Bonus Stephen Fry: The Audience, Artificial Intelligence and a very un-Hollywood story
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In this bonus mini episode with the actor, writer and broadcaster Stephen Fry, we discuss why audiences matter, the transcendent force of pianist Ervin Nyiregyházi and what artificial intelligence really means for classical music.
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