"The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all." - Pablo Casals In many areas of life there is movement from coarse to fine. The development of motor skills, the forming of language skills and the generation of technical skills take time, there is almost no limit to how far you can …
Tag: virtuosity
Dethrone the Tyrant
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 …
Gregory Hake 