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Conversation with Lynn Harrell (June, 1996)

Interview by Tim Janof Lynn Harrell is known throughout the world as a cellist, chamber musician, recitalist, conductor, teacher, and recording artist. Mr. Harrell is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Piatigorsky Award, the Ford Foundation Concert Artists' Award, and the first Avery Fisher Prize (jointly with Murray Perahia). TJ: As a teenager you lost both your parents. This kind of trauma would emotionally cripple most people for years. How did you manage to overcome this tragedy and become one of the world's most acclaimed cellists? LH: It took me a long time to come to terms with it. It's an experience that I wouldn't wish on anyone. But I have found the resilience of the human spirit to be extraordinary. Look at what is going on in Bosnia [...]

By Tim Janof|2024-03-11T13:14:27-04:00March 8th, 2021|Categories: Internet Cello Society Archive, Artistic Vision, Interviews, Orchestra, Performance, Repertoire, Self Discovery|Tags: Bach Suites, musicality, bow hold, Interpretation, career, Orlando Cole, Leonard Rose, George Szell|

The Joy of Feuillard – A Sequential Approach to Teaching Bow Technique (Part 30 – Collé)

I am "interrupting" my blog series on Feuillard with today's post dealing with collé. I usually wait with working on collé in the private lessons until other technical aspects of the bow are internalized and solid. Part of the reason I do this is that I have found that students sometimes get confused by the use of the fingers for the vertical motion in string crossings as opposed to the use of the fingers in the horizontal collé motion. I find that it is better to solidify the string crossing motion before explaining the collé motion, since they are so similar and yet completely different. I do sometimes teach collé to all the students in my Saturday Pre-college classes. However, that is in a large group situation and I can [...]

By Robert Jesselson|2019-04-08T04:27:03-04:00April 8th, 2019|Categories: In the Practice Room, The Joy of Feuillard, Teaching|Tags: Duport, collé, bow hold, fingers|