The most austere of classical violinists had to turn her technique upside down to play jazz. THE poster leapt out at me from the wall of an Italian opera house, and I had to read it twice. Viktoria Mullova, the most austere of classical violinists, was on a jazz and blues tour with a band of “amici”. Come again? Mullova, also known as the Ice Queen, was doing riffs and wrinkles on Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul, Youssou N’Dour and other laid-back legends – and, judging by what I got to hear, doing them with respect and feeling. This is not…
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