A conversation with Amarins Wierdsma, Dutch and American violinist. We talk about what it means to understand how a country works, and about how directness can be valued very differently in different contexts and cultures. We also talk about differences in musical education in the United States and in various countries in Europe, how the balance between formality and informality has shifted linguistically and culturally over time, and the aftermath of colonialism in the Netherlands and in the USA.

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