A Piano that Survived Hiroshima Reminds the Victims of Nagasaki

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What struck him most about Japan was the audience’s listening ability. “Even when he played in a restaurant, people maintained an attitude of absolute respect for music,” says Jacob Koller (Phoenix, Arizona, 45) from his home in Kofu, in Yamanashi Prefecture. In 2009, the American pianist was greeted in Tokyo with the honors of a young jazz promise coming from collaborating with Terence Blanchard and had contested the final of the Cole Porter sc…