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Joshua Roman opened the 2017 TED Conference with a performance of the Bach Cello Suites, drawing nearly a million live viewers.

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The opportunity to see a New York Times-acclaimed composer perform his own work is rare — and it’s coming to Asheville this month.

Cello soloist and composer Joshua Romanjust 41 years old — has performed with icons like Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer. Now, he’ll present his own work, “Awakening,” as part of Asheville Symphony’s Masterworks 6: Fate, which also features Tchaikovsky’s fifth symphony, on Saturday, April 12.

Get tickets (before they sell out) to witness this musical legend-in-the-making.

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