Strings Attached - One tough teacher and the art of perfection
Joanne Lipman and Melanie Kupchynsky
ISBN: 978-1-47110-201-1
paperback
Number of pages: xvii+326 pages
Chapters: 20
© 2013 Joanne Lipman and Melanie Kupchynsky
Sent to a reviewer on 30 June 2014
Foreward Prologue
Part I Chapter 1: The Debut Chapter 2: The Rehearsal Chapter 3: The Students Chapter 4: The Concertino
Part II Chapter 5: The Viola Chapter 6: Academic Overture Chapter 7: The Mendelssohn
Part III Chapter 8: Baba Chapter 9: The Audition Chapter 10: Stage Fright Chapter 11: 'Mr Jerry' Chapter 12: Yesterday
Part IV Chapter 13: The Conservatory Chapter 14: The Gig Chapter 15: Duets
Part V Chapter 16: The Disappearance Chapter 17: The Gift Chapter 18: Meditation Chapter 19: Finale Chapter 20: Coda
Acknowledgements Mr K's Black Russians Bibliographical Notes Photograph Credits
If you're lucky, somewhere in your past is that one person who changed your life forever.
For Joanne Lipman and Melanie Kupchynsky, that person was a music teacher known to his students as Mr K.
Joseph Kupchynsky demanded perfection of his students, often making them play until their fingers bled. And yet, Mr K inspired a fierce, life-long loyalty in them.
In 1991, when his daughter mysteriously disappeared, Mr K turned to Joanne, now a journalist, for help. As they embarked on a heartbreaking search for the missing girl, the poignant tale emerged of the man behind the music stand. A Jewish Armenian immigrant, Kupchynsky was a victim of childhood abuse and the survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, who found his escape in music. A passionate, remarkable man, Mr K transformed his heartache into triumph for those he taught ...
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