Ukraine-born classical pianist Valentina Lisitsa performs live on stage at the Royal Albert Hall in London on June 19, 2012. (Andrew Cowie/AFP/GettyImages)
Let’s talk about this piano soloist and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
I know a conductor who swore in rehearsal and, if the musicians who were present have anything to say about it, he won’t be back. It’s not as though he used a word they hadn’t heard before: classical musicians usually come from middle-class backgrounds, and offstage they’re pretty much like the people you went to high school with. They’re used to hearing short words.
But decorum is enforced in a …read more
Source: Macleans
