natesviolin.com » Muti http://www.natesviolin.com a celebration of all things violin Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:29:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Our first rehearsal with Maestro Muti http://www.natesviolin.com/2009/10/13/our-first-rehearsal-with-maestro-muti http://www.natesviolin.com/2009/10/13/our-first-rehearsal-with-maestro-muti#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:12:21 +0000 admin http://www.natesviolin.com/?p=112 this season… a reminder of what to look forward to starting in 2010. A total musician, with absolute command. And this story, from his arrival on American soil yesterday, involving a US Customs official:
‘What is the purpose of your visit?’
I told him, it is written here, Chicago Symphony.
‘Do you carry with you any meats?’
I look, and I tell him no. Then he sees I am Italian, and asks,
‘Do you carry any fruta?’
He asks about fruit. And now I must interrurpt, I tell him,
‘I am sorry, it is fruTTa. With two T’s!’

A colleague said later, “finally, a maestro who knows his place!”

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