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Magnetic South, Yiorgos Vassilandonakis Bring Finnish Music to Charleston

Yiorgos Vassilandonakis is Associate Professor of music theory and composition at the College of Charleston. He's also one of the co-founders of Magnetic South, a program that presents the music of 20th and 21st-century composers to Charleston audiences. On November 11th Magnetic South will present "The Finnish Line" with works by Salonen, Saariaho, and Lindberg.

In this interview that aired on Thursday, October 20th, SCPR's Kate McKinney shares highlights from a conversation  with Yiorgos about Magnetic South and his own compositions. 

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