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- 0:02Speaker 1: The year was nineteen eighty three when it internationally famous
- 0:05Speaker 1: classical pianist thought he could embarrass Michael Jackson by demanding
- 0:09Speaker 1: in front of an audience that he played the piano.
- 0:13Speaker 1: But what happened next shocked everyone. Hello, I'm or Ron
- 0:17Speaker 1: Edwards on today's face from the Average Notebook, brought to
- 0:20Speaker 1: you by Root Brand Premium Health Products. On December sixteenth,
- 0:24Speaker 1: nineteen eighty three, at the Kennedy Center, classical pianist Eleandro
- 0:29Speaker 1: Virtuoso publicly challenged Michael Jackson to prove his musicianship. Fully
- 0:35Speaker 1: expecting to humiliate the king of pomp Virtuoso was stunned
- 0:39Speaker 1: when Michael Jackson performed Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata third Movement with
- 0:44Speaker 1: flawless technical mastery. Jackson had secretly studied classical piano for
- 0:49Speaker 1: fifteen years, the fact hidden to protect his pop musical image.
- 0:53Speaker 1: This pivotal moment shattered musical prejudices, leading to a lifelong
- 0:58Speaker 1: friendship between the two gentlemen and the creation of a
- 1:01Speaker 1: foundation for underprivileged classical musicians, Proving that true ARTI street
- 1:07Speaker 1: transcends genre boundaries and boxes. I'm Ron Edwards. I don't
- 1:18Speaker 1: miss the Ron Edwards American Experience. Every Wednesday on Rumble
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- 1:26Speaker 1: of America.