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Beneath a stormy sky, 20-year-old violinist Robert Vijay Gupta heads back to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, where he's the youngest member of the L.A. Philharmonic.

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Beneath a stormy sky, 20-year-old violinist Robert Vijay Gupta heads back to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, where he's the youngest member of the L.A. Philharmonic.

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