New York or Berlin: Which is better for musicians?
mainThe violinist Jennifer Koh (pictured) tells WQXR that she weighed the two options and chose New York for its creativity.
Our string quartet diarist Anthea Kreston is having a whale of a time in Berlin – at least she was until yesterday’s incident – and prefers smalltown environments to New York.
So where’s better for a fiddle person to live – a city that doesn’t break your arm to pay health care? or one that promises the sky and sometimes delivers?
Your call.
Which is better?
Berlin I would say,
because it’s not in
the U.S. and A.
NYC would chew you up and spit you out.
America is leaving a ticket for you at the box office and would like to have a coffee with you later.
Hahaha!
To RW2013: How do you know you’re making a sound judgement if you cannot even abbreviate United States of America correctly?
(I know you are making a reference to that disgusting film … I hope it’s not your favorite film. If so, please kindly stay away from U.S. and A.)
:;-<
I thought that “disgusting film” was a very accurate portrayal of your “chewing up and spitting out” country.
What movie are you guys talking about?
New York.
No contest: Europe over US anytime, not to even mention Berlin before anything else.
Line out of the song, NY, NY – “if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere”………
those were the days, like about 100 to 50 years ago, when that was kind of true.
New York: if you’re interested in making money in the US “industry” at the cost of your sanity and soul, of course.
Berlin: if you’re interested in a rapidly declining quality of life.
Superb answer. Thank goodness there are other options available.
I would say that in Berlin, there is a rapidly increasing quality of life. Of course it depends upon what we call ‘life’.
It’s pretty obvious that you never have been living in Berlin.
Berlin has 3 major opera companies, New York: 1. No contest!
Norman, this was on WNYC, not WQXR.