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.

Music is art, art is life, and we are who we are, and all of these aforementioned women, unless they should choose not to, will be performing well into the next many decades because they are great artists.

The concept is basically; that the pieces we know and love are made up of scales, arpeggios, and the like.

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.

Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure.

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.