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World Service,07 Apr 2010,28 mins

The Strand - Wednesday 7th April, 2010

The Strand

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The best of the world's arts, film, music, literature and music brought to you every day. Presented by Bidisha. In today's programme: international award winning Danish author Carsten Jensen, novelist Nii Parkes (pictured) reports from Ghana on the Ghana Music Awards, we look at a new exhibition showcasing Japanese Gaman art and the American conductor John Axelrod discusses what he learnt from his teacher Leonard Bernstein.

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