but midori herself took it in stride. >> i gss as a 14 year old i thought, well what's the big deal? string. not the first time, not the last time. >> brown: was the attention as a child something you wanted to ignore, something that didn't interest you? >> i think i was always just taking things as they came and also when the strings broke, i took it as it happened, but that's basically very much the way i have lived my life. >> brown: the kennedy center honor speaks directly to that: not just the music-making but a life of advocacy on behalf of its transformative power. at just 21, she started the organization, “midori and friends”, to bring music access and education into new york city public schools, now reaching some 75 of them. you' said something i found very interesting: that you didn't decide to become a professional musician until you were in your 20s, and yet you already had a renowned career. what does that mean? >> it was very, very important. it was a decisive point that i made a conscious decision to pursue a career. it also meant that i would actually become much more

amna: it is anward of a litime, this year a virtual kennedy center honors spotlighting midori.effrey brown spoke with the world-renowned violinist for our arts and culture series, canvas. ♪ jeffrey: for the violinist midori, finding her way into bach and other great composers is about continuing to look and listen anew. >> i see different things. i see things around me changing. i see different scenery. i see things that are different that i hadn't noticed before, but it can't be different. the music was already written. but suddenly i notice different things, and it's me noticing it. and i'm always so excited by this process. and it's the process that actually gets me to continue. jeffrey: it's a process that began as a child, when the world first got to know midori, in some ways the quintessential prodigy story. a japanese-born daughter of a violinist mother, her first teacher, soloist at age 11 with the new york philharmonic at a new year's eve concert led by conductor zubin mehta. recordings, performances all over the globe, including one at 14 at tanglewood with leonard be

with the other honorees including comedy legend dick van dyke, folk music icon joan baez, violinist midori, 7:00 central, right here on cbs anand streaming to paramount pl. we'll bebe right back.k. when you're born and raised in san francisco, you grow up wanting to make a difference. that's why, at recology, we're proud to be 100% employee owned with local workers as diverse as san francisco. we built the city's recycling system from the ground up, helping to make san francisco the greenest big city in america but we couldn't do it without you. thank you, san francisco. gracias, san francisco. -thank you. -[ speaks native language ] let's keep making a differene together. >>> this morning we have an update to a story we first told you about back in february. a long-standing symbol of hate in a small south carolina city is one step closer to becoming a beacon of hope. the marquee of the echo theater in lawrence, south carolina, lit up yesterday for the first time in decades. the old theater is being transformed into a center for diversity and education and will open by the end of next year