Behzod Abduraimov, KC Symphony interview by Paul Horsley

Behzod Abduraimov almost didn’t become a pianist. At age 6 he failed his very first piano examination, getting stuck in the middle of Schumann’s The Wild Horseman several times before his teacher finally told him to stop. “After that my teacher said I would never be able to play a piece on piano from beginning to end without making mistakes, ever,” says the 21-year-old Park University student with a laugh. “She said, quit music.”

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