Video: The world famous musician played the Stradivari violin in the subway
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Do you often see street musicians? Do you often stop to listen to them? Do you manage to notice the beauty in the daily rush? The Washington Post conducted a non-standard experiment, during which a world famous musician played on the subway. Find out what came of it in our post.
On a cold January morning, a man with a violin appeared at a Washington metro station and began to play. In 45 minutes he performed 6 pieces. It was rush hour, and during this time more than 1000 people passed by, most of whom were in a hurry to work. During these 45 minutes only 6 people stopped briefly and listened, and another 20 threw money without stopping. In 45 minutes, the musician earned 32 dollars.
None of the people in a hurry about their business had any idea that the violinist in the subway - Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He performed the most difficult musical works ever written, and in his hands was a Stradivarius violin, worth $ 3.5 million.
Just 2 days before this performance on the subway, he gave a concert in Boston, the average ticket price for which was $ 100, and at the same time the concert was sold out.
Joshua Bell's subway performance was part of the Washington Post's social experiment on people's perceptions, tastes, and priorities. The main questions of the experiment were: in an everyday environment, at an inopportune moment, do we feel beauty? Shall we stop to evaluate it? Do we recognize talent in unexpected situations?
One of the conclusions from this experiment may be as follows: If we cannot find the time to stop for a while and listen to the best musical compositions ever written, performed by one of the best musicians on the planet; if the pace of modern life is so all-consuming that we become blind and deaf to such things - then what else are we missing?
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