Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2022-07-23 22:42
I really like Steven Isserlis and his books too. He's so lovely and self-efacing, and just like a normal everyday person, in spite of being so talented. I enjoyed his children's books on the composers too, and also found them rather a nice parenting guide, for parents of musical children. I didn't know that he had done so well financially. I think that is a very good thing.
I think it's quite common for very talented people to be in their career because they were born very specialised. In Cambridge, where I live now, there are a lot of people who are classed as being on the Autistic Spectrum, and who are incredibly talented as one particular thing. The schools need to be very careful to help those people to advance their talents to the high level that they are able to achieve, without allowing the disabilities that come with their ASD condition from preventing their access to education. It's really quite a complicated business.
I'm not really sure if that also applies in music. I don't know many musicians except through this board.
I loved it when I read an interview with a professional clarinetist recently and he said he'd had to decide as a teenager whether to be a professional musician or a professional football player. That's a nice dilemma to have.
Adult learner, Grade 3
Equipment: Yamaha Custom CX Bb, Fobes 10K CF mp,
Legere Soprano Sax American Cut #2, Vandoren Optimum German Lig.
Post Edited (2022-07-23 22:43)
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