Did you know that when Frida went to her first violin lesson, age 6, she was under the impression that she was going to learn the flute. She had never seen or consciously heard a violin before. Frida's new teacher "looked like a viking" and she dared not say that she thought there had been a mistake when she was shown the violin.
Luckily, she really enjoyed the sensations of playing the violin, because she has no aptitude at all for the flute. Her lips are not a good shape for the flute and she never even learned to whistle. The violin on the other hand - creates a buzz under the fingertips which she has really loved ever since.
The deep sound world of the violin swept her away and she has not surfaced since...

Do you believe in "luck" or that we are guided on our path?

"Occasionally I wake up with a bundle of pressing thoughts about the power of music, my place in the world as an artist connecting people and how we can improve our lives though kind and deliberate actions toward ourselves and our kin.
I write these - so far in my first language ie. Swedish - onto Substack:
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Frida Backman

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Integration - 500 years of solo violin