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People of Note - Charl Du Plessis

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Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the much respected cross-over artist CHARL DU PLESSIS. Charl rose to fame as the youngest pianist in Africa to be named a Steinway Artist and he has since embarked on an international career working simultaneously as a classical and jazz pianist where he has illuminated the music of Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Gershwin, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Billy Joel among many others for a new generation of listeners.
5 Mar 2017 English South Africa TV & Film

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