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How an Acclaimed Composer Found His Musical Voice Through Birdsong
September 16, 2020 —
Decades after a songbird's whirling melody set him on a new artistic path, John Luther Adams is more determined than ever to help us hear the planet's power and wild beauty—and fight to protect it.