Klarinet Archive - Posting 000778.txt from 1997/07

From: SusiPontow@-----.com
Subj: Re: Major Decisions.....after
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 19:24:46 -0400

In a message dated 97-07-24 18:46:06 EDT, you write:

<< Madamoiselle Nadia Boulanger told me that the only way someone should
consider performance was that they would rather be dead than not be a
performer. >>

This is interesting.... did she say that because a career in performance is
such a struggle? I don't know if I agree with that statement, because I've
met a violinist who said he had wanted to be a scientist, but felt that he
wasn't good enough in math, he had some talent for the violin, graduated from
Juilliard and has had a career in various ensembles including St. Paul
chamber orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto symphony, winning some
awards, etc. He seemed to be saying that he chose a career in music because
that is where the money was for him, not because he truly wanted to do it
over something else. I was disappointed when I found that it seems he
doesn't share the same sort of passion as someone wanting to perform or be
dead. I fall into the latter category.

   
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