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Interview with Daniel Hope: Four Seasons, For Seasons
By Laurie Niles: Violinist Daniel Hope still vividly remembers the first time he heard Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" as a child: "I'd ever heard anything like it, and it just totally blew me away." How...
View ArticleFor the Record, Op. 16: Grigory Kalinovsky plays Weinberg; Daniel Hope's 'For...
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V.com weekend vote: Should we encourage audience members to record and share...
By Laurie Niles: We know the enemy of the live concert experience: the cell phone. Right? When left in the wrong mode, its chirrupy ring tone can destroy a perfect moment. Its bright screen is a visual...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 171: Maxim Vengerov, Leila Josefowicz, Leonidas Kavakos
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. Maxim Vengerov...
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Hear It and Play It: Singing with Your Instrument
By Laurie Niles: A while ago I had a student, let's call her Jane, who was struggling with some school orchestra music. A beginner, she was struggling to learn "When the Saints Go Marching In." She had...
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How Suzuki Changed the Landscape
By Laurie Niles: Shinichi Suzuki certainly changed the landscape, when it comes to teaching children to play the violin and other instruments. At the same time, many of the things that he was doing...
View ArticleFor the Record, Op. 17: Jennifer Higdon's New Viola Concerto: 'All Things...
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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V.com weekend vote: Do you use matching string sets?
By Laurie Niles: Strings come in a set, but many of us don't always string our instruments with the same brand on for string. For example, when I was growing up, I always used Dominants on everything...
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American Musicians To Perform Works by Iranian Composers in Gesture of Welcome
By Laurie Niles: In late January, after the first of the recent U.S. travel bans was signed, Los Angeles-based violist and violinist Andrew McIntosh put a post on Facebook looking for recommendations...
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Tired of losing practice battles? Wage a practice campaign!
By Nathan Cole: Theres an old brainteaser about a frog stuck at the bottom of a well. The well is thirty feet deep, but the poor frog can only jump five feet high. Theres good news: he sticks to the...
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LA Phil Violinist Vijay Gupta to Receive Bernstein Award
By Laurie Niles: Congratulations to Los Angeles Philharmonic violinist and longtime Violinist.com member Vijay Gupta, who will receive the "Leonard Bernstein Lifetime Achievement Award for the...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 172: Arabella Steinbacher, Yevgeny Kutik, Leonidas...
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. Arabella...
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New Children's Book Stars Joshua Bell: The Dance of the Violin
By Laurie Niles: Superstar violinist Joshua Bell is once again the subject of a children's book: The Dance of the Violin, written by Kathy Stinson and illustrated by Duan Petricic. The young Joshua...
View ArticleEveryone's a little Irish: Crowther's Gweedore Brae and Auer's Last Rose of...
By Darwin Shen: St Patricks Day is coming up and I wanted to do some recording of pieces that I have known for a number of years. I thought it would be nice to record two pieces like two sides of an...
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Scordatura in Mahler 4: Theres a Skeleton in My Ear
By Holly Mulcahy: The second movement of Mahlers 4th symphony has a notorious concertmaster solo in it. Its not a super-technical or virtuosic solo, but its a solo that requires some planning beyond...
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CEO Deborah Borda to Leave LA Phil and Return to NY Phil
By Laurie Niles: Deborah Borda will step down from her position as President and CEO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic to become the next President and CEO of the New York Philharmonic starting in fall...
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For the Record, Op. 18: Takács Quartet: Complete Beethoven Quartets
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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V.com weekend vote: How many CDs are currently in your possession? and when...
By Laurie Niles: Last night I spent way too much time with a pile of CDs, trying to figure out what to keep, what to give away, how to store it all, and in a few moments of frustration, whether or not...
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Nathan Meltzer wins Windsor Festival International String Competition in U.K.
By Laurie Niles: Congratulations to the winners of the Windsor Festival International String Competition! They are:First Place and Audience Prize: Nathan Meltzer, 16, of the U.S.Second Place: Jonian...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 173: James Ehnes, Angelo Xiang Yu, Alexander Kerr
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. James Ehnes...
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