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Interview with Mayu Kishima, Winner of the Shanghai Isaac Stern International...
By Laurie Niles: Japanese violinist Mayu Kishima had actually quit doing competitions for good -- when she decided to do just one more. "I've done several competitions, and I'm not a good competitor,"...
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Which violin concerto has the toughest opening?
By Nathan Cole: OK, this is for the gold... wait, am I starting up or down bow? Imagine yourself on stage in front of an orchestra. The hall is dark, but the spotlights make your eyes water. You're...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 148: Joshua Bell, Shunske Sato, Patricia Kopatchinskaja
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. Joshua Bell...
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The dangers of poor editions, misleading suggestions and the necessity of...
By Philippe Quint: Resurrecting Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole for this season made me think of a few important topics IÂ’d like to share. I had not played Lalo in about 13 years. Although it is considered...
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From Mao to Mozart to Now: David Stern Reflects on His Father's Legacy in China
By Laurie Niles: David Stern was just 16 when his father made his ground-breaking trip to China, documented in the Academy Award-winning film, From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China. That 1979 trip,...
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Tied Up in Knots: Leading and Signaling in Chamber Music
By Paul Stein: However personal or intimate it may feel to play something like Brahms or Debussy, music is an experience in which we communicate with each other. It follows that string players must...
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V.com Weekend Vote: Do you ever use digital sheet music and readers? And is...
By Laurie Niles: This week had people wondering, is this the last stand for the printed score? At the same time, over here on Violinist.com we had Philippe Quint advocating for the urtext print score,...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 149: Elmar Oliveira, Joshua Bell, Rachel Barton Pine
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. Elmar Oliveira...
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Anne Akiko Meyers releases 'Fantasia,' a last violin work by Einojuhani...
By Laurie Niles: Back in the 1990s Anne Akiko Meyers discovered a recording that stopped her in her tracks: Cantus Arcticus, by the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara. "I was always flipping...
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Where Words Fail, Music Speaks
By Yevgeny Kutik: After I released my last album, Music from the Suitcase, nearly three years ago, I immediately started thinking about a direction for my next project. This process was not simple and...
View ArticleFor the Record, Op. 1: New Recordings by Jennifer Koh, Philippe Quint, Chiara...
By Laurie Niles: This week we're launching a new feature on Violinist.com called "For the Record," a weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical...
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V.com weekend vote: What inspired you start playing the violin, viola or...
By Laurie Niles: What inspired you to learn to play the violin, viola or other instrument? It's one of the first questions I ask people whom I'm interviewing, because the answer can tell so much. For...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 150: Hilary Hahn, Lisa Batiashvili, Simone Lamsma
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. Hilary Hahn...
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How to write a blog on Violinist.com
By Laurie Niles: Anyone who is a member of Violinist.com is welcome to write a blog on Violinist.com, and we'd like to encourage you to do so. But how do you do it, logistically? What are Violinist.com...
View ArticleElmar Oliveira International Violin Competition extends deadline to Oct. 28
By Laurie Niles: The first-ever Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition has extended its application deadline to Oct. 28. Click here for more information about applying. All applicants must be...
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San Francisco Symphony Executive Director Brent Assink to Step Down
By Laurie Niles: Longtime San Francisco Symphony Executive Director Brent Assink will step down at the end of March 2017, the San Francisco Symphony announced Tuesday. Brent Assink. Photo courtesy San...
View ArticleFor the Record, Op. 2: New Recordings by Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, Vadim...
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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Etudes for All! Violin Etudes as Viola Etudes
By Scott Slapin: This is my first post at violinist.com. I've been happy to see a strong viola presence on violinist.com, as I think there is more that unites us than divides us! One such area I'd like...
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Interview with Chinese violinist Vera Tsu Weiling: From the Cultural...
By Laurie Niles: As a child learning to play the violin in Shanghai during China's Cultural Revolution, Vera Tsu Weiling hid in a dark basement to practice, using sheets of music copied out in pencil,...
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V.com weekend vote: Do you compose?
By Laurie Niles: The face of music composition is changing rapidly these days, as technology makes it much easier for people without training in music theory or in playing instruments to create their...
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