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He turned a border wall into a musical instrument

President Reagan called on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall in June 1987. Thirty years later, Markus Rindt, a German symphony conductor, brought that same message to the US-Mexico border. Except he also brought instruments. Monica Campbell reports.

(Image: Markus Rindt, a German symphony conductor, toured Mexico with a concert called "Tear Down This Wall!" Credit: Benjamin Deiss)

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