{"product_id":"crescendo-anthea-kreston-9781589882171","title":"Crescendo: Chronicles of an Adventurous Violinist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This tale sparkles.\"―Blair Tindall, author of \u003ci\u003eMozart in the Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA funny and fierce memoir of a classical performer's struggles, tragedies, and triumphs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen American violinist Anthea Kreston is selected as the fourth member of Germany's Artemis Quartet, it is the culmination of decades of dedication. In \u003ci\u003eCrescendo\u003c\/i\u003e, her enchanting and deeply personal memoir, Kreston writes about growing up in a well-to-do but difficult family in Chicago, leaving home at age sixteen, studying at the ultracompetitive Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia (Hilary Hahn was a classmate), then burning out and leaving it all behind for a commune in Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll the while, Kreston never stops playing her beloved violin, and, in time, she finds her way back, making it to the top of the classical music world. She writes candidly about struggling with years of infertility and the challenges of being a mother with a performance career. When she moves her young family to Germany, she fights to stay true to herself, and maintain her marriage, amid the never-ending pressure of the string quartet. Told with warmth and wit (Kreston once gets out of a traffic ticket by playing \"Danny Boy\" for the Irish cop), \u003ci\u003eCrescendo\u003c\/i\u003e is an honest, and ultimately celebratory, reflection on art, ambition, and the choices that compose a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthea Kreston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589882172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589882171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Dry Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Anthea Kreston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520202256639,"sku":"9781589882171","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e7d29814-e25d-43e8-9a61-d3902f300212.jpg?v=1778741352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crescendo-anthea-kreston-9781589882171","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}