How this Multi-Billionaire Changed My Life
All I knew that beautiful May evening was that a limo was taking me to a fancy house on Chester Square in London. The square that Margaret Thatcher happens to live on.
London became my home for three years in the late 1980s after Frank Taplin, the President of The Cleveland Orchestra and Vice President of the Lincoln Center, encouraged me to move there.
Frank was visiting London and invited me into the home of Richard Colburn’s, an American multi-billionaire and patron of the arts. That means, he gives a ton of dough to the world of classical music classical music.
And thus the stage was set for me to meet my future husband, Clayton who was staying with Richard while performing in London.
Richard, or Dick, as we called him, immediately took a liking to me. He always had a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye. He loved his life and what he was doing with it. It showed everywhere you looked – from his beautiful artworks to the successful people who’d visit him in his London and Beverly Hills homes from around the globe.
Once the great classical violinist Isaac Stern was staying in Dick’s guest house in Beverly Hills and came in to the grand music room to listen to Clayton perform. He turned to Dick and said “why have I never heard of this guy?”
Richard was not only a highly successful businessman – here was a man of deeds. He used his immense wealth to build a world-class music school in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. The Colburn School is now instrumental (no pun intended) in giving inner city kids an opportunity to study classical music and dance. Its success has been tremendous.
Most of all, Dick Colburn was a true believer in the power of music. And he loved what Clayton and I were up to. If he was still alive today he would endorse my The Secret Power of Words and Music wholeheartedly. He would say that Everyone benefits from some soothing, uplifting R and R on a daily basis. Here’s a toast to you Richard. And here is my legacy to you.
Warm Regards,
Tania Gabrielle French
London became my home for three years in the late 1980s after Frank Taplin, the President of The Cleveland Orchestra and Vice President of the Lincoln Center, encouraged me to move there.
Frank was visiting London and invited me into the home of Richard Colburn’s, an American multi-billionaire and patron of the arts. That means, he gives a ton of dough to the world of classical music classical music.
And thus the stage was set for me to meet my future husband, Clayton who was staying with Richard while performing in London.
Richard, or Dick, as we called him, immediately took a liking to me. He always had a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye. He loved his life and what he was doing with it. It showed everywhere you looked – from his beautiful artworks to the successful people who’d visit him in his London and Beverly Hills homes from around the globe.
Once the great classical violinist Isaac Stern was staying in Dick’s guest house in Beverly Hills and came in to the grand music room to listen to Clayton perform. He turned to Dick and said “why have I never heard of this guy?”
Richard was not only a highly successful businessman – here was a man of deeds. He used his immense wealth to build a world-class music school in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. The Colburn School is now instrumental (no pun intended) in giving inner city kids an opportunity to study classical music and dance. Its success has been tremendous.
Most of all, Dick Colburn was a true believer in the power of music. And he loved what Clayton and I were up to. If he was still alive today he would endorse my The Secret Power of Words and Music wholeheartedly. He would say that Everyone benefits from some soothing, uplifting R and R on a daily basis. Here’s a toast to you Richard. And here is my legacy to you.
Warm Regards,
Tania Gabrielle French
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