Word: musician
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...musicians, the debate over what defines the Stradivarius sound and the underlying causes for this uniqueness may soon be academic, as private collectors drive the price beyond their reach. "The era when musicians could afford their own Strad is coming to an end," Ehnes says. The concert violinist Cho-Liang Lin says the Stradivarius he bought for $300,000 25 years ago is probably worth $3 million now. He points to the sale of recently deceased cellist Mstislav Rostropovich's Duport Stradivarius, which trade publications recently put at $20 million. "There's no way even a highly successful young musician...
...finished playing, and it’s a challenge to forget her infectious melodies. Don’t be fooled by her darling demeanor; in “It’s Not Me, It’s You,” she proves her mettle as both a musician and satirist...
...said to me, “Yo-Yo, you’ve just got to stop thinking that your profession is an interruption of your life.” Music is part of my life, but there’s a life separate from my life as a musician, and that actually is more of my identity. It wasn’t until five years ago that I realized that my real passion is people.THC: So maybe you would have been a politician?YYM: No. No! I would not be a politician. I love people, but politicians deal with...
...room, a handful of youngsters gather around a thumping sound system and swap French slang-infused lyrics over a heavy hip-hop beat. Reclining on a nearby sofa, sporting a black leather jacket and yellow athletics pants, his short dreadlocks covered by a furry ushanka hat, British musician Tricky - the one responsible for this scene - is beaming. "It's wicked," he says. "People just come in and chill out. It's like a clubhouse." (See pictures of an urban adventure in Paris...
...expand their outreach by staging a larger event. On the heels of his inauguration performance, Ma will kick off the event this afternoon as he discusses his career in the arts. “Yo-Yo Ma’s invitation is connected with his incredible charisma as a musician,” Sorensen says, “but also the wonderful things he has to say about the world of the arts not only in education but in promoting cultural exchange and a different sense of understanding the world.” Ma’s participation...