{"id":1086,"date":"2012-06-01T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.piano4u.com\/pianonotes\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2012-05-30T09:03:26","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T15:03:26","slug":"conrad-tao-plays-rachmaninoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pianonotes.piano4u.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/conrad-tao-plays-rachmaninoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Conrad Tao Plays Rachmaninoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Check out one of classical music&#8217;s rising stars, Conrad Tao.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conrad Yiwen Tao<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(born June 11, 1994) is an American composer, pianist and violinist. Tao&#8217;s piano and violin performances since childhood brought him early recognition at music festivals, competitions and with symphony orchestras. He has been featured on the\u00a0PBS\u00a0TV series\u00a0From the Top\u00a0\u2013 Live from Carnegie Hall\u00a0as violinist, pianist and composer. 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In 2012, Tao released his first solo piano album,\u00a0The Juilliard Sessions: Conrad Tao Plays Debussy and Stravinsky, and a\u00a0synthpop\u00a0album,\u00a0Eyelids [<a title=\"Conrad Tao on Wikipedia.com\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conrad_Tao\">&#8230;<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more music and information visit Conrad&#8217;s website at <a title=\"Conrad Tao Website\" href=\"http:\/\/conradtao.com\">conradtao.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out one of classical music&#8217;s rising stars, Conrad Tao. Conrad Yiwen Tao\u00a0(born June 11, 1994) is an American composer, pianist and violinist. Tao&#8217;s piano and violin performances since childhood brought him early recognition at music festivals, competitions and with symphony orchestras. He has been featured on the\u00a0PBS\u00a0TV series\u00a0From the Top\u00a0\u2013 Live from Carnegie Hall\u00a0as violinist, pianist and composer. 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