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Aron taught my sister to play the violin for a meal. When the period of famine was over, he continued teaching her for free. She didn’t want to study music and was always hiding from the old teacher. As for me, how I dreamt of playing the balalaika! There was a folk orchestra in our school and I kept nagging at home: ‘I want a balalaika, buy me a balalaika’. A balalaika cost 3 rubles, but it was too much for our family to spend 3 rubles. I kept asking for a balalaika for three years until my father bought it and I joined our folk orchestra. However, I was no good at hearing the tunes and soon I was expelled from the orchestra and after that I put away my balalaika.
Period
Interview
Arkadi Milgrom