Through Music, Muti Brings Message of Hope to Incarcerated Youth
Sep 26, 2011, John von Rhein, Classical music critic, Chicago Tribune
One girl swayed with the rhythm of the music as the unfamiliar sounds of Mozart and Bellini washed over her. Another girl couldn’t wait to voice her verdict on the performance she had just heard.
“Cool,” she exclaimed, as the delighted applause of some 65 people banished the cinder-block dreariness of the tiny library at the Illinois Youth Center in Warrenville.
This prompted a smiling Riccardo Muti to leap from the piano bench, rush over to the girl and pat her cheek…
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