@isadora2021 thank you for your very kind and beautiful post…I really enjoy how you say things with a lovely writer’s touch….i was a musician in a family of writers and teachers, some of whom were serious music lovers…Summers at Interlochen ignited my music fire …one of the special things I’ve enjoyed is having the opportunity to perform with some of the artists I’d admired from childhood…many live or spend time in NYC…loving the challenges to go deeper…and many wonderful friendships have come from that…if you wish, write something about yourself…this is a good place for that, bringing interesting people together. PS I too adored Rubinstein, still enjoy his recordings, and what a gracious person he was !