don't know about anyone else but I'm tearing up a tad here. I'd like to know her story
Delphinus
(11,830 posts)4. Oh,
that was lovely.
Thank you for sharing that.
brer cat
(24,565 posts)5. Wow.
Thanks for making my day, Skidmore...and unknown lady.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)6. I thought from the title it was going to be about SalmonChantedEvening, but this was great too. n/t
Fla Dem
(23,668 posts)7. Would love to know the back story on this.
Is she homeless and someone who cares befriended her, found out she was once a concert pianist and arrange for her to perform?
Or is she again a former concert pianist who's days are dwindling and she just wanted to perform one more time?
Questions, questions, questions.
Thanks for posting.
veness
(413 posts)8. She is the great Natalie Trayling ...
More videos at her son's Youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Matthewtrayling
Virtuoso has grand plan to soothe the city streets
January 6, 2010
SOME buskers juggle, some play bongos, others pluck electric lutes. Natalie plays Rachmaninov, Chopin and Mendelssohn on keyboard like a concert pianist.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/virtuoso-has-grand-plan-to-soothe-the-city-streets-20100105-lsda.html
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)10. She is spectacular. Thanks for
the additional links. What a wonderful gift she has.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)12. Love getting the backstory! Brilliant. K&R nt
Solly Mack
(90,767 posts)9. K&R
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)11. Thank you for posting