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Radio 4,13 Aug 2016,13 mins

Stephen Hough

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Poet, painter and virtuoso pianist, Stephen Hough has been described as a polymath. He learned to play on a piano that cost £5 from a local antique shop and went on to become a virtuoso to astonish the world. Becky Milligan speaks to lifelong friends and some of the world's leading names in classical music to profile a man who plays like a dream. Producers Smita Patel & Ed Davey.

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