The quena-playing virtuoso Rodrigo Sosa

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Rodrigo Sosa’s life was changed by a music teacher who saw his hands and said he was destined to play the quena, a traditional Andean flute. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler explain just what happened.

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