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Why Out-of-Tune Notes Happen and How to Fix Them
By Paul Stein: It is virtually impossible to describe what is actually happening when someone plays every note in tune on the violin, but it shouldnt stop us from trying. There are several components,...
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What Your Teacher Is Doing In Your Music Lesson, and How to Adapt Online
By Claire Allen: In order to see the learning potential in online lessons, it helps for us to take the long view and think, "What is happening in weekly music lessons?" I tell my violin students that...
View ArticleThe Week in Hope-Inspiring Spontaneous Music Online, Op. 1
By Laurie Niles: With symphony performances almost universally on hiatus, we are also going to put "The Week in Reviews" on hold and instead bring you a weekly roundup of performances to be found...
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For the Record, Op. 114: Eldbjørg Hemsing; Vision String Quartet; Barbora...
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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Cancelations, Disappointments and Reinvention During Coronavirus Shutdowns
By Laurie Niles: At one of the last in-person violin lessons that I taught last week, my nine-year-old student was nearly inconsolable. A school trip she'd looked forward to all year was going to be...
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Types of Online Music Lessons for Violinists and other Instrumentalists
By Claire Allen: If you are a music teacher or student who is switching to online lessons for learning an instrument, you might want to think creatively about how to spend that online lesson time. You...
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The Well Aging Fiddler: Well, this was a surprise. . .
By Michael Kennedy: This is one of those defining paradigm sifts people will be talking about like, Where were you when Kennedy got shot? or Where were you during 911? I imagine the current...
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The 'Essential' Nature of Music
By Diana Skinner: I was on a disturbing phone call, the purpose of which was to determine whether a non-profit that's very close to my heart will be able to move forward in these turbulent times. The...
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Violinists, Conductors, and the Art of a Good Cue
By Paul Stein: How can something as simple as giving a cue seem so complicated? You lift your violin and bow simultaneously, then come in on the downbeat, right? However, the person youre cuing comes...
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Fiddler's Favorite Recipes Episode 1: Bread
By Desirée Ruhstrat: Last week when we got notice of life shutting down temporarily as we know it the first thing I thought of (besides having a lot more practice time) was food and cooking. We have...
View ArticleThe Week in Hope-Inspiring Spontaneous Music Online, Op. 2
By Laurie Niles: With symphony performances almost universally on hiatus, we are also going to put "The Week in Reviews" on hold and instead bring you a weekly roundup of performances to be found...
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From Cremona, Italy - What you need to know about Covid-19
By Dimitri Musafia: Not only am I not a doctor, I've never even impersonated one on TV. That said, I live 25 miles away from the epicenter of the Covid-19 breakout in the Western World, so what I know...
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The Menuhin Competition 2020 Is Postponed For a Year Due to Covid-19
By Laurie Niles: The Menuhin Competition 2020 just became the Menuhin Competition 2021. On Wednesday, the Menuhin Competition Trust and the Richmond Symphony announced that the Menuhin Competition,...
View ArticleViolinist Anne-Sophie Mutter has Tested Positive for Coronavirus
By Laurie Niles: German volinist Anne-Sophie Mutter announced Thursday on her Facebook page that she has tested positive for Covid-19. "I have been tested positive, and so I'm staying very quarantined...
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Fiddler's Favorite Recipes Episode 2: David Russell's Pasta Carbonara
By Desirée Ruhstrat: I have known David Russell since ENCORE days... David and his carbonara - the picture of David is by Spanish portrait artist Paco Montañes! Besides being on the faculty at ENCORE,...
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A Comparison of Video Conferencing Platforms for String Teaching
By Thomas Yee: My friend and I got together to make a comparison of various video conference platforms with various technology. The results were interesting to say the least, with definite pro and cons...
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Fiddler's Favorite Recipes Episode 3: Ida Kavafian's Cosmo
By Desirée Ruhstrat: Hard to believe the last time I saw Ida Kavafian was about three weeks ago at the Curtis Institute, for a memorial for my teacher Aaron Rosand... A lot has changed since then! When...
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V.com weekend vote: How have you been spending time in isolation?
By Laurie Niles: "May you live in interesting times..." At this point, I think we can all say that we do. We find ourselves in the midst of a pandemic, with much of the world's human population...
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Interview: Violinist Johnny Gandelsman on Bach; FB Live Concert Tuesday
By Laurie Niles: Violinist and producer Johnny Gandelsman will perform Bachs Complete Cello Suites on the violin, in a free Facebook Live event from his East Coast home at 3 p.m. PST (6 pm ET) on...
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COVID-19 in Italy - An update from Cremona
By Dimitri Musafia: Hello everyone. Having the dubious distinction of living in Cremona, Italy, so close to where the first western world outbreak occurred, the question I get asked most often from my...
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