Ep 265 - Valeria Krotky (The Village of Riverside Glen)

Bridging the Social Distance · Apr 10, 2025 · 58m

For this episode I interview Valeria Krotky, a new resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Valeria is 94, and taught piano for over fifty of those years. She even teaches me a bit of piano during our interview! It is a true lifelong passion for her, and I had the pleasure of getting to hear her play, and record it, so you'll get to enjoy that on today's episode too. She shares about the piano and her passion for music, which she likely inherited from her father, who led an Orchestra. She talks about family, her husband Emil, and her sons, and shares some memorable (and even harrowing)…