In a similar vein, I wouldn't be where I am today without classical music - playing in an orchestra and chamber music as a young person opened my world up beyon

In a similar vein, I wouldn't be where I am today without classical music - playing in an orchestra and chamber music as a young person opened my world up beyond what I could otherwise find in my immediate surroundings. Alongside, growing up reading the English classics now seems part of that, along with radio access to "high brow" programs.