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Gnomon - time to move on Started conversation Dec 17, 2009
El passed her cello exams. With 95%! That's quite impressive, for Grade 8 Cello.
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AlsoRan80 Posted Dec 18, 2009
Dear Gnoman,
How absolutely wonderful You must all be so thrilled. Is she going to be a female Pablo Casals? Sadly I never heard him, but I loved his recordings and always think of him when I read about Spain and the Pyrenees. !!
Please do congratulate her. I really love the 'cello. Now my friend you are going to have to start saving up to give her a really wonderful instrument - which you must quite obviously insure!!
Go well,
Christiane
AlsoRan80
18/XII/09 08.57 GMT
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Dec 18, 2009
I wouldn't be surprised if she gets a scholarship based on that result. A few years ago she got such a good result in her cello exams that she got a scholarship (her fees paid for the next year), but the music school, in the grand old tradition of anything run by musicians, forgot to tell us for over a year. They ended up sending me a cheque as a refund of fees I had already paid.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Dec 18, 2009
Hi Christiane.
Her cello teacher is already grumbling about the fact that her cello (which only cost €2,700) isn't loud enough. There's an operation that can be done to increase the volume, but at the expense of a nice tone. We could buy a louder one - the cello shop had a nice one for €4,500 and the sky's the limit.
I've heard that a cellist intending to make a living playing solos such as the Elgar Cello Concerto would pay €60,000 - €100,000 for a good cello, taking out a mortgage on it.
Jacqueline du Pré's godmother bought her a Stradivarius cello for $90,000 in 1964. I wonder what that would amount to in modern money.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Dec 18, 2009
According to the "MeasuringWorth" website, that $90,000 in 1964 would be worth about £400,000 today.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Dec 18, 2009
She plays in a couple of student orchestras, but probably wouldn't want to earn a living as a musician.
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Recumbentman Posted Dec 18, 2009
She has many strings to her bow. But 95 at Grade 8 is seriously good 
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