In Part 2, we continue our discussion of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and how she got the idea to use individual stories to bring out the meaning and feeling of the orchestra and its members. I then ask Elena to talk about her career, which began at the age of 4 when she got a cello for Christmas, and later continued her studies at the Juilliard School of Music, first in pre-school and then as a bachelors student. Finally, she tells me why she decided to move to Germany after a summer at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival... and why she does weight training!

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