Tiffany Poon: “Music is not about music, it’s about life”

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 25 November 2020

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“the super refinement of classical music disengages people because it’s kind of scary”

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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Andrew is currently a professional chef in New York City but he began life as a ballet dancer with the Hartford and Ohio Ballet companies. His writing also appears on the Huffington Post Blog and BroadwayWorld.com. His latest work, nominated for a James Beard Award, is “Return to the Rivers”, a Himalayan cookbook.