New Brazilian music that bridges the Pacific Ocean

A Brazilian friend, composer Rafael Lindemute, shared this recent YouTube performance of one of his beautiful compositions, which combines Western concert instruments with the wonderful sound of the Chinese erhu. O Bem a Todos (Good to All People) is scored for a rich tapestry of erhu, flute, piano and string quartet. I met Rafael in Annville, Pennsylvania, while he was visiting Lebanon Valley College, and he wrote me from his home in Brazil.

With the help of electronic communication, music helps bring us together during this period of physical separation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=216DMFncCos