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My Violin Lesson with Isaac Stern.
By Philippe Quint: Isaac Stern would have been 100 years old today, July 21, 2020. Yesterday, I had the honor and pleasure of being interviewed on Classical KCUR together with one of Isaacs children -...
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Violinist Stefan Jackiw Launches Online Academy
By Diana Skinner: "I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist, and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since...
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Three COVID 'Concerts': Hindemith, Reger and Slapin
By Scott Slapin: The year started with my performance of all of Bach's Sonatas, Partitas, and Suites at our local bar, the Tap Room in Hadley, which has now been shuttered since March. It was in...
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Fresh Voices and Contemporary Perspectives: Max Raimi at the Violympics
By Claire Allen: This may have been one of the most special weeks of Nathan Cole's "Violympics," a 12-week online program that is inspiring hundreds of violinists and violists - including me - to go...
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Four Favorite Spiccato Exercises - Finding Solid Ground
By Paul Stein: A number of different exercises and images can help with spiccato, that elusive stroke that involves bouncing the bow. For instance, if my bow is not bouncing high enough to have the...
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Week in Review: Summer of Change, Op. 8
By Diana Skinner: There is a theme to this weeks selections, and, in case it doesnt become obvious, it is "joy." Not unlike the stages of grief, music-making during the pandemic has traversed the...
View ArticleNew York Philharmonic Invites Musicians to Join Practice 30 Challenge
By Laurie Niles: Do you need some motivation to practice in the waning days of summer? Do you need some encouragement to keep going during this socially isolating coronavirus pandemic? Also, are you a...
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My Weekends with the Miró Quartet
By Diana Skinner: Recently, an arts administrator used two words to describe the way regular concert-goers currently feel. Culturally parched. I certainly felt that way when I purchased a season pass...
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For the Record, Op. 125: Tony Woollard's Mozart Requiem; Regina Carter's...
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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Scales, Vibrato and Franz Drdla's 'Souvenir': Event 4 of the Violympics
By Claire Allen: Were past the halfway point in Violympics, the Olympic-themed violin technique course designed by Los Angeles Philharmonic Associate First Concertmaster Nathan Cole. The 12-week...
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Pandemic Inspires the Sharon Rothstein String Master Class Series
By Sharon Rothstein: Its hard to believe that Im already writing about Master class #14 with Annie Fullard, guest artist of our String Master Class Series for tomorrow, Saturday, August 1st, at 6...
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V.com weekend vote: About how long was your longest practice streak?
By Laurie Niles: Late summer is a great time to consider making some practice goals. While a lot of us were not able to take vacations during this strange pandemic year, a few of us still might have...
View ArticleWatch Gilharmonic on Violinist.com, Ep. 8 Sunday, with Gil Shaham and Vijay...
By Laurie Niles: It's the last show of the summer! I have had a wonderful time, working with violinist Gil Shaham to bring you Gilharmonic on Violinist.com -- the happiest hour of live violin talk...
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BBC Proms - A Personal Retrospective
By Joshua Iyer: The BBC Proms 2020 have been under way for a few weeks now, and this year the British festival has taken a different approach due to the pandemic. I know the team had been hurriedly...
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Week in Review: Summer of Change, Op. 9
By Diana Skinner: Youve heard of the three Bs? Well, how about the three Ps? Perlman, Podger, and Perruchon. This week, we travel to Itzhak Perlmans virtual music program and then onto a virtual...
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Finding the Groove: Channeling the Most Vibrant Sounds
By Paul Stein: My first memory of the violin was the beautiful sound I heard on my parents record collection and on the radio. There was something captivating about the vibrato and the dynamics...
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Fiddlers Favorites Episode 28: Indira Koch's Chicken (or Lamb, or Vegetable)...
By Desirée Ruhstrat: Todays Fiddlers Favorites is brought to us by the wonderful violinist Indira Koch. Indira is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and she was first prize winner in the...
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For the Record, Op. 126: Ray Chen's 'Solace' Solo Bach; David Park Plays...
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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How to Upgrade Your Technical Setup for Online Violin Lessons
By Susanna Klein: Are you set up for smooth learning online, or are your lessons plagued with issues like bad sound, bad visibility and Internet glitching? With fall arriving and music lessons (and...
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Six Musical Heroes Speak to Interlochen Campers
By Diana Skinner: When I was a music student, I would have given anything to ask questions of my musical heroes. Thats exactly what intermediate and high school students at Interlochen Online got to...
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