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Pekka Kuusisto (born in 1976 in Espoo, Finland) is a Finnish classical violinist. Pekka Kuusisto began studying the violin at the age of three. His first violin teacher was Geza Szilvay at the East Helsinki Music Institute. In 1983 he enrolled in the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He began to study there with Tuomas Haapanen in 1985. He studied with Miriam Fried and Paul Biss at the Indiana University School of Music from 1992 to 1996.

Little Casino is a 5-piece Alternative Rock band from Brisbane. Playing a unique form of music that fuses 60's melodies, reverberated guitars and beautiful vocal melodies that swings from punchy pop to ambient noise, it's hard to not to enjoy a Little Casino set. After forming in late 2010, Little Casino released an independent EP mid-2011 which got nation wide indie and JJJ radio play, and are in the process of tracking a second record that's sure to take the band to the next level. Stay Tuned.

Donald Clark Osmond, born December 9, 1957 is a pop icon. One of the biggest teen idols of the 1970s, he's continued to reinvent himself over the course of his 40 plus year career. Donny Osmond's biggest hit came from the 1998 Walt Disney Pictures movie "Mulan." Osmond sang the hugely inspirational song "I'll Make A Man Out Of You." The song is loved by people young and old. At the age of five, he stepped out onto the Andy Williams Show soundstage, and instantly won the hearts of viewers.

Conlon Nancarrow (b. October 27, 1912, Texarkana - d. August 10, 1997, Mexico City) was an American-born composer who lived most of his life in Mexico. Nancarrow is remembered almost exclusively for the pieces he wrote for the player piano. He was one of the first composers to use musical instruments as mechanical machines, utilising their capacity to play complex polyrhythms at tempos far beyond human performance ability.

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