Few things crack me up like spotting classical music celebrities. I perk up and think Oh! There’s so-and-so, knowing full-well that no one else on the street recognizes the person. And then I laugh, laugh, laugh to myself at the silliness of the classical music celebrity concept for the rest of the day. (I’m pretty easily entertained.)
For example, I just saw Juan Diego Florez on the corner of 65th and Broadway, looking spiffy in a leather jacket and black jeans. I hopped to the left so he could pass and gave him the ol’ twinkly-eyed I-know-who-you-are-J-D-F look, which I’m fairly to moderately certain went unnoticed by him.
If I ask Doug to add a Gawker Stalker type feature to this blog, will you all play along and post when you see classical music celebrities? Or will it just be me being a nerd all alone?
I’m so game for this.
I once saw Eugene Drucker from the Emerson Quartet in the Akron airport of all places. The flight back to NYC was seriously delayed, and I considered making a scene along the lines of “Oh, my god, aren’t you…(and then fainting)” just to amuse myself. Thankfully for all, I’m not that brave.
OMG. Molly Sheridan (!!!) just TOTALLY commented on your blog.
I was sighted a few days ago in performance.