A CHILD BEING TOLD SHE’S GOING TO FAIL

Midori was the classic prodigy, with a brilliant career. “The press constantly talked about how prodigies never succeed when they grow up. Imagine a child being told she’s going to fail. It was pretty terrible,” she says. After a crisis in her early 20s, she set up a foundation to help kids. Now 28, the violinist is about to graduate from NYU with a degree in psychology and gender studies. – The Globe and Mail (Canada)