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Q | Season 5 | Mar 8, 2012 | 18:49

Kronos Quartet's David Harrington & Wu Man in Studio Q

David Harrington, the founder of the genre-stretching classical ensemble, Kronos Quartet, and pipa virtuoso, Wu Man, sit down with Jian in Studio Q to discuss their collaboration, and classical music's place in the modern world.

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