‘He helped ignite my ambition’ - Antje Weithaas’s life lessons

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Something all my teachers had in common was the ability to suggest the right pieces at the right time. For me, a good teacher is someone who realises that there is not just one way to do things, but that every student is unique. My first teacher, when I was four, was Christa Uhlstein. She taught me to love music. And when it became evident that I had talent, she gave me a lot of support with several lessons a week. When I was eleven I was a boarding student at what was then called the Spezialschule für Musik Dresden, a high school specialising in music…