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Monday, August 11, 2008
A big public event requires a big fanfare. Composer Zhiyi Wang provided just that for the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics on Friday. Today, the 27-year-old graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and University of Louisville joins us to talk about how he got the gig, and how he wrote music to be played in such a large forum.
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