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Building Easter Island's first music school. Correspondent Kelefa Sanneh talked with Teave about preserving native traditions and fostering music education on a tiny spot in the Pacific.

In bringing the Song of Rapa Nui to the world, pianist brings music education home. Mahani Teave grew up on one of the most remote islands on Earth, but the 38-year-old pianist still found a way to bring her music to the world — and music education to Rapa Nui. Jeffrey Brown tells the story of her unusual journey and her new album as part of our ongoing arts and culture series, CANVAS.

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 1 - I. Vivace
Mahani Teave, piano
Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra

NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts visits its most far-flung location yet - Easter Island - where "classical music thrives there – thanks largely to Mahani Teave... She begins with a sparkling Allemande by Handel, followed by a beguiling performance of a Chopin Nocturne....and closes with an ancestral song."

Hilá Sings Michael Daugherty's Songs from a Silent Land,
with LSU Wind Ensemble

Part 1. The Announcement, From The Prophecy of Daniel by Gabrielle Rosse Owens with the Lyris Quartet
Libretto taken from Daniel 9:24-27:

Oceanic with BBC Symphony at Barbican
Beth Morrison Projects; with BBC Symphony and BBC Singers. Hila Plitmann, Helga Davis, Chris Burchett and Claudio Prima. Jayce Ogren, conducting. Music by Paola Prestini, libretto by Donna Di Novelli and film by Ali Hossaini.

Mark Abel: Those Who Loved Medusa featuring Hila Plitmann, A Film by Tempe Hale
Text: Kate Gale
Artists: Hila Plitmann, soprano; Carol Rosenberger, piano; Bruce Carver, percussion;
Album: Time and Distance
Delos (DE 3550)

Soprano Hila Plitmann and pianist Tali Tadmor perform the world premiere of “The Palm Trees Are Restless:” Five Poems of Kate Gale by composer Mark Abel at Boston Court Performing Arts Center, Pasadena, Ca.

The Prayer, from Paradise Lost (Eric Whitacre) - Hila Plitmann