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BILLBOARD | REUTERS
JON HURDLE
Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice abandoned international affairs for a Mozart piano concerto on Tuesday (July 27), teaming up with Soul legend Aretha Franklin to perform at a charity concert in Philadelphia.
Rice, the Republican former aide to President George W. Bush, performed with the Queen of Soul, a committed Democrat who sang at President Barack Obama's inauguration, to raise money for underprivileged youth.
Rice is an accomplished pianist who considered becoming a professional musician before opting to specialize in studying the former Soviet Union. She was greeted with cheers and a few boos when she appeared to play a movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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