by an entire environment of people my age and older that had grown up with a different kind of listening experience. so being around others and hearing menuhin s playing, i began to understand what it was he was saying through his playing. and i still say that his recordings were, and are, some of the most, like, profound and natural and.just, like, elevated expression through a violin. he.he.he s a musician first, violinist second. he just had this unbelievable natural ability with his instrument. but more than anything else, he is singing through his instrument. it s.it s a.it s a warmth and a vibration that is, you know, it s. yeah, i could talk about that for a long time! another big experience that you ve chosen for this cultural life is meeting the american composer and trumpeter wynton marsalis. he wrote a violin concerto