Chamber Music Institute 2005

Filed in Performance on July 26, 2005 at 10:54 pm

This Saturday, July 30, marks the completion of the month-long chamber music workshops of CMI with a series of three morning and afternoon concerts featuring the chamber groups who participated all month. It’s a time for each string quartet to “strut their stuff” and perform everything they’ve learned for an audience of family and friends.
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More on Einstein the Violinist

Filed in History, Inspiration, Violin on July 13, 2005 at 4:05 pm

“There are many musicians with much better technique, but none, I believe, who ever played with more sincerity or deeper feeling.” — Janos Plesch
On reflecting on a recent comment to a popular Einstein anecdote, I thought I’d take a little time to dig a little deeper into the history behind this story.

More Thoughts on Beethoven

Filed in History, Inspiration on July 9, 2005 at 1:21 am

“You can’t possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven’s Seventh and go slow.”
– Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket.
“I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven.”
– Jascha Heifetz