A Question To Be Answered By All Violinists! Options

[izzy]

QUOTE (janexxx @ Jan 22 2005, 03:06 PM)

QUOTE (AmandaL @ Jan 18 2005, 04:20 PM) QUOTE Without a doubt it has to be Maxim Vengerov - his playing is mesmerising THANK YOU!!!, Violinist. I knew there had to be someone else out there who knows Maxim and his playing :D Simply jawdropping to watch in concert.

Agreed!
I saw him at the verbiers music festival.
I also love Kennedy, though he's had alot of crit from his latest recording of the seasons, I like what he did to them.

[Viohazard]

I suppose the greatest violinist in the world (I don't know much about them, even though I play violin... :huh: ) is....his name is LAKATOS! I think is fast playing is the greatest. I like fast playing.

And then there's Akira Senju...Midori Goto...

...and me :ph34r:

[sarah-flute]

QUOTE (Viohazard @ May 18 2005, 12:01 PM)

...and me :ph34r:

*grin*

[janexxx]

QUOTE (Viohazard @ May 18 2005, 12:01 PM)

I suppose the greatest violinist in the world (I don't know much about them, even though I play violin... :huh: ) is....his name is LAKATOS! I think is fast playing is the greatest. I like fast playing.

Oh Yes Roby Lakatos. A very exciting player. I was him in Verbier a couple of years ago and then also at the "Genius of the violin" gala in London.

Absolutely tremendous....I keep thinking of him as I try to play the Czardas for my Grade 5 :o

Jane

[Tess]

We like Vadim Repin. He's so down to earth and has such a sense of humour! We are going to listen to Repin this November at LSO. Hurray! :lol:

[violinma]

Itzak Perlmann! Sublime :)

[LIVERSIDGE]

:) Hi, I'm fairly new to the violin - but if I may - I've seen Sarah Chang - very impressed, like her style

Cheers Paul :rolleyes:

[Tess]

Not many of us in the Kreutzer club!!  ;)

Exclusivity beyond all else I would say :lol:

No 2. from the Kreutzer studies I guess?? That's a really good warm up study as well. Gets the fingers loosened and the right arm in trim.

Done any Sevcik yet? The repetition bit can get tedious, but they are brilliant for technique and intonation.

Anyone else see this programme? I was particularly impressed with the Reich quartet "Different Train". And of course Maxim Vengerov!

Yes, I did see it. I thought the Reich quartet was good, but I've tended to prefer Philip Glass for minimalistic compositions - have you ever listened to his Koyanisquatsi (Life Out Of Balance). I was actually surprised how 'Glass like' the quartet was in its structure.

I thought putting the Chaconne as the last work a very fitting tribute, especially as it was one of the audition pieces for the Auschwitz orchestra. Seeing Maxim playing wearing a pair of mittens, reminded me of how he said he had to wear gloves while practicing in a cold basement as a child.

Woooo... So, Sevcik is hard, eh? I'd better warn our poor dear. Her teacher uses Sevcik. By the way, THAT must have been terrible - practising with GLOVES on, poor poor Maxim. These Russians are really fantastic! Hats off to them!

[janexxx]

Sevcik is not so hard.....but boring! 4,000 or so bowing exercises. Best to pick and mix with what you need, but are in fact very productuve and really get the bow arm moving.

More interesting are the 40 variations opus 3, at least there's a few tunes in there.

And while we're on the subject of Vengerov, did anyone see/ hear him in London on Wed. Awesome Beethoven. Interesting tempo in the first movement but I thought it really worked. This was Maxim at his absolute best with his good friends the LSO and Slava Rostropovich.

[violinist]

Sevcik is not so hard.....but boring!  4,000 or so bowing exercises.  Best to pick and mix with what you need, but are in fact very productuve and really get the bow arm moving.

More interesting are the 40 variations opus 3, at least there's a few tunes in there.

And while we're on the subject of Vengerov, did anyone see/ hear him in London on Wed.  Awesome Beethoven.  Interesting tempo in the first movement but I thought it really worked.  This was Maxim at his absolute best with his good friends the LSO and Slava Rostropovich.

I didn't see it, but a lady and her husband from my orchestra went. Did you get to meet him again?