The 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.