How could a New Yorker possibly take something called the Hollywood String Quartet seriously?

On the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue sits the most famous concert hall in the world. No less a figure than when Tchaikovsky led the first performances in 1891. Virtually every major artist has performed there. There is simply no place like it. The first time I stepped foot in Carnegie Hall was in 1964.

I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.

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