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The Week in Reviews, Op. 346: Hilary Hahn; Paul Huang; Randall Goosby;...
By Laurie Niles: In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world.Violinist Hilary...
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We Need to Sing Together: Anne Akiko Meyers, Grant Gershon and the LA Master...
By Laurie Niles: For orchestras, it's been a long road back to full-length performances, live and in-person, with a full stage of musicians. But certainly, it's been even more difficult for choirs. In...
View ArticlePBS Special on Sphinx Musicians: 'Classical Music's Next Generation'
By Laurie Niles: Violinist Melissa White has said that she was inspired to play the violin when she saw Itzhak Perlman on PBS's "Sesame Street" - now she is featured on PBS herself, in a special about...
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Winners Announced in 2022 Johansen International Competition
By Laurie Niles: Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Johansen International Competition for Young String Players, announced March 24 in in Washington, D.C. VIOLIN:First prize: Jinan Laurentia...
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V.com weekend vote: Have you sung in a choir?
By Laurie Niles: I know, this is a violin website, not a singing website! But when in comes to music, oftentimes the first way we express ourselves musically is through the instrument that is built...
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Interview with Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins: Carnegie Hall Features...
By Laurie Niles: Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins may be best known as a concert artist, as well as the "Fiddler" in more than 400 performances of Broadway's "Fiddler on the Roof," but behind the scenes...
View ArticleYoung Violinists from Italy: Prayer for Ukraine by Mykola Lysenko
By janet griffiths: From Accademia Musicale di Firenze (Music Academy of Florence, Italy) - the rainbow sign says "Pace," Italian for "Peace": These children and young people dedicate this piece not...
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Son Filé and Expressive Violin Sound
By Paul Stein: The technique known as son filé, generally translated as "spinning sound," has been talked about since the 18th century. Its French name rings with the beauty that it alludes to, and we...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 346: Augustin Hadelich; Jennifer Koh; Houston Symphony
By Laurie Niles: In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world.Violinist Augustin...
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Collaborating with a Stranger: 'Awning' for Violin
By Megan Shung: It's New Year's Day, 2021. I called up my composer friend John Snyder, who sounded half-awake. "Long story short," I said half-jokingly, "I met an Egyptian film director on the...
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Violinist Itzhak Perlman Lists Manhattan Home for $17.5 Million
By Laurie Niles: This week superstar violinist Itzhak Perlman and his wife, Toby, listed their Manhattan home for sale, for $17.5 million. It's a pretty hefty price tag, but it might not be much higher...
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Interview: Lindsey Stirling Collaborates with Yamaha on New Violin
By Laurie Niles: When I first heard that Yamaha was releasing a new "Lindsey Stirling" violin named after her viral YouTube video "Crystallize", I wondered - how involved was she in developing and...
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Music and Humor: The Anatomy of a Musical 'Joke'
By Dorian Bandy: The proximity of Haydn's birthday to April Fool's Day has always struck me as a lovely coincidence -- and this year in particular, the beginning of April seems a good moment to take a...
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Introducing the Perfect Orchestral Matchmaker: 'StandPartners Only'
By Michael O'Gieblyn: We all know there's a lot of bad standpartners out there. But what if it was possible to find the perfect standpartner for everyone? Someone who chose the same fingering options...
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V.com weekend vote: Which edition of the Bach Sonatas and Partitas do you...
By Laurie Niles: Violinists tend to agree that J.S. Bach's Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo violin hold a special place in the literature. If sent to a desert island (or quarantined in a hotel room)...
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Violinist Jennifer Koh Wins 2022 Grammy Award
By Laurie Niles: Congratulations to violinist Jennifer Koh, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the Philadelphia Orchestra, LA Phil and all winners of 2022 Grammy Awards, which were announced on Sunday at the 64th...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 347: Steven Copes; Patricia Kopatchinskaja;...
By Laurie Niles: In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world.St. Paul Chamber...
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Remembering Boris Brott (1944-2022), Canadian Conductor and Founder of...
By Laurie Niles: Colleagues are remembering Canadian conductor Boris Brott, 78, who died on Tuesday after a hit-and-run accident in the Toronto suburb of Hamilton. Brott, who had been serving as...
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For the Record, Op. 192: Ani and Marta Aznavoorian Duo; Ilya Gringolts Quartet
By Laurie Niles: Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep...
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Tessa Lark and Cycle of Life, by Michael Schacter
By Diana Skinner: The shocking death of 39-year-old artist Viktor Hartmann prompted Modest Mussorgsky to write Pictures at an Exhibition. Based on drawings and watercolors Hartmann created during his...
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