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Rachel Barton Pine Introduces 'Music By Black Composers, Vol. 2'
By Laurie Niles: Rachel Barton Pine has made it her mission to bring music by Black composers to the concert stage, to the recording studio and to the classroom. To that end - today she has some...
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Review: Violinist Christian Tetzlaff Performs Brahms with LACO
By Laurie Niles: In describing the opening of the Brahms Violin Concerto, German violinist Christian Tetzlaff has called the solo violin entrance "one wild fury attack." On Sunday at UCLA's Royce Hall,...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 429: Hilary Hahn, Johan Dalene, Christian Tetzlaff
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...
View ArticleVideo Interview with Violinist Augustin Hadelich, Part 1
By Laurie Niles: Recently I had the wonderful privilege of interviewing violinist Augustin Hadelich while he was in Los Angeles to perform the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Los Angeles Chamber...
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Symphony Buys Amusement Park for New Amphitheater Site
By Laurie Niles: The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and its subsidiary Music & Event Management, Inc. (MEMI) announced on Thursday that they will build a $118 million "one-of-a-kind...
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Why Are Work Conditions for Orchestral Musicians Getting Worse?
By Laurie Niles: Orchestral musicians increasingly live with precarious finances and inequitable employment conditions, jeopardizing the very future of the symphony orchestra as a cultural institution....
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V.com weekend vote: Is the audience 'aging out,' or is an older audience just...
By Laurie Niles: In an article this week about research into the welfare of symphony musicians, a discussion followed about the greying of the symphony audience, and the related concern that the...
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Classical Musicians Victimized by Erroneous Copyright Claims
By Laurie Niles: "One or more actions were applied to your video because of a copyright match." This was just one of two copyright claims that Amy Beth Horman received from Facebook Thursday, disputing...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 430: Benjamin Beilman, Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Akiko...
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 Benjamin...
View ArticleVideo Interview with Violinist Augustin Hadelich, Part 2: About 'del Gesù'
By Laurie Niles: Recently I interviewed violinist Augustin Hadelich while he was in Los Angeles to perform the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), and I wanted to...
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Staying In Shape For Your Students
By Scott Slapin: With all the books I've read by violin/viola teachers, I can't remember anyone ever mentioning a system to stay in shape *for their students*. Of course, performers detail how they...
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The Last Thing to Go
By Laurie Niles: For many years I've taken my violin students to play a little holiday concert at a nursing home. However, the pandemic threw off my tradition, for obvious reasons. During peak COVID,...
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Meet the Violano-Virtuoso
By Diana Skinner: My sister has rarely met a museum she didnt love. So when she happened upon the Lightner Museum and started to deluge me with photos, I knew she had found her new favorite place....
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For the Record, Op. 265: Michael Ludwig - Samuel Jones' Violin Concerto
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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Ten New Year's Resolutions for the Violinist
By Laurie Niles: Do you need help making your New Year's resolution list? Here is a list of 10 New Year's resolutions for the violinist:1. Practice every day! There are no short-cuts; this is the only...
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Are Warm Up Exercises Necessary?
By Rupert Guenther: Warm ups are a big topic for a lot of players. Many people have their preferred routine, and there are a lot of theories about the matter. My former teacher Professor Helfried...
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Thoughts from the Practice Room of 2023
By Stephen Brivati: Recently I was wondering what would happen if I tried to identify the key ideas or things that have had an important effect on me over the the last year. Some of the things I have...
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7 Creative Ways to Work on Intonation
By Susanna Klein: Ive been asking myself for years: How does good intonation happen? I dont mean how does intonation unfold in the middle of a performance, because thats a thorny issue all by...
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Here's Where to Find Concert Performance Calendars for Classical Violinists
By Laurie Niles: Do you want to know when your favorite violinists will be performing live, in a concert near you? Then bookmark this page! In an effort to make sure that Violinist.com readers can see...
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For the Record, Op. 266: James Ehnes; Tomás Cotik; Wanchi Huang; Mikhail...
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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