Word: violiniste
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...rule, Asians in America have reflected extremely well, especially those who have drawn from the wellsprings of the older civilizations of India, China, Japan and Korea. Though they make up just 2.9% of the country's population, Asians have produced outstanding success stories: cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinist Midori; writers Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club) and Maxine Hong Kingston (China Men); Sonny Mehta, editor of the distinguished Knopf book- publishing house; and filmmaker Wayne Wang (Dim Sum). Consider also: Chang- Lin Tien, the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley; Paul Terasaki, a UCLA professor of surgery...
...Tous les matins du monde" at 10 p.m. Structured as the reminiscences of the famed court composer and violinist Martin Marais, the film tells the story of two 17th century virtuosi, the reclusive Monsieur de Sainte Colombe and his student Marais, who played and wrote music for the viola da gamba. When Sainte Colombe discovers the love affair between his daughter Madeleine and Marais, he banishes Marais from his household and mentorship-to no avail...
Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra. Featuredwill be violinist Scoot Yoo and cellist AndresDiaz. The program includes Voss' Scherzo forOrchestra, Brahms's Concerto for Violin and Cello,and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. Sanders Theatre, 8p.m. $5, $7 and $9 for students...
...Boston Chamber Music Society emerged on stage to push subscriptions on the already over-subscribed audience, it was clear that Saturday night's concert at Sanders Theatre was more an "event" than a chamber music concert. This atmosphere was only reinforced by the nature of the programming. The violinist Stephanie Chase was slated to play in each work, first Bartok's First Sonata for Violin and Piano, then the Brahms Horn Trio, and finally the Beethoven Septet. While programming for a single performer might be acceptable even in a chamber music concert, the flagrant insertion of Bartok's Sonata into...
Bartok's First Violin Sonata, while heavily influenced by the atonality of Schoenberg, abounds with injunctions of "espressivo" and "appasionato". A listener not aware of this might have thought from Chase's performance that Bartok, desiring some special effect, had ordered the violinist to play dispassionately, and vibrato only selectively if at all. While the first movement is supposed to be tense in character, the rigidity manifest in Chase did not seem quite appropriate. Her sound was frequently forced, and what at first seemed like a special effect--the fact that her vibrato began only after half of each note...