Many musicians’ ability to practise their art will at some point be compromised by illness or injury – it’s time to stop marginalising them, says Heather O’Donnell.
Musicians expire. For some lucky members of the profession, the musical expiry coincides with their date of death, preferably after a long, productive, and unimpeded musical life. Polish-born pianist Mieczysław Horszowski’s last concert was in Philadelphia at the age of 99. In 1971, the New York Times wrote about the then 94-year-old cellist and conductor Pablo Casals’ performance, “They virtually had to lift Pablo Casals into the conductor’s chair at yesterday afternoon’s United Nations Day Concert, but once there, with baton firmly in hand, any sign of... Keep reading on VAN
Musicians expire. For some lucky members of the profession, the musical expiry coincides with their date of death, preferably after a long, productive, and unimpeded musical life. Polish-born pianist Mieczysław Horszowski’s last concert was in Philadelphia at the age of 99. In 1971, the New York Times wrote about the then 94-year-old cellist and conductor Pablo Casals’ performance, “They virtually had to lift Pablo Casals into the conductor’s chair at yesterday afternoon’s United Nations Day Concert, but once there, with baton firmly in hand, any sign of... Keep reading on VAN