Name:  Richard Tognetti

Bio: Violinist, conductor and former Artistic Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. In 1989, Richard Tognetti was awarded the Tschumi Prize at the Berne Conservatory where he studied with Igor Ozim and in 1999 he was made one of Australia’s National Living Treasures.

From the End of the World: Thoughts About Artists and Ratbags Here and Abroad

This speech was printed in Sydney Papers Vol.17 No.2 in 2005 (pages 121-130)