Teen jumps in for injured concertmaster
mainRising Seattle soloist Simone Porter will play the Barber Concerto in Cincinnati next week in place of concertmaster Timothy Lees, who’s suffering a stress injury, Janelle Gelfand reports.
Simone, now 19, spent her teens commuting by air twice weekly to Los Angeles in order to study at the Colburn School. When I heard her there two years ago, I wrote: ‘she is going to make it to the big time very soon.’
Ms. Porter was the soloist in a performance of Barber’s concerto last year in Rio de Janeiro, with Brazilian Symphony Orchestra and conductor Lee Mills. Unfortunently, I was not there. But I attended her performance of Mozart’s String Quartet No. 15, in D minor (she was joined by musicians of the same band), the following day, and I had a very good impression. Local press appreciated too. I wish her good luck, and the same triumph in Cincinnati.
she is smoking hot
Indeed, indeed.
Cut that crap out…
Oh, for heaven’s sake! Cut it out.
Well, don’t deliberately create the kind of posts you KNOW will result in these so-called ‘sexist’ or ‘politically incorrect’ comments, or do you get some kind of perverted pleasure from verbally spanking your commentators after they have responded in the manner you’d hoped?
It may be time for you to leave the site.
I wouldn’t dream of it. 95% is fine.
I had initially thought she filled in for an indisposed concertmaster in that very position……
You’re all quite disgusting (except Fernando). Hot girl = sexist, offensive jokes. Good luck I to her. She’s clearly talented. Would you make those vile comments if she were a young man? No.
Why refer to her as a “teen”? One would not refer to another violinist as a “pensioner” or a “middle aged person”. She is a violinist, and what is of importance is how she plays. To define her by her age, or any other non-musical characteristic (sex, ethnicity etc.), is disrespectful to her as an artist.
Good violinist, nothing special, IMO.
Since we are talking about looks, I’ll add that she definitely gets sold off of her looks. Which is fine; actors, politicians, and models experience the same, regardless of their other qualifications.
^ and other musicians — even good ones.
Did someone mention Yuja?
She wears that dress so she looks beautiful and charming on stage,…
The term “teen” has come to take on a lascivious connotation these days. Maybe you refer to her prodigious talents. But it is hard it 2016 for there not to be a untoward insinuation…..I.e. not to be a “teen” that is searchable on PornHub.
I commend her for her style and I hope she is a great talent that we can all apreciate.