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...
by Irma | Aug 28, 2019 | Music teaching
The Motto and Guiding ethos of the Young European Strings School of Music (YES) By Maria Kelemen “When I grow up I want to be a musician” The Young European Strings School YES offers twice weekly 30 minutes lessons to the beginner separating the theoretical part of...
by riccardo.pera | Aug 28, 2019 | Violin & Violinists
Setup and playing of a real baroque violin in modern age - (video) Review of the Baroque Stradivari violin played by Miriam Fried Last year I was the director in a recording session for iClassical Academy in Italy, to record violin lessons of the Bach solo pieces to...
by riccardo.pera | Jul 17, 2019 | Instruments & Players, Violin & Violinists
Backstage comparison between the Vesuvius and his own violin by Shlomo Mintz (video) The Stradivari Vesuvius belongs to the latest period in which the legendary violin maker Antonio Stradivari still handcrafted his instruments. Yet, although he was already more than...
