“I’M IN LOVE!”                                                                                                                 Sept. 9, 2013

By Marta Boros Horvath,  age: ancient

“I’m in love” might sound like an ordinary statement of fact or an excited shout from a young person, but come on; I’ve practically sailed here on the Mayflower with the Pilgrims!

The exciting discovery is that I’m as passionately, obsessively, madly “in love” once again, just as I was when I was in my youth or prime.

The object of my current passion is a beautiful 33-year-old man named David Garrett.  David is a violin virtuoso, which in itself could ignite my emotions, but in addition to being a talented musician and a great violinist, he is also a “beautiful man,” beautiful in a sense of Greek gods.  His face, at times, can look classically sculpted,  at other times exotically sensuous.  He has a charming smile that reveals dimples in his cheeks, and he has a captivating personality when he talks to an audience of thousands or to a few friends in an intimate bar.

My meeting with David was accidental, a chance encounter. I was looking for something to watch on TV Saturday night, flipping channels.  I finally stopped on PBS.  And there he was!  The station was doing their usual fundraising, broadcasting one of David Garrett’s concerts. It was one of his crossover concerts that looked more like a pop or rock concert than a classical one.  A spectacular light show, dancers, and pop instruments, such as guitars and drums, rounded out an explosion for the senses.  David played the violin like a blond devil. I’ve never seen him or heard him before.   It was love at first sight that glued me to the TV set, mesmerized, trying to figure out who this Pied Piper was. Then, l  heard his name.  After the show, I “Googled” his name on my computer and continued to watch YouTube clips of his performances, classical and crossover, for hours.

Next, I looked at numerous still images of him, and as an avid amateur photographer and a visually oriented person, I enjoyed comparing the “many faces” of David. I wanted to know everything about him.  I found out that while he had attended Juilliard, to help with his living expenses, he sometimes modeled. Another evidence that he’s “easy on the eyes.”

My obsession took me to Silver Platters yesterday to see what recordings of his are available on CD or DVD. I purchased some of both, and just finished viewing him and listening to him perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the Russian National Philharmonics. Immense enjoyment! He is a renegade artist, likes to dress unconventionally for the crossover concerts, yet he’s equally capable of conveying the most tender tunes and emotions on his Stradivarius violin.

So what is happiness? According to some, happiness is having something to do, someone to love, or something to anticipate.   

Now I look forward to seeing David in person.  As luck would have it, he has an engagement at the Paramount Theater in January.  Just in time for me to ask my family for tickets to his show!  I love you, David Garrett!  And I’m  a senior citizen of 72!