Janos Gereben asks, rhetorically,

>...after all, didn't the great Welsh violinist Menuhin play like an
>angel at that age?"

Yes indeed, and did you know the great Irish writer William Shakespeare
demonstrated great promise by that age, too? He was Irish, you know- the
proof is in his work.

In terms of Mr. Gereben's larger question about why unremarkable youth
orchestra's go on tour, the answer is simple.  Today we live in a global
village. So Janos was simply hearing the village young people perform.

Larry