Word: violiniste
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...When the violinist Itzhak Perlman walked onto the empty stage last Sunday to perform a recital in celebration of the life of arguably the greatest violinist of the 20th century, Jascha Heifetz, the expectation that filled the magnificent Symphony Hall was palpable. Some would say Perlman himself has taken over the mantle Heifetz has traditionally held. Even for those who don't believe that, this performance would have strengthened Perlman's bid for the title...
Anticipation hung in the air as the virtuoso sat down, tuned, the concentration evident on his face. Then he tuned to his accompanist, smiled, and began a two hour performance so complete in its exhibition of the skills of the violinist that the audience was left...
Growing up in New York City, Schuller was at first indifferent to the musical opportunities that surrounded him. "I not only wasn't interested, I didn't have any talent," the long-time Boston resident said in an interview with The Crimson. His father was a violinist in the New York Philharmonic, though, and it was through attending many concerts that Schuller started collecting records at the age of 13. "By 16, I had two or three thousand recordings. Composers like Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Ravel, Debussy, Scriabin--they were my initial influences. They precipitated my harmonic and rhythmic styles...
...England Conservatory's Jordan Hall was not sold out that Thursday night. With 45 years of performance experience behind it, the Beaux Arts Trio showed once again why it has continued to be perhaps the world's most acclaimed piano trio. The trio's current members-pianist Menahem Pressler, violinist Young Uck Kim and cellist Antonio Meneses-dazzled a polished audience composed mostly of middle-aged Boston society and a sprinkling of the conservatory's students...
What this means is that beauty and genius--and all the other unmistakable crossings into mastery--are lost without someone who knows what a good violinist can reasonably do, who can appreciate Galois' letter, who will recognize fluency. Beauty cannot exist in the mirror. The observer may live somewhere else, sometime else, speak a different language, come slowly into knowledge. But the great distance of many other witnesses is of little consolation as we scan the room to see if we're being observed...