A select few individuals, through some mixture of talent, effort, teaching pedigree, smart career formation, and just plain luck advance to careers largely centered on concert performance. How are these virtuoso personalities “made”? A handful of young but established artists disclose their own routes to virtuosity, the joys and frustrations of the performing life, and the everyday work of making music on stage.
Read the third volume of the AGO Monograph Series, written by Haig Mardirosian.