I was walking up Michigan Avenue on my way to the Art Institute the other day when I noticed what looked like a Japanese teenager in front of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra building. She was holding a girly-pink violin case and posing for selfies in front of a framed poster advertising upcoming shows. Must be a student, I thought, or a music-loving kid on a school tour.
Nope. It was Himari, the 14-year-old Japanese violin prodigy, cutely posing beside a poster of herself. She’s playing here this week. We had to satisfy ourselves with a YouTube video of her, but she’s sensational. (She was 12 at the time of this performance.) And I love our city.
The Elephant Box 