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Miró Quartet to Perform All 16 Beethoven String Quartets Live
By Diana Skinner: Like most musicians, the four members of the Miró Quartet have been in isolation with their families since mid-March. They are soon coming together following strict protocols to...
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For the Record, Op. 124: Pacifica Quartet's Contemporary Voices
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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Note Neutrality - Taking the Guesswork Out of the Fingerboard
By Paul Stein: In Texas, sports are everything, so I figured I had found an escape from it when I started the violin in my Dallas elementary school. I experienced a little bit of dread when our...
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V.com weekend vote: Are you willing to pay for a livestream performance?
By Diana Skinner: Each week, I receive a variety of e-mails announcing livestream performances. Some streams are free, others are not. As I review the offerings, my heart breaks for the performers who...
View ArticleWatch Gilharmonic on Violinist.com, Episode 5, this Sunday!
By Laurie Niles: What a joy for me, to have the opportunity to pick the fertile brain of violinist Gil Shaham over the last month as we have worked together on creating our live-stream show,...
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Remembering Violinist Helen Hagnes, 40 Years After Her Murder at the Met
By Thomas Suarez: Violinist Helen Hagnes. On the evening of July 23, 1980, I was one of the violinists in the pit of New York's Metropolitan Opera House. The Berlin Ballet was in town with guest...
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Joe Bein Will Leave Bein & Fushi Fine Violin Shop to Open Bein & Company
By Laurie Niles: Joe Bein announced Monday on Facebook that "after nearly 20 years of being an employee at Bein & Fushi, I...will be leaving to open Bein & Company."Fine instrument dealer Joe...
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Facebook and Naxos Censor Music Student Playing Bach
By Laurie Niles: It's a problem, and it has been for a long time. The "bots" that Facebook uses to bust people for copyright infringement don't work for classical music. While many classical musicians...
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Week in Review: Summer of Change, Op. 6
By Diana Skinner: This weeks roundup features three superstars performing on their home turfs in London, Vienna, and Chicago. Weve got New Jersey musicians paying tribute to a composer who spent much...
View ArticleVibrato Elixirs Part III: Developing the Motion
By Susanna Klein: This is Part III in a three-part series; click here for Vibrato Elixirs Part I: Refining Speed, Width & Flow and click here for Vibrato Elixirs Part II: Enhancing the Swing. Today...
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Gil Shaham: Bach Preludio for Solo Violin, a Chromatic Ascent
By Laurie Niles: Last week violinist Gil Shaham shared with me an idea he has about the Preludio from Bach's Partita No. 3 in E major - and it's so interesting, I insisted that we find a way to share...
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Les Préludes at Interlochen: A 93-Year Tradition Continues
By Diana Skinner: Ninety-three years. Thats how long the tradition has been in place of closing the Interlochen Arts Camp each summer with a performance of Franz Liszts "Les Préludes." Despite...
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How COVID 19 Is Affecting Fall Semester Planning at U.S. Music Schools and...
By Laurie Niles: With the coronavirus raging in the United States, top music conservatories and schools are making plans for the fast-approaching start of fall semester, with some institutions starting...
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V.com weekend vote: When did you first learn to tune your violin?
By Laurie Niles: When everyone's violin, viola and cello lessons suddenly went online in March, a number of students and their parents were left with the question: How do I tune this violin, without...
View ArticleWatch Gilharmonic on Violinist.com, Ep. 6 Sunday with Gil Shaham and guest...
By Laurie Niles: Please join Gil Shaham and Laurie Niles on Sunday for Episode 6 of "Gilharmonic on Violinist.com" -- the happiest hour of live violin talk online! This week the show will air on...
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Shifting Perspectives: Violympics Event 3, Part 1
By Claire Allen: It's time for the third event in the "Violympics" - violinist Nathan Cole's summertime program, inspired by the Olympics and designed to improve skills by posing a series of technical...
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Amid 30 Teachers, Teaching One's Self
By Paul Stein: Yesterday I counted the number of teachers I had on the violin and chamber music, including master classes and youTube videos, from age 8 until 65. The total was 30. Some teachers during...
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The Well Aging Fiddler: Music Will Find A Way
By Michael Kennedy: Take a midmorning walk in my neighborhood, strolling from block to block, and youll swear you are walking through a Charles Ives Fourth of July-like land. A guy in the next block...
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Week in Review: Summer of Change, Op. 7
By Diana Skinner: One of the birthday cards my beloved father received on his 90th birthday this past Sunday included a quote by Leonard Bernstein: "The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for...
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The Legacy of Violinist Isaac Stern, 100 Years After His Birth
By Laurie Niles: Tuesday marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of violinist Isaac Stern (1920-2001), and the year 2020 held plans for myriad events - large and small - to celebrate his...
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