3. Robin Graham
Kate Kennedy meets principal French horn player Robin Graham to learn what it means for a musician's relationship with their instrument when injury forces them to stop playing.
Kate Kennedy meets musicians who, like her, had to stop playing after injury and rethink their lives. What does being forced to fall silent mean for a musician's relationship with their instrument?
Robin Graham reached her dream as the first woman to earn a principal French horn position in a major American orchestra by audition. She shares her story of how painful injury caused her to leave in 2003 and the grief at being unable to play in the centre of a big orchestral sound.
Presenter: Kate Kennedy
Producer: Erika Wright
Production Coordinator: Elisabeth Tuohy
Executive Producer: Rami Tzabar
Healing Musicians is a TellTale Industries production for 成人论坛 Radio 3
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