Virtuoso Violinist Plays in DC Metro Station

[dlgood]

I thought alleynyc would find this particularly interesting...

Pearls Before Breakfast
Can one of the nation's great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? Let's find out.

By Gene Weingarten
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 8, 2007; Page W10

Joshua Bell is one of the world's greatest violinists. His instrument of choice is a multimillion-dollar Stradivarius. If he played for spare change, incognito, outside a D.C. Metro station, would anyone notice?

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Comments

[kalbear.livejournal.com]

That's sad. Totally understandable, but sad. I'm honestly surprised that anyone actually spent time listening. Nice read though.

I love that all the kids, without fail, wanted to listen.

[thelastgoodname.livejournal.com]

I'm fascinated by the fact that the kids wanted to listen. There is a such an expectation in our culture that children younger than 15 can't (or don't, or won't) appreciate music.