Paola di Florio
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Paola di Florio
Emotional, raw, and revealing—those adjectives apply to the documentary Speaking in Strings and the person profiled, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, one of the world’s most acclaimed violinists. The intense musician’s professional journey, which began at Carnegie Hall when she was a teenager, was sidetracked when she accidentally cut off the tip of a finger and almost ended when she tried to commit suicide. Filmmaker Paola di Florio was a childhood friend, and this intimacy is reflected in frank oncamera interviews. (“Feeling more than anyone I know” can be…
