[link|http://news.excite.com/news/ap/010924/08/ent-obit-stern|One bio]

Anyone who saw the PBS docs. (two) of his trips to China, will understand the magnitude of this loss -- and how very much more was Stern than, merely a virtuoso of his instrument. Look at the faces in those audiences: he was beloved almost on sight, by reputation.

Irreplaceable loss.. and lousy timing - the world has great need of a candidate in training, especially right now.

Yo Yo Ma appears to be such. Perhaps in time-




{sigh}