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LHI Live: Pianist Ahmed Anzaldua and the music of Mompou

WMUK | By Cara Lieurance,
Martin Klemm
Published May 28, 2014 at 7:54 PM EDT
ahmedanzaldua.com

2014-05-28_Ahmed_Anzaldua_Musica_Callada.mp3
Pianist Ahmed Anzaldua plays Book I of 'Musica Callada' by Federico Mompou. Audio engineer: Martin Klemm.

AhmedAnzaldúa recently joined Cara Lieurance at WMUK in the Takeda performance studio to play music of one of his favorite composers: Federico Mompou.

Before becoming a pianist, Mr. Anzaldúa was a trumpet player enrolled in medical school in Mexico. He relates the story of how he began to play piano and eventually became a graduate student at Western Michigan University, where he studies piano with Silvia Roederer and conducting with Kimberly Dunn Adams.
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Cara Lieurance
Cara Lieurance is the local host of NPR's All Things Considered on 1021 WMUK and covers local arts & culture on Let's Hear It on 89.9 Classical WMUK weekday mornings at 10 - 11 am.
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Martin Klemm
As Chief Engineer for WMUK, Martin Klemm is kept busy by tending to a variety of issues - from computers to tower lights - he will never run out of things to fix. Before coming to WMUK in 2003, Martin worked in Los Angeles making records with some outstanding producers, but preferred to be close to his family here in west Michigan. He enjoys keeping a busy schedule balancing WMUK, loving on his friends' doggos, and remodeling his home in the Edison neighborhood (which never seems to end)
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