By David Ng Los Angeles Times Comments Keener ) Having a Hollywood actor learn Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14 for a role is a little like asking a child to master differential equations â€" it's virtually impossible. But in the case of music, the task can be convincingly faked with the right editing, and more important, with the right music coaches. When the makers of the movie "A Late Quartet" were looking for a musician who could help actress Catherine Keener get into character as a classical viola player, they sought the help of Carrie Dennis, the Los Angeles Philharmonic's principal violist, who joined the orchestra in 2008. Dennis says that she spent two weeks hanging out with the...
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