Music to my ears
Karen Gomyo Violinist
I’ve been getting back in touch with things I used to listen to, and really connecting to a place of pure joy. I remember falling in love with Plácido Domingo as an artist when I was 11, going to my first opera at The Metropolitan Opera. So I’ve been indulging myself in a recording of Verdi’s Otello, that first opera. I have a DVD of it that I absolutely love, with Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa, the Royal Opera Orchestra and Georg Solti.
As a young violinist I collected all possible recordings I; and if I had to choose one violinist on there, it would be Arthur Grumiaux. There’s a natural, organic purity to his playing, especially in Mozart, that I find timeless and unendingly moving. So I’ve been listening to a lot of Grumiaux and a lot of Mozart.
