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Point Counter Point: Golden Tips for Planning and Recording a CD
By Heather Kurzbauer: Tackling a cd project is daunting for novices and veteran performers alike. In a delightfully open encounter, the Dutch-based American violinist Sarah Kapustin charted the path to...
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The Sphinx Organization honored by Michelle Obama at White House
By Laurie Niles: "There are millions of kids like this in this country, who do not have the resources to become everything that they could be...Fortunately, these programs are doing the job that...
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Top Modern Violin Makers Honored in the 2016 Violin Society of America...
By Laurie Niles: It's not necessary to buy a Strad to have a very fine instrument these days, with the art of violin making at such a high level. If you are curious about who the best contemporary...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 158: Philippe Quint; Jennifer Koh; Richard Tognetti
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. Philippe Quint...
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World-premiere recording of works by violinist Amanda Maier-Röntgen, 141...
By Laurie Niles: Lately historians, musicians and music-lovers have been uncovering more about the lives and works of women whose careers flourished at the same time as Beethoven, Mendelssohn and...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving!
By Laurie Niles: Today we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States, so I wanted to thank all of you for your enthusiasm for the violin, viola, cello and bass; for the music those instruments have...
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Spotify: A Rant from a Classical Music Fan
By Laurie Niles: I don't want to listen to Dvorak's String Quartet No. 13 on "shuffle." Yet that was my Spotify experience. Spotify is the way my teenage children listen to all their music, a streaming...
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V.com weekend vote: How often do you have your bow rehaired?
By Laurie Niles: The hair on a bow is made from horse hair -- tough stuff, but it's still hair. That means that over time it grows brittle and wears out -- it loses its ability to grip the string, even...
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Homage to Philipp Hirshhorn (1946-1996) Utrecht 2016
By Heather Kurzbauer: UTRECHT, Netherlands - 1967 was a legendary year in the violin world: the Queen Elisabeth Competition was host to an astonishing array of musical talent including Gidon Kremer and...
View ArticleReview: Augustin Hadelich plays Mozart 5 with LA Phil
By Laurie Niles: Here is a pretty good rule of thumb: if Augustin Hadelich is performing in town, go hear him play. Even if it's Black Friday -- that's when I heard him play with the Los Angeles...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 159: Itzhak Perlman, Isabelle Faust; Midori;...
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. Itzhak Perlman...
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Is failure built into your routine? Succeed like a bodybuilder!
By Nathan Cole: This guy likes modern dumbbells, but his friends prefer 18th-century Italian. "Wouldnt it be amazing if we were bodybuilders?" my wife asked me last month, after a tough practice day....
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From Viola to Hip-Hop: the Story of Black Violin
By Laurie Niles: With so many classically-trained musicians auditioning for an ever-shrinking number of orchestra jobs, sometimes musicians need to find a new path toward employment and artistic...
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The 2016 Violinist.com Holiday Gift Guide
By Laurie Niles: Gift-giving is one of the great joys of the holiday season, and each year we compile a list of some of the year's best new offerings from violinists for you to consider in your holiday...
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V.com weekend vote: Do you favor traditional or geared pegs?
By Laurie Niles: When it comes to geared pegs, a defining moment for me was when Elizabeth Pitcairn announced at a gathering of violin makers that she had installed Wittner Fine-Tune Pegs -- in her...
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Vibrato Recipe
By Paul Stein: I have a deep respect for flutists because they possess the secret to making a sound that is a complete mystery to the rest of the world. Ask them to explain it and it takes a couple of...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 160: Noah Bendix-Balgley; Augustin Hadelich; Vadim...
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. Noah...
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Leila Josefowicz, Christian Tetzlaff and Gil Shaham nominated for 2017 Grammys
By Laurie Niles: Congratulations to violinists Leila Josefowicz, Christian Tetzlaff and Gil Shaham, who are among the classical musicians nominated for 2017 Grammys! Nominees were announced Tuesday...
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I used to love playing violin. I still do.
By Laurie Niles: Life can be difficult, when you love playing the violin. It can be downright discouraging, as a recent story by former Juilliard student Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch illustrates: I used to...
View ArticleFor the Record: Mozart Complete Works; Isabelle Faust's Mozart Concertos
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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