Auditions: ‘The fairer they try to be, the more rule-bound it gets’
mainFascinating article in the LA Times on orchestral musicians, one of the best pieces in years on the musical process. Tells it straight. No starry-eyed nonsense. Interesting stuff. Read here.
I particularly liked ‘osteo-tenuritis’.
That term is attributed in the article to cellist Armen Ksajikian who can be seen in the movie “True Lies” where he is visually quite memorable in the role of the terrorist chauffeur.