Alex Pines, an older white man with gray hair and thin round wire glasses, smiles slightly into the camera in front of full bookshelves
Mahler Chamber Orchestra Performance to Be Dedicated to Alex Pines
Celebrating the groundbreaking chemist, Berkeley changemaker, and leader within the Cal Performances community
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