Maestro is attacked by shark in Hong Kong
mainThe German pianist and conductor Justus Frantz had a lucky escape after a shark bit his leg as he was swimming in waters off Hong Kong.
He spent several days in hospital with severe lacerations. Justus says he got off lightly. The shark was a small one.
He ‘s back conducting this week at German festivals.
Eschenbach is also a biter
Und der Haifisch, der hat Zähne.
Touché
Luckily though Liegt [k]ein toter Mann am Strand.
So Lenny was reincarnated as a shark. That’s great.
Lenny does not bite in the leg !!
Dreadful! But I wonder where he was swimming. Hong Kong has designated beaches all with shark nets. There are also advisory notices about not swimming outside these areas. Shark attacks are not common in Hong Kong but there have been occasional attacks by rogue sharks every few years.
They are like people.
Frantz has experienced for real what often is perpetrated figuratively by music critics. Notorious shark ponds: London, New York, Talahassee.
Not to mention Vienna, Berlin and Bayreuth.
– “But I wonder where he was swimming.”
In a German TV interview he stated that he had been swimming in a bay not far from but outside of Hong Kong.
A very intelligent fish
Let’s say a discerning one.
Now that’s he’s alive and okay, here’s another nice interview that was done between him and Bruce Duffie in Chicago.
http://www.bruceduffie.com/frantz.html
Was Jaap van Zweden swimming around in a shark outfit?
Whatever happened to professional courtesy?
What happened to courtesy, period?
Haha- like cobra, who bit Chuck Norris: “shark died after 3 days suffering”