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“Music was language in our house. It was air.....I feel certain that if I absorbed any lessons at all in the first months and years of my life, they must have been about the work that went into making a beautiful sound.”

Quote by Renee Fleming

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Renee Fleming is a seasoned consultant, born on February 14, 1959. She has accumulated extensive experience in her career, providing professional consulting services to various industries. more

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