Violinists be warned: it’s hard out there.
The violin players in the cafeteria are god awful
— Rohan Bardhan (@rojan_06) October 10, 2013
So much hostility, and a douchey hashtag to boot.
The sound of a violin, especially played by a child, is god awful when you’re sick.. #makeitstop — Leah Marx (@LeahMarxx) January 15, 2013
Hated the movie? Blame the fiddler.
@robneyer Oh God, I hated that movie. Wanted to walk about during the endless opening with the awful violin music. — Jim Caple (@jimcaple) May 4, 2012
When all else fails, start dropping dimes & naming names. Friends forever!
The awkward moment when you go to @Erin_Moynihan house and she practices her violin and it’s god awful #screeching #gogetlessons tune it
— Sydney Shapiro (@sydshaps) January 20, 2012
Watch those umbrellas bounce — the Maestro at the helm on a rainy Berlin night. Good stuff.
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“My first wife …
“My first wife is American, and my second wife is Italian—but her father is from Sri Lanka, which makes it more of a mixed salad.” His wife, Evelyn, who comes from Italy’s Alto Adige region, speaks German to their two young sons, who will easily pick up Italian, he says, because they know French. “And that’s not the end of my cosmopolitan story,” Mr. Maisky adds. “I play an Italian cello with French and German bows. I use Austrian strings. I drive a Japanese car. I have an Israeli passport. I wear a Swiss watch and an Indian necklace, and my four children were born in four different countries.”
–Cellist Mischa Maisky, in WSJ.
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Sad, slow, agonizing death (redux)
Mark Vanhoenacker provides some overheated analysis in his Slate piece, “Requiem: Classical music in America is dead.”
When it comes to classical music and American culture, the fat lady hasn’t just sung. Brünhilde has packed her bags and moved to Boca Raton…
Live classical music is less commercially viable than ever. Attendance per concert has fallen … but even if every seat were filled, the vast majority of U.S. symphony orchestras still would face significant performance deficits.
It’s worthy of a read, if only so that you know that in 1937, the median age at L.A. classical shows was 28.
Classical Dark Arts 