Feeling old yet?

[Piano*Dad]

When I was young, Igor Stravinsky and Dmitri Shostakovich were living composers. Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Prokofiev, and Ravel were "recent." In high school I was playing piano works by Barber, who was still around.

I saw Arthur Rubinstein give a concert in Miami. He debuted with the Berlin Philharmonic in 1900.

[jon-nyc]

Damn you old.

[Piano*Dad]

I edited it and added more when you weren't looking ...

[jon-nyc]

Wow. I saw Leon flesher’s last Carnegie hall concert. His first was when Germany still occupied France.

But that speaks to his age, not mine.

[RealPlayer]

I heard Rubinstein in concert too. With orchestra. Of course, I was a wee teen then.

[Bernard]

In 1970 I entered high school. Seventy years before that was the year 1900. As a freshman, thinking back to 1900 seemed incomprehensible. This year I'll be 70.

[Piano*Dad]

I guess we're the same age. I come of age (70) next month.

And about Fleisher, he was a judge at one of Piano*Son's competitions in Norfolk.

[CHAS]

I am younger than Biden and Trump.
I don't find that to be particularly encouraging.

[kluurs]

As a child I remember my older sister who worked for the Veterans Administration speaking about how there were soldiers at the VA hospital who had been there since WWI. It seemed incredible to me that a person could remain in a hospital for nearly 50 years.

[jon-nyc]

@CHAS said:

I am younger than Biden and Trump.
I don't find that to be particularly encouraging.

Beats the alternative.