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  November 25, 2009 | 7:16 pm

  In February, 2009 I was honored to play the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Longwood Symphony Orchestra, whose members share a dedication to music and a genuine commitment to community service for medically underserved people. The program, for which LSO has received national recognition, is called Healing Art of Music. Before the concert in Boston’s Jordan Hall I was interviewed and the following is an excerpt.

  

  David with Conductor Edward Jones

  The sense of the healing power of music is very personal for me. My parents have cared for children living with AIDS since I was very young in Romania and Uganda, but also in my home in California. They adopted and fostered several generations of children with AIDS with whom I grew up, some of whom are no longer with us. I began playing when I was four and quickly realized music was much more important to my family than just entertainment. I try to bring this sense of healing and transcending everyday problems to all performances, but it is especially meaningful to me to be playing with this special group of musicians and to know that it will be benefiting ALS patients.

  I’ve done a lot of performing in hospitals and healthcare settings and it is definitely a very different experience from performing in a concert hall. You really feel first hand how important music is and I think it’s the act of going to play for one person or a small group of people in need of music that sets this apart. I’ve also played concerts for the peace organization Fellowship of Reconciliation and Doctors Without Borders which I feel are important causes, especially with the many conflicts facing the world today.

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