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His daily routine often included 10 hours of playing, along with a six-mile run.
Then, [...] the morning after performing Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto, a piece he loves for its "giant sections of flashy, virtuosic excitement," everything changed. He woke up and found he couldn't smell his toothpaste. Later that day, he tested positive for Covid.
He was only 37 years old, but he felt extreme fatigue, as if "wearing a coat of weighted down metal inside my body."
[...] For over three years, long Covid has presented Joshua Roman with health challenges — and has indelibly shaped the music he makes. [...]
The album title — "Immunity" — reflected the "experience of Covid and wanting to be immune from this," [...]
Its title track, which he wrote, was originally called "Fuzz," a reference to his long Covid brain fog.
A Virtuoso Cellist’s Painstaking Path From Long Covid Back to the Stage - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Then, [...] the morning after performing Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto, a piece he loves for its "giant sections of flashy, virtuosic excitement," everything changed. He woke up and found he couldn't smell his toothpaste. Later that day, he tested positive for Covid.
He was only 37 years old, but he felt extreme fatigue, as if "wearing a coat of weighted down metal inside my body."
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[...] For over three years, long Covid has presented Joshua Roman with health challenges — and has indelibly shaped the music he makes. [...]
The album title — "Immunity" — reflected the "experience of Covid and wanting to be immune from this," [...]
Its title track, which he wrote, was originally called "Fuzz," a reference to his long Covid brain fog.
A Virtuoso Cellist’s Painstaking Path From Long Covid Back to the Stage - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
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