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 | Aug 28, 2019 | Violin & Violinists, Words on Music
Cutting edges of violin playing Last week we wrote about Malwina Sosnowksi and her adventures in Brazil. When she returned to Switzerland she found herself within 10 days ending up booking a flight to New Delhi and heading off to beautiful India. This time as a...
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...
