Word: apprenticeship
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...Finnish actor and a German actress, she was raised by her grandfather, an unconventional dabbler in voice and piano coaching, fiction, painting and sculpture. He trained her himself, and launched her at twelve on a concert tour. When she was 16, he allowed her to begin her apprenticeship in opera...
...head and says: "I think any artist should concentrate on one thing at a time. There is an old Russian saying: 'With one bottom, you can't be at two weddings.' " And Herbert von Karajan, 59, one of the last conductors bred in the old gradual apprenticeship, commented on the new conductors to a friend recently: "I'm afraid they jumped from elementary school to the university without going through the intervening stage of high school"-implying that at some point in the future the gap in their background will show through...
...spite of his youth, he has very much arrived. I consider him the finest of the young conductors." That Mehta has done this at so young an age illustrates the striking departure that has occurred from the pattern of a generation ago. Conductors traditionally rose through an arduous apprenticeship with provincial opera houses and orchestras, rarely surfacing internationally until they were in their 40s and 50s. "Mehta," says his friend Israeli Violinist Ivry Gitlis, "is one of the torches, a symbol of a new kind of musician." New York Concert Manager Jay Hoffman, 34, says, "Mehta speaks to my generation...
...soul" flavor of Aretha's performances comes from the influence of her father, the Rev. Clarence L. Franklin, a preacher and singer who has recorded more than 40 albums. She served her apprenticeship with him by traveling as a featured performer in his evangelist shows. When she developed a habit of rushing through her lyrics, he advised her: "Take your time; say what you want...
...escaped the deep, ° paralyzing sense of loss for the plucky little Aussie who i! had made good. The son of a theatrical promoter, Holt lost his mother at 16, studied law before drifting into politics, then began a 30-year political apprenticeship under autocratic Liberal Party Leader Sir Robert Menzies. Coming up through the ranks, Holt was named minister without portfolio at 32, privy councillor at 45, deputy leader of the party at 48. Then, at 57, when Menzies retired, Holt became party leader and Prime Minister...