It's just part of the job. Violinist Yevgeny Kutik, the guest soloist with the Springfield Symphony this weekend, has done about 16 radio interviews around the country recently. Luckily, when my "phoner" with him was set up by his manager last week, he told me that "I'm just at the house working today." (I hate to feel like I'm imposing on a busy artist--but like I say, it's part of the job--mine and theirs.) Born in Minsk, Belarus, Yevgeny Kutik immigrated to the United States with his family at age five. After completing a Masters in Music at the New England Conservatory, Yevgeny now lives in Boston. He'll play the Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor with the Springfield Symphony, and we talked at length about the piece. Asked how many times he's played the Bruch No.1, Yevgeny said, "That's a good question. I mean, it's been a bunch. It's one of those pieces you get asked to play fairly frequently. I actually started the (concert) season last month with this concerto. But I've done it,
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