Crescendo Chronicles of an Adventurous Violinist

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Title: Crescendo Chronicles of an Adventurous Violinist
Author: Anthea Kreston
Category: Composers & Musicians
Language: English | 248 str. Pages | ISBN: 9781589884144


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"An indomitable spirit."―YO-YO MA
"This tale sparkles."―BLAIR TINDALL, author of Mozart in the Jungle
A funny and fierce memoir of a classical performer's struggles, tragedies, and triumphs
When American violinist Anthea Kreston is selected as the fourth member of Germany's Artemis Quartet, it is the culmination of decades of dedication. In Crescendo, her enchanting and deeply personal memoir, Kreston writes about growing up in a well-to-do but difficult family in Chicago, leaving home at age sixteen, studying at the ultracompetitive Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia (Hilary Hahn was a classmate), then burning out and leaving it all behind for a commune in Oregon.
All the while, Kreston never stops playing her beloved violin, and, in time, she finds her way back, making it to the top of the classical music world. She writes candidly about struggling with years of infertility and the challenges of...