By Martin Steinberg Mozart is turning 50 this summer. No, not Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus (Amadeus), but the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York’s Lincoln Center. When it began in the summer of 1966, it was called Midsummer Serenades: A…
In February, the Manhattan-based Calidore String Quartet (violinists Jeffrey Myers and Ryan Meehan, violist Jeremy Berry, and cellist Estelle Choi) joined eight soloists and ensembles on the roster of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust (BBT) Award and Fellowship winners for 2016. This…
Violinist Colin Jacobsen on the latest release from Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, and the group’s journey to the silver screen By David Templeton Transformation. It’s a theme that Colin Jacobsen, of Brooklyn, New York, touches on often while discussing his…
By James N. McKean Ah, the romance of the violin. Over the centuries, through the good times and even more the cataclysms that have shaken the world, a violin (provided it survives intact) gathers a past, accruing stories—some even true—until…
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An urban musician’s guide to practicing in crammed apartments—and navigating the busy streets By Cristina Schreil “In order to survive as a musician here you have to be a hard worker, have talent, have guts,” violinist Sarah Franklin says in…
When asked how he knew that being able to stand would liberate his cello playing, Mike Block offers an intriguing response: “I didn’t quite realize what I was missing by only sitting until I had the experience of standing.”…
Award-winning, Parisian-born bow maker Benoît Rolland studied both piano and violin, graduating from the Paris and Versailles conservatoires. He trained as a bow maker in Mirecourt, France, (1971–75) with master maker Bernard Ouchard, and opened his first studio in Paris…
By Cristina Schreil Calling all young performers: Celebrated violinist Elmar Oliveira has launched a new violin competition. The Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, announced at the end of March, is set to take place at Lynn University in Boca Raton,…