Word: violiniste
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Died. Michael Rabin, 35, virtuoso violinist who dazzled millions of concertgoers on six continents; of a skull fracture from a fall in his Manhattan apartment. At the age of three, Rabin demonstrated that he had perfect pitch by plinking notes on the piano to correspond to any sound he heard. At 14, he made his recital debut at Carnegie Hall, launching his professional career with a flawless rendition of Wieniawski's Concerto No. 1. The next year came the first of his 84 appearances with the New York Philharmonic. The pressures of being a prodigy took their toll...
...Violinist Lenny Federer, who was trained in classical music wrote the album's first cut, "I Am," and says that he never really listened to rock music until a few months before he wrote it. The cut, which he says is his "rock-and-roll statement," frequently changes rhythm and key. "I Am," along with the other two cuts which Federer helped compose, have a Slavic feeling, which one of the band's musicians described as being similar to Dvorak...
...violinist who can write some music," said Federer, "while Rich is a composer who can play." Richard Ploss, who plays flute, saxophone and clarinet, had a hand in writing six of the nine songs which appear on the album. Now a junior studying composing and arranging at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Ploss has the most diverse training in music. His musical interests range from 13th-century chamber music and baroque to modern 12-tone composition and jazz. "I would like to be able to emulate all of them so I can use them in doing something different...
During the summer at why Lyons called "just about the lowest point," they met violinist Lenny Federer at the Stonehenge Rock Club in Ipswich, where they were practising. Although the members of the group were surprised when the violinist asked whether he could jam with them, the hour-and-a-half session turned out well. After they had jammed together several times. Federer asked if he could join the group. Still not without reservations about having a violin in a rock band, the group agreed...
...PERFORMANCE The New York Philharmonic is a much better orchestra today than it was 50 years ago. Playing techniques have changed for the better. I remember as far back as Eugène Ysaÿe [the fabled Belgian violinist, 1858-1931]. I don't think many of the violinists of those days would be considered good musicians today. They took too many liberties. Today they have more respect for the music they play. On the other hand, pianists have become too literal. As a result, if you are going to hear Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto, unless...