THOMASTIK-INFELD UNTOLD

THE LAST NOTES OF A PIECE OF VERDI‘S OPERA „I LOMBARDI“ WAF T THROUGH THE AIR... ...AS THE AUDIENCE ALREADY APPLAUDS. „BUILD ONE YOURSELF!“, HIS FATHER HAD HARRUMPHED. THE WORDS OF HIS FATHER, WHEN HE HAD FIRST ASKED HIM FOR A VIOLIN, CROSS HIS MIND AGAIN. HIS FINGERS CLUTCH THE SMOOTH WOOD OF THE VIOLIN‘S NECK. FRANZ THOMASTIK LETS THE VIOLIN DROP, HIS CHEEKS RED FROM EXCITEMENT AND JOY.