AIS - Friday, February 1, 1985 - North Shore News

Classical music is nothing to fear

with. My mother’s cousin that 1 would be a musician GJ: | was lucky in that | was standards, was extremely ly played in an orchestra if
was the conductor of the came during my high schvol — still relatively young when 1 helpful to me. Up to that you couldn't succeed at the
Birmingham: Symphony Or- years when | realized it was learned that an orchestral time | believed, along with — other.
The concertmaster is chestrain England, and since the only thing [ could do career was an honorable one. most other string students,
always first violinist and as she admired him greatly, she — well. it was when I played with the that a career in) chamber Actually Eve been for-
first violinist [ play all the had it in her mind that her NSM: What was one of the Royal Opera House Or- music or as a soloist was the (uante all my life in’ my
violin solos in the orchestral child would be involved with major urning points of your — chestra and conductor Erich only honorable career for a career. Every orchestra I've
repertoire. | also act as the music, For me the realization career? Kleiber, a man of incredible — serious violinist, that you on- been with was on the ascent.
liaison between the conduc- -
tor and the orchestra, par-
ticularly the string section,
But as far as the audience
is concerned 1 am primarily
the respresentative of the or-
chestra on stage. For in-
stance, the conductor almost
always shakes the concert-
master’s hand before and
after a concert. That’s not a
personal thank-you, it’s a
thank-you to the entire or-
chestra. Of course, if he
didn’t like the concert, he
miay not bother,
NSN: Do you think people
ure afraid of classical music?
GJ: I think some people are
terrified of it, which is a great
pity because it’s so un-
necessary, Let me give you an
example. After tne last few
“‘pops'"’ concerts we've done,
a remarkable number of peo-
ple have come up to me on
the street or called my heme
. to tell me that they enjoyed
the first half of the concert
much more than they enjoyed
the second half, the first half
. being from the classical
- repertoire.
NSN: Rudolf Barshai has
recently been appointed
Music Director and Principal
Conductor of the VSO, effec-
' tive September 1, 1985. What
do you think of this
appointment?
GJ: 1 think it’s a marvellous
appointment — he’s the right
man at the right time, to con-
tinue the work that Maestro
Akiyama began in 1972: lam
looking. forward tc working
with Maestro Barshai. He isa
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NSN: Were ‘you committed
to musical career from avery
early age?

GJ: No, not really. 1 started
the violin when I was five and
it just progressed from there.
Like all these things it’s
parent-motivated (o> start