{"id":12811,"date":"2020-03-21T20:47:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T03:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=12811"},"modified":"2020-03-21T21:53:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T04:53:13","slug":"fred-hersch-addresses-the-virus-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2020\/03\/fred-hersch-addresses-the-virus-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Hersch Addresses The Virus Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Concerned about the advance of the coronoavirus in many parts of the world, pianist Fred Hersch has announced his approach to providing, if not relief from the threat, a way to get it off your mind for a while. Below is the message from Hersch&#8217;s web page. We realize that his message consumes more space than the average <em>Rifftides<\/em> post and trust that its size won&#8217;t cause you a problem.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Mini Concert Every Day<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/e8b802f5-7591-49fe-86bc-75a6b311cfa2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/e8b802f5-7591-49fe-86bc-75a6b311cfa2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/e8b802f5-7591-49fe-86bc-75a6b311cfa2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/e8b802f5-7591-49fe-86bc-75a6b311cfa2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/e8b802f5-7591-49fe-86bc-75a6b311cfa2-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/e8b802f5-7591-49fe-86bc-75a6b311cfa2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hope everybody is safe and healthy and will remain that way. This is an unprecedented challenge to everyone on&#8221;\u00a0the planet and we all need&#8221;\u00a0resilience and resourcefulness going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Starting this Sunday, every day at 1pm EST,10am PST, 7pm in Europe I will do a live mini concert of piano music from my home.<\/p>\n<p>You can see and hear the concert here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fredhersch.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=78ba78c01ba2caaed40734a10&amp;id=9061d7c6bc&amp;e=8b6c17113a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fredherschmusic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to &#8220;be&#8221; on Facebook or sign in to&#8221;\u00a0anything to access the concert. Just click the image below. And if you &#8220;like&#8221; the page you will be notified each day.<br \/>\nWishing you all strength and much love,<br \/>\nFred<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mcnButton \" title=\"Fred's Web Page\" href=\"https:\/\/fredhersch.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=78ba78c01ba2caaed40734a10&amp;id=429c958ce1&amp;e=8b6c17113a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fred&#8217;s Web Page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concerned about the advance of the coronoavirus in many parts of the world, pianist Fred Hersch has announced his approach to providing, if not relief from the threat, a way to get it off your mind for a while. Below is the message from Hersch&#8217;s web page. 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