Life expectancy of classical musicians biography
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“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” -- Nietzsche
To celebrate his 75th birthday, Maurizio Pollini is playing two concerts at London’s Royal Festival Hall.
Though he is somewhat stooped as he walks to the Steinway, in the first of these concerts last week, Pollini’s performance of Debussy’s Preludes Book 2 was mesmerizing. Indeed, by the end of the two-hour performance (including three encores), Pollini was playing “like a god” one reviewer wrote.
At 75 years young, Pollini is among a long list of long-lived classical music performers.
Life expectancy of classical musicians biography
Indeed, magazine articles about the unusual life span of classical musicians are as numerous as those suggesting to 50 year old women what they “should not wear”. Pianist Arthur Rubenstein played in public for 85 of his 95 glorious years continuing to perform until he was nearly 90.
Pablo Casals played one of Bach’s Cello Suites every day from the