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With the piano I'm completely in control of the gestural situation-not that I'm going to play the piece myself, but I know what's difficult, what's impossible.

Luc Ferrari

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Luc Ferrari
Age: 76 †
Born: 1929
Born: February 5
Died: 2005
Died: August 22
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Paris
France
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Impossible
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Difficult
Gestural
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Piano
Going
Piece
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