Condoleezza Rice Plays Piano For Queen Elizabeth II

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Rice plays piano for the Queen

Who can doubt that Britain and the United States operate in close political harmony? As if to illustrate the point, the outgoing US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, last night played the piano at Buckingham Palace.

The concert, broadcast nationally in Britain, was attended by the Queen, who afterwards presented Rice with a recording of the recital. (Presumably not a bootleg version on an old tape recorder concealed inside the royal handbag.) Accompanied by Louise Miliband, the wife of the foreign secretary, on violin and three members of the London Symphony Orchestra, they performed a piece by Brahms.

The request was apparently made by Rice, an accomplished musician who once considered a career as a concert pianist. In the past she has performed with the distinguished cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Her visit this week is likely to be the last before Barack Obama's administration picks up the baton.

Rice is not the first pianist to double up as a politician. Poland's prime minister after the first world war, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, was better known as concert virtuoso before coming to power. The flamboyant, mop-haired musician eventually stormed off the political stage and back to his recital stool. Ted Heath loved playing the piano, too. Tony Blair enjoyed strumming his guitar and Bill Clinton could perform on the saxophone.

Reinforcing friendship through music is hardly a groundbreaking initiative, but perhaps Obama's softer approach to diplomacy could encourage the creation of more international concert parties?

How about getting Hillary Clinton to go out jamming with Vladimir Putin? Kim Jong-il, the reclusive North Korean president, reportedly had an early interest in music; it could be revived. Hugo Chávez, the president of Venezuela, used to love singing.

The last memorable occasion the US army broadcast rock music was during a 1988 psyops operation in Panama designed at driving the fugitive general Manuel Noriega from the Vatican embassy. Not so soothing.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/deadlineusa/2008/dec/02/condoleezza-rice-pian...

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[SIMONEVITTORINI]

Long live the Queen!

[MegaRoyalboy]

Yes, i found our queen is one of the most powerful and Dignify monarch in the Current love.

I love the queen and her soverign over the realms and the commenwealth especially her leadership towards the christian world.

george tharcisius

[shanepaulcoward]

War criminals and tyrants? Lovely

[hagriddragonhut]

I liked this video-thank you!!!!!!I didnt know Condi played piano!Very nice!

[mickeyb1000]

plays well for a war criminal

[tartandaddy]

@OneTrillNigga07 right oh Mr president

[OneTrillNigga07]

@tartandaddy a WAR criminal

[Kmagnus80]

@trilobright Karl Rove not Carl. And she was former NSA Advisor and Secretary of State not Secretary of Defense

[trilobright]

I can just imagine the awkward conversation when Carl Rove had to explain that she was the Secretary of Defense, not the White House piano slave.

[tartandaddy]

@OneTrillNigga07  a what?

[tartandaddy]

@SuperMalcriao your mother must be so proud

[SuperMalcriao]

FUCK THE KINGS, QUEENS and PRINCESS of the world.