February 2015

Nocturne in D-flat Major by Chopin

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This piece will always remind me of the moment when I was incredibly inspired by my violin student. Highly likely to be in his late 70s, an elderly gentleman entered my studio asking for a lesson to learn Fryderyk Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2 on the violin. He heard this piano piece transcribed for […]

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Caprice No. 24 by Paganini

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My, has time changed. Today we have One Direction that captures the hearts of young zealous female fans (okay, I admit I found their first single to be cute); however, musicians from centuries ago have paved the way for international stardom, and rightly so. The clip above is an excerpt from the movie, The Devil’s Violinist, depicting

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