by Irma | Dec 29, 2023 | Violin
Shlomo Mintz, violinist & conductor "Call it "Sprezzatura": the art to achieve a high degree of perfection in a seemingly casual way.." Virtuoso violinist, violist and conductor Critics, colleagues, and audiences regard Shlomo Mintz as one of the foremost...
by Irma | Oct 6, 2022 | Violin
Ksenia Milas, violinist "Strong and dramatic interpretation." "Superb technical control of intonation and eloquence of bow flashes." Ksenia Milas, Soloist & Performer, Educator & Violin Professor Born in Saint-Petersburg, Ksenia Milas has been living and...
by Irma | Nov 15, 2019 | Uncategorised
Anastasiya Petryshak, violinist "La mia forza è il violino" - "My strength is the violin" Anastasiya Petryahak was born in Ukraine in 1994. At the age of eight, she began performing in public. In 2005 she moved to Italy to continue her studies which led her, at the...
by Irma | Aug 28, 2019 | Violin & Violinists, Words on Music
Rudolf Koelman's legendary phone conversation with Jascha Heifetz - on video Rudolf Koelman was one of Jascha Heifetz last pupils. In the eighties and nineties, he was one of the major violin talents in the Netherlands. He studied with Herman Krebbers. Later, as a...
by Irma | Aug 28, 2019 | Violin & Violinists, Words on Music
André Rieu - "Heringe Biete" concerts and Johann Strauss Orchestra By Irma de Jong I remember André Rieu and his “Heringe biete” (Maastricht dialect for “to bite a haring”) Concerts that he used to organise around Carnival, in the beginning of the nineties in...
