All this boy with cancer wants is a lesson with his violin idol

All this boy with cancer wants is a lesson with his violin idol

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norman lebrecht

November 18, 2020

Léandre Gaucher is a 12 year-old Canadian violinist with brain cancer.

His biggest dream? A lesson with Maxim Vengerov.

What, in the middle of Covid and halfway across the world?

Here’s what happened.

 

Comments

  • Julian Faigan says:

    great story…

  • Greg Bottini says:

    Bravo, Léandre, and bravo, Maxim!!!!

  • Andrew Constantine says:

    Come on everyone, where are you? Stop bitching and say something nice for once!

  • BruceB says:

    Couldn’t understand it all, but that was lovely.

  • very nice. Indeed lot’s of talk about the healing power of music. I think Zukerman has the same theory.

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