As musicians turn to livestreaming performances amid the pandemic, 12-year-old piano phenom Matthew Chang performed two pieces by Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin on Wednesday at the Polish Embassy in Washington, DC. The organizers held the concert in an effort to pull people together — at least for a while online — to counter the global crisis.
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