Author and Translator David Gladen talks about the best book he ever translated (Youtube interview)

Author and Translator David Gladen talks about the best book he ever translated https://www.amazon.com/Valeriy-Polekh-French-Hornist-Laureate/dp/196075257X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KJ4DRFG2WWSJ&keywords=9781960752581&qid=1690565932&s=books&sprefix=9781960752581%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C292&sr=1-1

Valeriy Polekh, a leading Russian hornist whose life and career spanned the early Russian Soviet era to the collapse of Russian communism, celebrates his love of music in this autobiography. Born July 5, 1918, in Moscow, his mother instilled in him an appreciation for music at an early age. Whenever he asked her a question about music or art, she always gave an exhaustive answer. Vasiliy Nikanorovich Soloduev, a well-known French horn musician, a soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra, and an experienced artist, was the author’s first teacher at music technical school.

Although he seems severe, he turns out to be a kind person. He also recalls playing in amateur orchestras in his youth, including one led…