But as a Holocaust survivor, Gronowski had faced death more intimately before. Amy Edwards Anderson, an English teacher from the United States who has lived in Brussels for 22 years, first heard Gronowski play while sitting in her backyard with her husband and three children. She was surprised, she said, because it quickly became clear this wasn’t someone practicing the piano. “Here was someone who was amplifying music to share with neighbours for no other reason than to make people feel good during a difficult time,” she said. A student who listened to him speak at a Belgian school in 2012 called him soon after with a stunning proposal.

Source: bd News24 November 21, 2020 04:04 UTC