Word: violiniste
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...Isaac Stern, the great violinist, has recently become an important guiding force in Castelli's life. Although he is notorious for crushing the dreams of hopeful young musicians, she says that he has been "nothing but supportive and kind" to her. "He strongly believes that I will have a solo career; he's not concerned about that. What he's concerned about is where to go from here. Once I graduate from here, what happens next...
Where he is is at the top of his field--Baird Professor of Science Dudley R. Herschbach, who moderated the discussion, praised Stern as a "champion of contemporary music" and a violinist who has "devoted enormous effort to supporting the arts" in his introduction...
Although Rebecca S. Tinio '00, a violinist, said she was disappointed Stern didn't play, she said it was interesting "for me as a musician [to see] how he thinks about music and how he approached...
Although he was a demanding teacher, Stern also displayed a sense of humor, asking piano quintet first violinist Eileen Woo '01 to "write a love letter to [her] boyfriend" as she played...
...violin is, at various points, owned by a monastery, a child prodigy and a victim of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. These stories, alas, are utterly predictable. Still, Samuel L. Jackson breaks through the crust of cliches as an expert called in to verify the instrument's provenance, and violinist Joshua Bell plays and Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts John Corigliano's score ravishingly...