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A concert inside Peter Zumthor’s thermal baths in Vals

Martin Dahanukar, internationally acclaimed trumpet player and jazz composer, plays with his quartet against the backdrop of Peter Zumthor's architecture. A midnight concert within the magical atmosphere of the thermal baths. (Raffaella Rossello, swissinfo.ch)

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