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62%OFFMin Kym - Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung - 9780241263150 - KRF2233137
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Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung

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Description for Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVRL; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
'All my life my Stradivarius had been waiting for me, as I had been waiting for her . . .' At 7 years old Min Kym was a prodigy, the youngest ever pupil at the Purcell School of Music. At 11 she won her first international prize. She worked with many violins, waiting for the day she would play 'the one'. At 21 she found it: a rare 1696 Stradivarius, perfectly suited to her build and temperament. Her career soared. She recorded the Brahms concerto and a world tour was planned. Then, in a ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241263150
SKU
KRF2233137
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Min Kym
South Korean born and raised in the UK, Min Kym began playing the violin at the age of six. At seven she was accepted as the youngest ever pupil at the Purcell School of Music; at 16 she was the youngest ever foundation scholar at the Royal College of Music. The legendary conductor George Solti said she had 'exceptional natural ... Read more

Reviews for Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung
I loved Gone. It will stay with me for a long time
Cerys Matthews A remarkable and original memoir . . . thrilling
Barbara Ellen
Observer
Intense, elegiac and completely mesmerizing ... a beautifully pitched memoir which hits many different registers
The Bookseller (Book of the Month)
Riveting . . . her story of ... Read more

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