How is beauty defined throughout the ages, and how does each individual performer or listener arrive at his or her conclusion (check local listings )?

Beauty and truth are the two great intangibles in art. Just how is beauty defined throughout the ages, and how does each individual performer or listener arrive at his or her conclusion? Can there be beauty in dissonance? This revealing discussion about this most elusive of concepts looks back at the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, held in Fort Worth, Texas, in the spring of 2005. Musical excerpts and rehearsals feature Chu Fang Huang and the Takács Quartet.