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Letter: Alright on the night without the fright?

Published 24 June 2015

From John Reynolds

So machines are in training to be concert virtuosos (30 May, p 21). As an amateur violinist who once worked for a software company that published a music sequencer program, I hope someone writes performance anxiety and the urge to impress into the algorithm.

These emotions, I find, can always give performances an extra human edge.
Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, UK

Issue no. 3027 published 27 June 2015

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