Roberta Guaspari (born September 15, 1947) is an American violinist and music educator. She is known for her work in Harlem, New York, where she taught during the 1980s and 1990s to keep music alive in inner-city schools. She was portrayed on film by Meryl Streep in Music of the Heart (1999), written by Pamela Gray for which Streep was nominated for an Academy Award as Guaspari. Guaspari was also the subject of the 1995 documentary Small Wonders. As of 2017, she is still an instructor of violin with Opus 118 in New York City.
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Date of birth | 15 September 1947
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Roberta Guaspari is known for her role in the film Changing Lanes (2002) as thanks: Opus 118 Founder.
She is also known for her role in the film Music of the Heart (1999) as violin teacher.
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