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Alma Deutscher, 'Ellen DeGeneres' and 'Today Show' Child Composer, is Not a “Little Miss Mozart”
Amira Willighagen’s "O Mio Babbino Caro" on 'Holland's Got Talent' Invites Comparisons to Jackie Evancho
Amira Willighagen, age 9, sang Puccini's "O Mio Babbino Caro" during a recent audition for Holland's Got Talent. Her performance stunned the judges, who found it hard to believe that such a lovely, mature-sounding voice could come from such a small girl. READ: Valery Gergiev Issues Statement on Gay Rights
The crowds demanded a statement from Maestro Gergiev. Now, they have one. After disruptions outside his recent Carnegie Hall concert and in London, Valery Gergiev--music director of the London Symphony Orchestra, the Mariinsky and one of the most in-demand and influential conductors in the world--has finally broken his silence.