Last weekend's "Shared Madness" recital by violinist Jennifer Koh "would surely have felt special any place," Mark Swed writes, "given her ability to hold an audience spellbound for 90 nonstop minutes of new music." And then there was that violin. Koh's "shared madness" plan to repay them was to ask "composer friends to write solo pieces for her — 21st century Paganini-style etudes that she would offer the couple." She performed 14 of those pieces at St. Anthony. "Not only does Koh now have her violin life partner," Swed writes, "but she also seems eager to make Santa Barbara a significant part of her extended community."

Source: Los Angeles Times May 06, 2018 20:37 UTC