THE best-kept secret in global diplomacy is out - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will perform a piano recital at the annual gala of Asia's top security meeting, diplomats and reports said....

Rice ... is expected to perform a work from one of her favourite composers, who include Brahms and Shostakovich, the New Straits Times said....

--GG2.net News

Accompanied, presumably, by Nero on fiddle.

(Cross-posted at No More Mister Nice Blog.)