Word: violins
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...Rahman's father died when he was nine, leaving the youngster to spend much of his adolescence hauling his violin around local recording studios in a dismal attempt to support his family. "Whenever I think of that time," he says, "I think of failure." (He hasn't forgotten those hand-to-mouth days: unlike many of his peers, Rahman pays his musicians on time and refuses to recycle earlier recordings, instead ordering fresh takes?and thereby creating more jobs?with each new score.) His big break came in 1992, when Madras-based director Mani Ratnam wanted a new sound...
CABOT LIVING ROOM Charlotte Edwards, violin; Andrew Edwards, piano. Sonatas by Mozart and Bach. April...
...clicked with the other guys on the football team or you found people who share your goal of raising AIDS awareness. One of Harvard’s strengths is that it attracts an incredible array of individuals who are passionate about something—be it playing the violin or writing humor—and it provides them with the resources to thrive and excel in these interests...
...relief, I found that these same, incredibly talented people know when it’s time to put down the violin or exit the Lampoon. They then turn on the X-box, or gather to watch the latest episode of “Sex and the City” or “The Simpsons.” Some may hop on the T to catch dinner in the North End or watch a musical in Boston. Perhaps the wilder ones wander to the Quad to drink and dance the night away. But, to the impressionable prefrosh, I would just...
CABOT LIVING ROOM Charlotte Edwards, violin; Andrew Edwards, piano. Sonatas by Mozart and Bach. April...