September 18th, 2008 - 9:23 pm

Life-Changing Art: Marin Alsop

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What piece of art changed your life? And how did it affect you?

Hearing Brahms' String Sextet in B flat major when I was 12 years old made me suddenly understand that music can change one's life from the inside out. It's the first piece I felt truly `moved' by, and I have loved it intensely from that moment on.

Marin Alsop is music director of the BSO. The orchestra's 2008-2009 season opens this weekend at the Meyerhoff.