Cellist beats concertmaster to BBC finals
mainAn 18 year-old cellist, Maxim Calver, a student at the Menuhin School, has won the strings section of BBC Young Musician 2018 and is heading for the finals next month.
Among those he beat was the highly-rated ex-leader of the National Youth Orchestra leader, Elodie Chousmer-Howelles (19) as well as violinist Stephanie Childress.
Isn’t this a rich kids competition ?
“Oh please mummy, can I learn the bass flute?” “No darling, we’ve got a 100k Steinway coming on Friday, you’ll be learning that.”
Yeah, that Sheku Kanneh-Mason, eh? Posh as they come.
Idiot.
“Idiot.”
Yes, a particularly unpleasant one.
So you’d be happy for much-improved funding for music in state schools then? Good to hear it.