Bookspan realized young that he probably wouldn’t make it as a solo violinist, but he brought music to anyone with a radio or TV. “After an early career behind the scenes at radio stations in Boston and New York, he established himself as a stalwart of Live From Lincoln Center, the PBS program that became America’s premier source of classical music on broadcast television. He joined the program when it went on the air in 1976″ and retired from it in 2006. – The New York Times