Amidst his career, Masumi sits down with his friends and colleagues to discuss the ins and outs of their instruments in his Sound Post series.

The fourth edition has returned, and its sixth episode features Clive Greensmith, founding member of the Montrose Trio, and his new cello crafted by the luthier duo, Stefano Gibertoni & Valerio Nalin.

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Amidst his career, Masumi sits down with his friends and colleagues to discuss the ins and outs of their instruments in his Sound Post series.

The fourth edition has returned, and its first episode features Cellist Mihai Marica's 2014 Ryan Soltis cello.

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Grammy Award-winning, Japanese-Norwegian violist Masumi Per Rostad is an active performer and professor of viola and chamber music at the Eastman School of Music. As a former member of the Pacifica Quartet for almost two decades, he also founded DoCha, a chamber music festival in Champaign, Illinois.

Amidst his career, Masumi sits down with his friends and colleagues to discuss the ins and outs of their instruments in his Sound Post series.

The third edition has returned, and its tenth episode features Luthier Sam Payton who explains what you should consider before opening your instrument case up outside and exposing your valuable instrument in nature.

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Amidst his career, Masumi sits down with his friends and colleagues to discuss the ins and outs of their instruments in his Sound Post series.

The third edition has returned, and its eighth episode features cellist Brannon Cho's rare 1668 Antonio Casini cello.

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The Violin Channel is pleased to present a new, educational series with violist Kim Kashkashian. To be released every Tuesday, these short videos will delve into all aspects of playing, from vibrato, articulating the left hand, and crossing strings, to interpretation and time management.

A professor at the New England Conservatory, Kashkashian is the Founder and Artistic Director of “Music for Food” a musician-led hunger relief initiative that to date has presented hundreds of artists in concert which have created more than one and a half million free meals for people in need.

If this video helped you, then please reciprocate!  Use this link to send a donation to Music for Food,  helping those suffering from food insecurity.

Previous Episodes:

Episode 2

Episode 1

Grammy Award-winning Kim Kashkashian received the George Peabody Medal and Switzerland’s Golden Bow Award for her contributions to music. In 2016, she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2020, was named an Honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music.

As soloist Kashkashian has appeared with the orchestras of Berlin, London, Vienna, Milan, New York, and Cleveland in collaboration with Eschenbach, Mehta, Welser-Moest, Kocsis, Dennis Russel Davies, Blomstedt, and Holliger. Recital appearances include the great halls of Vienna, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Tokyo, Athens, London, New York, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Philadelphia where Kashkashian appears with the Trio Tre Voce, and in duo partnerships with pianist Robert Levin and percussionist Robyn Schulkowsky.

Kashkashian’s long association with the ECM label has yielded a lush discography — including a Grammy in 2013 for her solo recording of works by György Ligeti and György Kurtág, a Cannes Classical Award in 2001 for her recording of the viola concertos of Kurtág, Béla Bartók, and Péter Eötvös, and an Edison Prize in 1999 for her recording with pianist Robert Levin of the sonatas of Johannes Brahms. Her most recent recording of the six unaccompanied suites of J.S. Bach was released to critical acclaim in October 2018 and garnered the Opus Klassik Prize.

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The Violin Channel is pleased to present a new, educational series with violist Kim Kashkashian. To be released every Tuesday, these short videos will delve into all aspects of playing, from vibrato, articulating the left hand, and crossing strings, to interpretation and time management.

A professor at the New England Conservatory, Kashkashian is the Founder and Artistic Director of “Music for Food” a musician-led hunger relief initiative that to date has presented hundreds of artists in concert which have created more than one and a half million free meals for people in need.

If this video helped you, then please reciprocate!  Use this link to send a donation to Music for Food,  helping those suffering from food insecurity.

Grammy Award-winning Kim Kashkashian received the George Peabody Medal and Switzerland’s Golden Bow Award for her contributions to music. In 2016, she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2020, was named an Honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music.

As soloist Kashkashian has appeared with the orchestras of Berlin, London, Vienna, Milan, New York, and Cleveland in collaboration with Eschenbach, Mehta, Welser-Moest, Kocsis, Dennis Russel Davies, Blomstedt, and Holliger. Recital appearances include the great halls of Vienna, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Tokyo, Athens, London, New York, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Philadelphia where Kashkashian appears with the Trio Tre Voce, and in duo partnerships with pianist Robert Levin and percussionist Robyn Schulkowsky.

Kashkashian’s long association with the ECM label has yielded a lush discography — including a Grammy in 2013 for her solo recording of works by György Ligeti and György Kurtág, a Cannes Classical Award in 2001 for her recording of the viola concertos of Kurtág, Béla Bartók, and Péter Eötvös, and an Edison Prize in 1999 for her recording with pianist Robert Levin of the sonatas of Johannes Brahms. Her most recent recording of the six unaccompanied suites of J.S. Bach was released to critical acclaim in October 2018 and garnered the Opus Klassik Prize.

Kashkashian, who studied with Karen Tuttle and Walter Trampler at Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory and Felix Galimir at Vermont’s Marlboro Festival has held teaching positions at Indiana University, the Freiburg Hochschule für Musik, and the Hans Eisler Hochschule of Berlin. Currently, Ms. Kashkashian makes her home in Boston where she coaches chamber music and viola at New England Conservatory of Music.

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The Violin Channel is pleased to present a new, educational series with violist Kim Kashkashian. To be released every Tuesday, these short videos will delve into all aspects of playing, from vibrato, articulating the left hand, and crossing strings, to interpretation and time management.

A professor at the New England Conservatory, Kashkashian is the Founder and Artistic Director of “Music for Food” a musician-led hunger relief initiative that to date has presented hundreds of artists in concert which have created more than one and a half million free meals for people in need.

Watch the intro to the series below:

If this video helped you, then please reciprocate!  Use this link to send a donation to Music for Food,  helping those suffering from food insecurity.

The first episode of the series features talks about a player's stance. Enjoy it below!

Grammy Award-winning Kim Kashkashian received the George Peabody Medal and Switzerland’s Golden Bow Award for her contributions to music. In 2016, she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2020, was named an Honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music.

As soloist Kashkashian has appeared with the orchestras of Berlin, London, Vienna, Milan, New York, and Cleveland in collaboration with Eschenbach, Mehta, Welser-Moest, Kocsis, Dennis Russel Davies, Blomstedt, and Holliger.

Recital appearances include the great halls of Vienna, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Tokyo, Athens, London, New York, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Philadelphia where Kashkashian appears with the Trio Tre Voce, and in duo partnerships with pianist Robert Levin and percussionist Robyn Schulkowsky.

She is also a regular participant at the Verbier, Salzburg, Lockenhaus, Marlboro, and Ravinia festivals.

Kashkashian’s long association with the ECM label has yielded a lush discography — including a Grammy in 2013 for her solo recording of works by György Ligeti and György Kurtág, a Cannes Classical Award in 2001 for her recording of the viola concertos of Kurtág, Béla Bartók, and Péter Eötvös, and an Edison Prize in 1999 for her recording with pianist Robert Levin of the sonatas of Johannes Brahms. Her most recent recording of the six unaccompanied suites of J.S. Bach was released to critical acclaim in October 2018 and garnered the Opus Klassik Prize.

Kashkashian, who studied with Karen Tuttle and Walter Trampler at Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory and Felix Galimir at Vermont’s Marlboro Festival has held teaching positions at Indiana University, the Freiburg Hochschule für Musik, and the Hans Eisler Hochschule of Berlin. Currently, Ms. Kashkashian makes her home in Boston where she coaches chamber music and viola at New England Conservatory of Music.

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Amidst his career, Masumi sits down with his friends and colleagues to discuss the ins and outs of their instruments in his Sound Post series.

The third edition has returned, and its fourth episode features violist Eric Nowlin, Principal Violist of the Detroit Symphony, and faculty at Michigan State University.

Masumi and Eric discuss how Eric's 300-year-old Guadagnini viola was stretched to 16.5" in the 1940s!

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Amidst his career, Masumi sits down with his friends and colleagues to discuss the ins and outs of their instruments in his Sound Post series.

The third edition has returned, and its second episode features violinist Blake Pouliot, an international soloist with a 1729 Guarneri del Gesù violin borrowed from the Canada Council Instrument Bank.

Masumi and Blake chat about an important question: How do you choose your violin in only 15 minutes?

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Amidst his career, Masumi sits down with his friends and colleagues to discuss the ins and outs of their instruments in his Sound Post series.

The third edition has returned, and its second episode features violinist Erin Keefe, Concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra and violin faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music.

Masumi and Keefe chat about an important question: Could you choose between buying a NYC apartment or a violin for your performance career?

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Grammy Award-winning, Japanese-Norwegian violist Masumi Per Rostad is an active performer and professor of viola and chamber music at the Eastman School of Music. As a former member of the Pacifica Quartet for almost two decades, he also founded DoCha, a chamber music festival in Champaign, Illinois.

Amidst his career, Masumi sits down with his friends and colleagues to discuss the ins and outs of their instruments in his Sound Post series.

The series returns for its third edition and starts with a conversation with the Miró Quartet.

In this video, this group from Austin, Texas tells us about what they had to think about when deciding on which instruments to play together and what they ended up choosing:

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Eszter has covered topics including posture, left and right-hand technique, bowing, breathing, harmony and structure, and interpretation.

In today’s tenth and last video, Eszter discusses different exercises to improve vibrato.

Be sure to share the videos with your own students and friend!

Previous Episodes:

Vibrato

Right Hand Rotation

Right Arm Control

Finger Relaxation

Having Good Posture 

Left Arm Position

Perfect Sound

Left Hand Square

Tone and Echo

Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1969, Eszter Haffner studied for 13 years in the Gifted Musician Class at the Budapest Liszt Ferenc Music Academy with Andras Kiss, Ferenc Rados and György Kurtag. After completing her studies in Hungary, she came to the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria, to study with Gerhard Schulz ( Alban Berg Quartet ) and Josef Sivo. She received her Diploma with unanimous distinction and a prize from the Department of Culture Vienna. In 1995, she completed postgraduate study in Holland with Viktor Libermann and Philip Hirschhorn.

She has been a prize winner in numerous international competitions: Concertino Praha, Koncz Violin Competition Hungary, Jugend Musiziert, Stephanie Hohl Vienna, International Chamber Music Competition Trapani, and Caltanissetta Italy. As a result of her successful career in the arts, she received Austrian citizenship.

Since 2002, she has served as a Professor of Violin at the KUG University of Music Graz, Austria, and since 2010, also at the Royal Academy of Music Copenhagen, Denmark. As a guest professor, she regularly taught at Royal College London, Liszt Academy Budapest, Aurora Stockholm, Sibelius Academy Helsinki, etc. Other teaching experiences include being an assistant to Prof. Gerhard Schulz and violin lecturer at the University of Music in Vienna, as well as being a violin and viola instructor at Neuberger Seminare, Casals Festival France, Danish Strings, Macau and Hong-Kong Festivals, among others.

Her recordings reflect her pervasive musical range, covering chamber and concerto works from Haydn to Eisler.

Eszter plays the 1750 "ex Hamma Segelmann" Violin by Michelangelo Bergonzi on loan to her of the Austrian Nationalbank. She is a member of  Haffner Strings, Haffner Trio, and "Aurora Chamber" in Sweden. She is a consultant for the Organisation Live Music Now, Vienna, founded by Lord Yehudi Menuhin. You can learn more about her, here.

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Eszter has covered topics including posture, left and right-hand technique, bowing, breathing, harmony and structure, and interpretation.

In today’s ninth video, Eszter discusses different exercises to improve vibrato.

Be sure to share the videos with your own students and friend!

Previous Episodes:

Right Hand Rotation

Right Arm Control

Finger Relaxation

Having Good Posture 

Left Arm Position

Perfect Sound

Left Hand Square

Tone and Echo

Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1969, Eszter Haffner studied for 13 years in the Gifted Musician Class at the Budapest Liszt Ferenc Music Academy with Andras Kiss, Ferenc Rados and György Kurtag. After completing her studies in Hungary, she came to the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria, to study with Gerhard Schulz ( Alban Berg Quartet ) and Josef Sivo. She received her Diploma with unanimous distinction and a prize from the Department of Culture Vienna. In 1995, she completed postgraduate study in Holland with Viktor Libermann and Philip Hirschhorn.

She has been a prize winner in numerous international competitions: Concertino Praha, Koncz Violin Competition Hungary, Jugend Musiziert, Stephanie Hohl Vienna, International Chamber Music Competition Trapani, and Caltanissetta Italy. As a result of her successful career in the arts, she received Austrian citizenship.

Since 2002, she has served as a Professor of Violin at the KUG University of Music Graz, Austria, and since 2010, also at the Royal Academy of Music Copenhagen, Denmark. As a guest professor, she regularly taught at Royal College London, Liszt Academy Budapest, Aurora Stockholm, Sibelius Academy Helsinki, etc. Other teaching experiences include being an assistant to Prof. Gerhard Schulz and violin lecturer at the University of Music in Vienna, as well as being a violin and viola instructor at Neuberger Seminare, Casals Festival France, Danish Strings, Macau and Hong-Kong Festivals, among others.

Her recordings reflect her pervasive musical range, covering chamber and concerto works from Haydn to Eisler.

Eszter plays the 1750 "ex Hamma Segelmann" Violin by Michelangelo Bergonzi on loan to her of the Austrian Nationalbank. She is a member of  Haffner Strings, Haffner Trio, and "Aurora Chamber" in Sweden. She is a consultant for the Organisation Live Music Now, Vienna, founded by Lord Yehudi Menuhin. You can learn more about her, here.

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Eszter covers topics including posture, left and right-hand technique, bowing, breathing, harmony and structure, and interpretation.

In today’s eighth video, Eszter discusses the rotation of the right hand.

Be sure to share the videos with your own students and friends!

Previous Episodes:

Right Arm Control

Finger Relaxation

Having Good Posture 

Left Arm Position

Perfect Sound

Left Hand Square

Tone and Echo

Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1969, Eszter Haffner studied for 13 years in the Gifted Musician Class at the Budapest Liszt Ferenc Music Academy with Andras Kiss, Ferenc Rados, and György Kurtag. After completing her studies in Hungary, she came to the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria, to study with Gerhard Schulz ( Alban Berg Quartet ) and Josef Sivo. She received her Diploma with unanimous distinction and a prize from the Department of Culture Vienna. In 1995, she completed postgraduate study in Holland with Viktor Libermann and Philip Hirschhorn.

She has been a prize winner in numerous international competitions: Concertino Praha, Koncz Violin Competition Hungary, Jugend Musiziert, Stephanie Hohl Vienna, International Chamber Music Competition Trapani, and Caltanissetta Italy. As a result of her successful career in the arts, she received Austrian citizenship.

Since 2002, she has served as a Professor of Violin at the KUG University of Music Graz, Austria, and since 2010, also at the Royal Academy of Music Copenhagen, Denmark. As a guest professor, she regularly taught at Royal College London, Liszt Academy Budapest, Aurora Stockholm, Sibelius Academy Helsinki, etc. Other teaching experiences include being an assistant to Prof. Gerhard Schulz and violin lecturer at the University of Music in Vienna, as well as being a violin and viola instructor at Neuberger Seminare, Casals Festival France, Danish Strings, Macau and Hong-Kong Festivals, among others.

Her recordings reflect her pervasive musical range, covering chamber and concerto works from Haydn to Eisler.

Eszter plays the 1750 "ex Hamma Segelmann" Violin by Michelangelo Bergonzi on loan to her of the Austrian Nationalbank. She is a member of  Haffner Strings, Haffner Trio, and "Aurora Chamber" in Sweden. She is a consultant for the Organisation Live Music Now, Vienna, founded by Lord Yehudi Menuhin. You can learn more about her, here.

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Eszter will cover topics including posture, left and right-hand technique, bowing, breathing, harmony and structure, and interpretation.

In today’s seventh video, Eszter discusses right arm control.

Join us over the coming weeks, and be sure to share the videos with your own students and friend!

Previous Episodes:

Finger Relaxation

Having Good Posture 

Left Arm Position

Perfect Sound

Left Hand Square

Tone and Echo

Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1969, Eszter Haffner studied for 13 years in the Gifted Musician Class at the Budapest Liszt Ferenc Music Academy with Andras Kiss, Ferenc Rados and György Kurtag. After completing her studies in Hungary, she came to the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria, to study with Gerhard Schulz ( Alban Berg Quartet ) and Josef Sivo. She received her Diploma with unanimous distinction and a prize from the Department of Culture Vienna. In 1995, she completed postgraduate study in Holland with Viktor Libermann and Philip Hirschhorn.

She has been a prize winner in numerous international competitions: Concertino Praha, Koncz Violin Competition Hungary, Jugend Musiziert, Stephanie Hohl Vienna, International Chamber Music Competition Trapani, and Caltanissetta Italy. As a result of her successful career in the arts, she received Austrian citizenship.

Since 2002, she has served as a Professor of Violin at the KUG University of Music Graz, Austria, and since 2010, also at the Royal Academy of Music Copenhagen, Denmark. As a guest professor, she regularly taught at Royal College London, Liszt Academy Budapest, Aurora Stockholm, Sibelius Academy Helsinki, etc. Other teaching experiences include being an assistant to Prof. Gerhard Schulz and violin lecturer at the University of Music in Vienna, as well as being a violin and viola instructor at Neuberger Seminare, Casals Festival France, Danish Strings, Macau and Hong-Kong Festivals, among others.

Her recordings reflect her pervasive musical range, covering chamber and concerto works from Haydn to Eisler.

Eszter plays the 1750 "ex Hamma Segelmann" Violin by Michelangelo Bergonzi on loan to her of the Austrian Nationalbank. She is a member of  Haffner Strings, Haffner Trio, and "Aurora Chamber" in Sweden. She is a consultant for the Organisation Live Music Now, Vienna, founded by Lord Yehudi Menuhin. You can learn more about her, here.

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