For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.

A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.

Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him.

There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should want, or try, to be tempered.

When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag.

Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong.

Let me be very honest and just say that if any airline would let me take the violin and the laptop on board I would fly that airline all the time.