"An accompanist shares many traits with an an aesthetist. He generally has studied longer than the surgeon and must constantly stay alert to prevent an unpredictable disaster, but when all is said and done, the surgeon (like the soloist) gets all of the credit." - Lucie Renaud, from La Scena Musicale, November 1999 (Vol. 5 No. 3)
This article is by Alex Ross in The New Yorker on February 16, 2004, and it is truly extraordinary. Please take the time to read it; you'll be glad you did.
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