Word: behrend
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Violin virtuoso Louise Behrend, 87, maintains a studio for 30 students, mentoring kids more than 80 years her junior. "What you don't use, you lose," she says, explaining why her hands are nearly always hovering over her violin's fingerboard. "Playing violin is one of the few activities that use your entire being--your mind, body and emotions," she notes...
...People say, 'You're crazy. You should slow down,'" Behrend remarks. "But why retire? What I love more than anything is teaching and playing the violin." Legendary lyric bass Daniel Ferro, 82, concurs. "I couldn't think of retiring," says Ferro, who still has a booming voice. "I would be bored to tears. I'll probably die at the keyboard...