By Thomas Rosenberg January 27, 2014
Subjects Chamber Music, Practicing
Tags Adjustments, chamber music, expressive intonation, fuzzy sound, good instrument tuning, great intonation, group intonation, hand position, intonation, intonation exercises, left hand position, Listening, onion, open strings, patience, rehearsing, Rosenberg, string groups, student ensembles, Thomas, time management, tuning, working
By Selma Gokcen January 20, 2014
Subjects Playing Healthy
Tags Alexander Technique, attention, available energy, creative, daily practice, deeper understand, effort, Einstein, flexible, free state of alertness, full attention, Gokcen, impressions, listening intently, living in question, Mind, motivation, partial attention, Patrick Macdonald, paying attention, refined skills, refining skills, releasing excessive tension, Selma, sensations, Theory of Everything, unanswerable questions, wasted energy
By Robert Battey December 15, 2013
Subjects Practicing
Tags accents, alignment, Awareness, Bach, Bach Cello Suites, bar lines, Battey, Beethoven’s “Archduke” Trio, Brahms Double Concerto, Capucon, cello, cellobello, communication, complexity, conservatory, counting, dissonance, Feuermann, focused listening, great artists, great composers, intelligent artist, interpreter, interpretive decisions, intonation, melody, metrical organization, musical critic, musical phrasing, performer, phrase lengths, phrasing, powerful, recordings, resolution, robert, Rostropovich, score-study, slurs, studying, stunning effect, stylistic conventions, text, vibrato, Washington Post, Yo-Yo Ma, youtube
By Aron Zelkowicz December 8, 2013
Subjects Interviews, Repertoire
Tags Aron, Britten, Britten Cello Suites, Britten Cello Symphony, cello, cellobello, chant, conducting, improvisation, interview, Introduzione, Isserlis, manuscript, multiple versions, performance, premiere, recording, Rostropovich, Russian Orthodox Liturgy, Shostakovich, Sonata, Steven, Tavener, third suite, Zelkowicz
By Natasha Farney December 5, 2013
By Selma Gokcen November 26, 2013
Subjects Playing Healthy
Tags accuracy, act, Alexander Technique, attention, Awareness, back, blog, cello, cello playing, cellobello, detect your intention, discovery, distress, effect, effect on cello playing, effortless quality, experiment, familiar, fingers, Gokcen, Habits, head to toe, holding, motion, neck, neuromuscular system, our surroundings, overdoing, pack up our habits, position of rest, Preparation, response, response to life, Selma, sitting, solution, standing, successful functioning in daily activities, support, tension, the preparation phase of movement, well-practiced
By Aron Zelkowicz November 21, 2013
Subjects Interviews, Repertoire
Tags analysis, Aron, Bach, Benjamin Britten, Britten, cello, cello suites, cellobello, Colin Carr, composition, differences in performance, Growth, interview, live recording, live-performance, Menlo, Menuhin School, microphones, Music@Menlo, performance, recordings, Rostropovich, solo debut album, Suites, Zelkowicz
By Aron Zelkowicz November 12, 2013
Subjects Repertoire
By Aron Zelkowicz November 12, 2013
Subjects Interviews, Repertoire
Tags Aron, audience, Benjamin Britten, Britten, Britten Cello Suites, cello, cello suites, cellobello, complete suites, discoveries, discovery, editorial markings, fingerings, inflection, interview with Steven Doane, movements, performance, perspective, phrasing, recital, recitals, recordings, Sound, Steven Doane, Suites, Zelkowicz
By Aron Zelkowicz November 12, 2013
Subjects Repertoire
Tags 1971, Aron, Benjamin Britten, Britten solo cello suites, canto, cello, cellobello, centenary, compelling interpreters, effect, Effective, genius, grandiose, indulge, Janos Starker, memory, movements, Mstislav Rostropovich, navigation, non-verbal drama, opera, Performing, personality, pizzicati, silences, solo cello suites, solo suites, Suites, Zelkowicz
