Really what it boiled down to was that it just happened to be the passion in my life. I wish everybody could find something in their life that just becomes you and you become it. Now, some people might say, "Guy, that's so shallow, things don't make you happy." But when I read your book and your relationship with your Strad, you and the Strad were inseparable, it made you, you made it. I found myself envious of the fact that you could find a calling and a physical device like your Strad, that meant so much to you. I'm Guy Kawasaki, this is Remarkable People. Min's book gone, Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung explores her experiences when her violin was stolen, when it was recovered after she had settled with her insurance company and how she now feels about someone else owning it. Kym suffered intense trauma and grief from this. Unfortunately in 2010, Min was eating with her boyfriend at a restaurant in a London railway station and her violin was stolen. She was gifted a Stradivarius made in 1696, and she devoted her life to making remarkable music with it. Min began playing the violin at the age of six, and by the age of seven, she was accepted as the youngest student ever at the Purcell School of Music.Īt age sixteen, she was the youngest ever foundation scholar at the Royal College of Music. Have you ever bonded with an object, a camera, a car, a surfboard, or a Min's case, a musical instrument so much so that it completes you and becomes part of your soul? What a great sensation. The story of Min's relationship to her Stradivarius was so remarkable and fascinating that I had to bring it to you. I read about Min in Susan Cain's book, Bittersweet. We are in a mission to make you remarkable. I'm Guy Kawasaki, and this is Remarkable People.
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