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World Peace, Piano Music by Rik Bhattacharyya, 12

Rik Bhattacharyya, who is twelve, in 2017 wrote this piano piece in response to some of the turmoil taking place in the world today. This is his thinking behind the piece:

Currently our world is going through a lot of turmoil. Whether it is about missile testing in North Korea or terrorist attacks in France, we have all heard about these problems between nations, religions, ethnicity, etc. In my composition there are parts where there are minor chords making the whole song seem sad. However, sooner or later the violence stops (denoted by the major chords and arpeggios) and the world is happy again.

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