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Pamelia Kursten is the 21st century’s greatest theremin virtuosa, who has turned an instrument most associate with creepy sci-fi “woo-woo” music into an art form. Hear what she has to say and how she does it in this sound-rich piece, originally produced for the Voice of America’s “Our World” science program.

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Tags: avant-garde, Brooklyn, Clara Rockmore, Good Vibrations, Music, Pamelia Kursten, The Swan, Theremin

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