>> ALEXANDRA BARTOI IS A WORLD-RENOWNED VIOLINIST.

BORN IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, SHE STUDIED IN NEW YORK, HAMBURG, AND SPENT MORE THAN A DECADE AS A MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC MDR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN LEIPZIG, GERMANY.

JUST LAST YEAR SHE MOVED HERE TO ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF "ALMANAC."

ALEXANDRA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU, TANE, FOR THAT KIND INTRODUCTION AND FOR HAVING ME.

>> SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

SO YOU PLAY WITH THE ROCHESTER SYMPHONY HERE, BUT NOT JUST PLAY, YOU'RE THE CONCERTMASTER FOR THE ROCHESTER SYMPHONY.

WHAT IS CONCERTMASTER FOR THE SIMPLE SPOKEN IN.

>> WELL, IF YOU WOULD IMAGINE, THE ROCHESTER SYMPHONY IS A SHIP, OUR MUSIC DIRECTOR WOULD BE THE CAPTAIN AND I WOULD BE THE GUY NEXT TO HER AT THE STEERING WHEEL.

>> Tane: BUT THE STEERING WHEEL IS YOUR VIOLIN, SO YOUR STEERING WITH THE VIOLIN, IT'S VERY NICE.

YOU AND I HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON, WE BOTH WORK HERE AT MAYO, WITH THE CENTER -- THE LAVIN CENTER FOR HUMANITY AND MEDICINE, I'M TEACHING TO IMPROV TO DOCTORS AND DMURSZ.

YOU ARE PART OF SOMETHING CALLED ART AT THE BEDSIDE FOR THE HUMANITIES IN MEDICINE.

WHAT IS ART AT THE BEDSIDE?

>> SO WE'RE A TEAM OF CREATIVE WRITERS, VISUAL ARTISTS AND MYSELF, AND WE GO DIRECTLY TO THE PATIENTS' ROOMS AND TRY TO BRIGHTEN UP THE PATIENTS' DAY WITH OUR ART.

>> Tane: AND YOU TAKE THE VIOLIN WITH YOU.

AND YOU BROUGHT IT HERE TONIGHT TO BRIGHTEN UP OUR DAY.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO PLAY FOR US THIS EVENING?

>> I BROUGHT A PIECE THAT I USUALLY PLAY WHEN PATIENTS ASK ME FOR SOME BLUE GRASS.

THIS WOULD BE THE ROMANIAN COUNTERPART OF BLUE GRASS, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANY AMERICAN.

IT'S BY THE COMPOSER GEORGE INESCO, AND THE IMAGE I HAVE IN MY HEAD WHEN I PLAY IT, I STAND IN A FIELD AMONGST MY SHEEP AND A LITTLE BIRD SINGS A SONG AND I PICK UP THE VIOLIN AND IMPROVISE ON HAT BIRD SONG.

>> Tane: THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

I'M VERY EXCITED.

SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ALEXANDRA BARTOI!

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