Leif Ove Andsnes music workshop for deaf children – in pictures

Andsnes uses the example of Beethoven, who went deaf during the course of his career, as a way to engage with the children
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In the workshop, the children are invited to feel the strings, sit under the piano and touch the instruments
Photograph: Timothy Fadek for the Guardian

Children are invited to feel the vibrations of the piano
Photograph: Timothy Fadek for the Guardian

The children also sit in on rehearsal time with Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra ahead of a concert of Beethoven piano concertos
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Some children briefly acted the part of conductor during the rehearsals
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Watching rehearsals
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Leif Ove Andsnes music workshop for deaf children
Photograph: Timothy Fadek for the Guardian

Leif Ove Andsnes music workshop for deaf children
Photograph: Timothy Fadek for the Guardian