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The concertmaster who married the maestro: how they make it work

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norman lebrecht

February 22, 2016

In a rare feature interview with the Star-Tribune, Minnesota Orchestra concertmaster Erin Keefe discusses how she balances her relationship with her husband, music director Osmo Vänskä, and her colleagues in the orchestra.

Simple, she says.

“I haven’t felt any awkwardness,” Keefe said.

“He’s here only 12 weeks a year; I’m here 28 weeks. When we are here together, we don’t bring anything inappropriate to rehearsal.”

Read on here.

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