Lenin's Piano
During a private WPO tour of the Kremlin in December 1991 Boyd played the first chords of Oh Canada on Lenin's piano.
On New Year's Eve she played Granada by AgustÃn Lara at a gala. Boyd was the only non-Russian invited by Gavril Popov, the mayor of Moscow, to perform at this event.
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