Rebecca Gilliver, principal cellist of the London Symphony Orchestra tells the story of a conversation she had with Sandro Laffrancini, principal cellist at La Scala about a particularly challenging top shift he played flawlessly over and over again in her LSO Master Class for the Cello. She asked what his secret was and he said …
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The World of Tone
Schopenhauer attributed to music the power to directly portray the very essence of the cosmos. I didn't quite know what he meant until yesterday evening, when my son brought home his first violin and I my first cello. Several of my family were over for dinner and we entered at the end of the meal. …
Mastery, Practice and Subtlety
The French have a saying: "Qui trop embrasse, mal etreint" which means, "he who embraces too much, has a weak grasp." What does it take to move from being a "Jack of all trades, master of none" to being a master of all trades? While there is value in have a breadth of skills and knowledge, …
Gregory Hake 