Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him.
From Lara St. John
What is classical music if not the epitome of sensuality, passion, and understated erotica that popular music, even with all of its energy and life, cannot even begin to touch?
Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions.
I am very lucky and grateful to have this living link to a past era, the violin presumably having much more history to it than the later portion that I know.
I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like.
And apparently things like a Vindaloo curry are out for the rest of my life, or at least a long time.
Let me be very honest and just say that if any airline would let me take the violin and the laptop on board I would fly that airline all the time.
Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure.
A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.
Music is art, art is life, and we are who we are, and all of these aforementioned women, unless they should choose not to, will be performing well into the next many decades because they are great artists.
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