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Podcast: Nuances: Our Asian Stories
Episode: S4 E05: Er-Gene Kahng found community, Florence Price, and her Asian American identity in Arkansas
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Er-Gene is a Korean-American violinist and college professor who lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas. As an immigrant, she was always interested in assimilation as a survival strategy until she discovered Florence Price, the first Black American woman composer whose compositions were performed by major symphony orchestras. Since then, she has championed Price's music and continues to investigate ways classical music can participate in global conversations...