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The pianist and zitherist Laraaji, who, following his “discovery” by the producer Brian Eno, released some twenty albums in the eighties, is arguably more popular than ever.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2017

An 18-year-old zitherist could not contain himself and twanged out the first chords of We Shall Not Be Moved.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Vienna one night Reed listened to a wine-garden zitherist named Anton Karas, was fascinated by the jangling melancholy of his music.

From Time Magazine Archive