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Thank you for your homage to Menuhin.
I apologize for not feeling up to a more substantial statement (I made one
for the French classical mailing-list, and already felt that words were
painfully weak and plain). I only wish that more and more people will come
to realize how great a violinist he was, not only as a child prodigy, but
as a mature musician as well. Many young instrumentalists (notably in the
United States, his own country) feel entitled to say that he was not a good
technician. They should know better. In his better days, his technique
could be faultless and as virtuosic as anybody on earth. But it was part
of a soul, a mind and a spirit. Some people will sneer but I do not care.
Nobody will ever replace him inside us.
Approaching him, even for a few minutes, in music, was an unforgettable
priviledge. Everybody says that he had a special radiance. He had one --
beyond any description. He was a human, intelligent and noble artist, if
such words ever had a deep meaning.
Best wishes,
Thanh-Tam Le
(Laureate of the Menuhin Foundation)
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