The great 19th-century violinist Nicolo Paganini dedicated his 24 Caprices “to the artists,” but he never performed them in public himself. So how are we supposed to? Violin pedagogue Kurt Sassmannshaus shares how to teach and practice the high-level techniques found in the caprices. By Laurie Niles, from our archives of Starling-DeLay Symposium stories.
Leonidas Kavakos was having some fun with the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Tuesday night at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic - playing the piece but also “playing” - bending the rules and resisting predictability to make things more interesting. Review by Laurie Niles.
New recordings this week:
Alexandra Preucil & Antoine Tamestit’s Bartók’s 44 Duos arranged for viola and violin
Longtime Penn State violin professor James Lyon’s “Turning”
Hannah Cho’s debut recording “Viennese Violin Sonatas”
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