Status Updates From Wenn Ihr wüsstet

Die Mädels servieren den Fieldel-Wunderknaben ohne die geringste Lebenserfahrung immer schnell wieder ab. Das Studium des Bruders in Boston gibt immerhin ein Alibi für das persönliche Vorspielen bei Itzak Perlman an der Julliard Music School her. Für die Aufnahme reicht der Wunderkindruhm alleine nicht, der offizielle Weg ist durch die finanziellen Interessen des Vaters verbaut, der die Krise des Sohnes ignoriert.

Wunderkind in der Krise, Auslöser ist die vom Vater erzwungene Tour de Force mit der Einspielung von Paganinis 24 Capricen mit 15, da Vati bei der jüngsten Einspielung das Klavier zu laut war. Das viele Jahre als 14 veröffentlichte Opus 3 ist, meiner Ansicht nach, die lohnenswerteste Platte des Teufelsgeigers, der später zum Poseur verkam. Die Memoiren haben gehobenes Illustriertenniveau.

You know, reading how David only had 7,95$ and almost gave up before making it, only to have him whine about really great apartments just because one was supposedly too dark while the other was too bright - all while seeing photographs of them - drives home how bitchy, kinda ungrateful and how much of a diva he is. Makes me want to strangle him!

*deep breath*

Yes, it's cool to be able to say you went to Julliard. But this myth around the school os so annoying! It is NOT the best music school. It's not even the best music school in the US. It certainly has good PR and does a lot for the arts; and yes, a lot of the big names went to Julliard. But by far not all big names. And considering how much this place costs, I'd expect way more in return!

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Well, now that we have met many of David's teachers from when he was a kid/teen, it's not THAT surprising anymore that he's arrogant in a lot of ways. Amazing, rather, that he seems down-to-earth (enough) in many other ways. *lol*

I liked the description of the kibbutz he went to as a teenager although it brought tears to my eyes for contemporary socio-political reasons.

Garrett just proved to be quite arrogant. No idea if it was meant to be funny but if so, he UTTERLY failed in conveying that on the page. He dissed other instruments as being oh-so simple to learn, claiming only the violin is difficult. I get that one is a champion for one's own instrument, but how he talked about the flute for example was simply terrible. My sister would have thrown this book against a wall.