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