![]() ![]() That's the advice my father gave to Andrew and me. What advice would you give a young musician?ĭon't do it. ![]() You can't just decide that you know how to play the cello. You've got to have inspiration – but if you don't do the perspiration, it's not going to work. Yes, though I'd say it's more like 10% and 90%. Is there any truth in the saying that art is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration? I didn't know anything about him, but I saw a painting of a green moon and thought it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. When I was 11 or 12, my aunt and uncle took me to an exhibition of works by Kandinsky in Menton, France. I have a bit of an allergy to American country music.Ī Kandinsky watercolour. Is there an art form you don't relate to? I want to be able to get up and practise in the morning. I don't spend sleepless nights thinking about it. This question seems to occupy other people's minds more than mine. Has having a very famous brother (4 ) been a blessing or a curse? People who learn instruments as children are more likely to go to concerts as adults. A programme like Sistema England (3 ) is brilliant for introducing large numbers of children to music-making. In fact, we already have: access to music is very patchy, so a lot of children are never discovering whether they have a talent for music or not. Unless we actually sort out our music education system once and for all, we are going to lose a lot of talent. How can we secure the future of classical music? You were vocal in your opposition to the government's planned arts education shake-up (2 ). I saw the cello and thought: "Maybe I'll be allowed to give up the piano if I ask for another instrument." So this tiny little cello arrived, and I found I actually wanted to play it. Then, aged four, I was taken to a children's concert. My mother tried to teach me piano, but I hated it. It was almost the other way round: the cello discovered me. How did you discover you had a talent for cello? ![]()
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