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True to form, Hilary delivers! Her recitals are full and fascinating and you sense she is giving 100%. It is such a high standard she is setting!

Mr. Brodsky would be so proud.

Thanks for the review. She was her usual gregarious self. I am glad to hear you liked her Mozart so much. When I heard her a couple of years ago, I thought she did not quite have it yet. Most of the great recordings of Mozart are by violinists who were older than she is and from Europe (Szeryng, Goldberg, Grumiaux). Thanks for writing the review for us, Laurie. You told us about so many important details, that I almost felt that I had been there. Hilary Hahn's technical skills are so very good that she makes it all look easy. (Ha! I wish it were.) I'm also in awe of her ability to evoke varied, strong emotions in her listeners. I like this photo. It has a genuine and magnetic quality about it. I've only seen studio photos, or blurry photos taken from a distance.

I hope she will pick a thread and join in. She signed up for some reason. Everyone is impressed of course, but I don't think it would cause that much of a riot.

Robert took that picture while she was signing autographs; she was really generous with her time, staying quite a while after her rather demanding recital to sign CDs and talk with people.

I think she is just dipping her toe in, at this point, with V.com. She said she'd perhaps write a special-occasion blog now and then, if I could suggest ideas. I think that whatever she does, it will be authentic, but it might be rather rare, at least in the beginning!

I had the pleasure of watching the concert from the second row. I could hear the surface noise, what little there was and see the amazing bow control and left hand flexibility. What impressed me most about the concert is that she was in such technical control that the focus was on the music. In the Ysaye, she brought out elements in the torrent of notes that might have been lost with anyone else.

After hearing her only in recordings, I had a lower expectation for the recital. How wrong I was!

I like her live as well. I've heard her most live on tape, though.

Laurie, I'm not sure how to proceed then. Maybe grab the toe and pull her down into the pool. Or down into the swamp :)

LOL!