Episodi
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Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :)Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:00 Ilkhom Musical Journey
13:00 Practicing in America
14:50 How We Met
27:00 Preparing Rite of Spring as Concertmaster
31:30 Practice Tip of the Week - Ilkhom
34:10 Life in Pittsburgh Symphony
43:00 Beta Blockers
48:10 Winning the Pittsburgh Symphony Audition
53:55 Manfred Honeck and Shostakovich 5
57:30 Soloing with Pittsburgh Symphony
58:45 Excerpt vs Solo Playing
1:05:13 Dreaming Big
1:11:32 Embracing Failures as a Part of Success
1:19:50 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Ilkhom
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Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :)
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro and Overview
0:52 Current Strings
6:25 Evah Pirazzi Green vs Gold
8:37 Dynamo Strings
10:14 Larsen Il Canone Strings
12:50 Rondo Violin Strings
14:30 Peter Infeld Violin Strings
23:42 Dominant Pro
25:35 Vision Strings
26:45 Vision Titanium Solo vs Vision Solo
29:58 TI Strings
30:58 Dominant Strings
35:00 Gut Strings - Pirastro Oliv and Passione
46:02 Obligato Strings
47:30 Helicore Strings
48:27 Alphayue Strings
51:15 Lenzner Goldbrakat E String
55:36 Pirastro Gold E String
59:07 Maintaining Strings
1:01:18 When to Change Strings
1:03:19 Buying Strings
1:05:53 Practice Tip of the Week - Steven
1:08:00 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Zach
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Episodi mancanti?
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Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :)
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro and Overview
0:43 What Makes Mozart So Hard
2:54 Intonation in Mozart
5:18 Articulation in Mozart
9:10 Mozart like an Orchestral Excerpt
11:05 String Crossings in Fast Passages
17:12 D String
20:23 Getting Tense in Mozart
23:34 Being Specific in Technique
33:20 Slow Movements in Mozart
40:00 Mozart 4 2nd Mvt Ending
42:38 Mozart as a Musical Genius
44:36 Leopold Mozartâs Treatise on Violin Playing
45:37 Wes Anderson and Mozart
50:23 Rules in Mozart
51:57 Joseph Haydn and Humour
55:25 Bela Bartok
58:14 Playing Mozart under Pressure
1:02:02 Sincerity in Mozart
1:04:10 Practice Tip of the Week - Zach
1:08:20 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Steven
1:11:27 Surprise Movie Recommendation - Zach
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Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :)
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro and Welcome
0:55 Stevenâs Bow Journey
5:15 Pierre Simon
13:00 Zachâs Bow Journey
17:00 Sartory and Voirin
20:42 Charles Peccatte
21:50 Tourte Bow Story
24:54 Dominique Peccatte
25:47 François Tourte
28:40 Persoit and Kittle
30:54 Francois Peccatte
31:55 Nicolas Maire
36:18 Buying a Bow
46:40 What Makes a Great Bow
48:40 Light vs Heavy Bows
55:50 Practice Tip of the Week - Zach
1:03:43 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Steven
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Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :)
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro and Overview
5:00 Big Picture vs Small Picture
15:00 Music as an Internal Experience
18:19 Saint Saens Havanaise
26:07 Detailed Work
31:00 Dividing Time Equally
33:20 Figuring Out Your Own Fingerings and Bowings
36:00 Having Different Ideas From Your Teacher
43:16 Combining Detailed Work and Big Picture
48:20 Performance Anxiety
55:20 Manifesting Expression to the Audience
1:00:20 Music Like an Actor
1:03:15 Practice Tip of the Week - Steven
1:06:29 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Zach
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Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :)
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:00 Stevenâs Violin Journey
6:20 Stevenâs Antoine Nedelec
11:28 Johannes Cuypers
21:00 Zachâs Violin Journey
30:55 Zachâs Antoine Nedelec
38:35 Carl Becker
45:30 Franz Kinberg
46:31 Joseph Curtin
49:41 Stradivarius
53:19 Guarneri del Gesu
57:00 Guadagnini
1:01:51 Amati
1:04:51 Practice Tip of the Week - Zach
1:09:42 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Steven
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro and Overview
1:00 Stage Fright
9:35 Nathan Cole Bow Shake Tip
14:00 Nervousness in Performance
15:10 Accepting your Worst Performance as your Level
19:35 The Confident Mind Book
23:35 Steven Posture Journey
27:00 Mathis Constantly Reinventing
31:31 Augustin Hadelich
34:10 Right Arm Position
37:57 Michael Cleveland Bluegrass Fiddler
39:29 No Shoulder Rest
42:58 Violin as Singing and Breath
45:13 Donald Weilerstein
46:15 Fear and Anxiety in Performance
48:30 Art is Not Life Threatening
50:00 How to Embrace the Moment
53:13 Jaime Laredo Thunderstorm Story
54:34 Reframing Fear as Excitement
57:52 David Lynch Movie Recommendation
59:36 Mindset Before Going on Stage
1:00:29 Pre-Concert Routine
1:04:09 Will Stage Fright Go Away?
1:08:48 Communicating as Artists
1:10:06 Practice Tip of the Week - Steven
1:15:29 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Zach
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Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :)
Timestamps:0:00 Introduction and Overview
1:35 Geneva Competition
2:10 Confucius Competition
2:50 - Sejong Competition
8:38 Carnegie Hall Competition
10:44 Society of American Musicians (SAM) Competition
14:22 Local Concerto Competitions
17:02 DePaul Concerto Competition Story
20:10 Chicago Symphony Concerto Competition
22:49 Prokofiev 2 with Orchestra
25:40 Walgreens National Competition
28:00 Not Doing Well in Competitions
31:50 Winning Walgreens Competition
33:46 Stulberg Competition
37:46 Klein Competition
41:35 Fischoff National Chamber Competition
45:47 Dealing with Results
50:23 Facing Strong Competitors
53:35 Judging a Competition
58:15 Yes No System vs Point System
1:00:55 International Competitions
1:08:42 Practice Tip of the Week - Zach
1:15:53 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Steven
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Hosted by Zachary Brandon and Steven Song :)
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction and Overview
1:20 Recording Bach Tips
3:20 Competition Prescreenings
6:33 Editing in Recordings
8:20 Video Quality
11:58 Audio Quality
13:18 Mic Placement
15:54 Playing For the Mic
17:50 Microphone Recommendations
21:10 Playing Softly in Recording
24:20 Arthur Grumiaux
25:39 Good Playing Translates to Good Recordings
29:25 Shanghai Isaac Stern Competition Recording
31:22 Bach Stylistic Choices
34:00 Recording Paganini
38:40 Recording Mozart
43:02 Michelangelo âDavidâ
48:32 Fun in Mozart
50:08 Concertos and Showpieces
53:54 How Many Takes When Recording?
1:00:00 Mindset When Recording
1:10:20 Fear as the Enemy of Creativity
1:15:09 Being Grateful for our Journey1:19:15 Practice Tip of the Week - Zach
1:23:30 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Steven
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Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :)
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction and Overview
0:50 - Our First Memorable Performances
10:40: Zachâs Emotionally Intense Performances
13:14 - Being in Performance Mode
15:52 - Performing a Concerto with Orchestra
21:00 - Memorable Chamber Music Performances
24:00 - Clicking with Duo Partner
26:33 - How Steven and Zach Met and Playing Together
32:00 - Brahms Second Violin Sonata
36:54 - Memorable Performance Weâve Heard
41:19 - Yefim Bronfman Rachmaninov 3 Cleveland Orchestra
45:00 - Daniel Trifonov
49:23 - Midori Goto
51:15 - Why an Artist Must be True to Oneself
1:04:45 - Tai Murray, Mozart Piano Concerto
1:08:34 - Practice Tip of the Week
1:17:11 Recording Recommendation of the Week
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Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :)
Timestamps:
0:00 Welcome + Opening Banter
0:50 Why We Love the Violin
3:50 Choosing Violin Over Piano
11:15 First Encounters With the Instrument
15:57 The Violin, the Human Voice, and the Other String Instruments
24:00 What Makes the Violin So Special?
37:23 Why the Violin Becomes Part of You
39:25 Physics of the Violin
50:23 Life Without the Violin
1:01:57 Practice Tip of the Week: Never Give Up
1:08:30 Recording Recommendation of the Week
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Hosted by Zachary Brandon and Steven Song
Timestamps:
0:00 Overview
0:56 - Paganini 1
4:00 - Paganini 24 Overview
12:58 - Theme
15:34 - Variation 1
20:14 - Variation 2
22:55 - Right Arm Position
34:09 - Variation 3
38:25 - No Vibrato
42:12 - Variation 3
42:39 - Variation 4
47:55 Variation 5
51:30 - Variation 6
53:54 - Variation 7 (pizzicato)
56:51 - Variation 8 (chords)
57:15 - Variation 9 (Slow)
57:38 - Finale
58:58 - Practice Tip of the Week
1:03:02 - Recording Recommendation of the Week
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Hosted by Zachary Brandon and Steven Song :)
Timestamps
0:00 Welcome and Intro
0:25 Aspen Music Festival and School
12:20 Cons of Aspen
24:12 - Sounding Point Academy
28:10 - Brian Lewis Young Artist Program
30:57 - Heifetz International Music Institute
35:11 - Meadowmount School of Music
41:55 - Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival
44:42 - Music Academy of the West
47:55 - Concertmaster
57:27 - Practice Tip of the Week
58:51 - Recording Recommendation of the Week:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a84oRQa7oQw&t=310s
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Hosted by Zachary Brandon and Steven Song :)
0:00 Welcome and Overview
1:19 - Debussy Violin Sonata
4:50 - Pablo Picasso La Vie
6:20 - Impressionist Movement
8:47 - Music as Painting
10:25 - Mark Rothkoâs Color Fields
12:30 - Franck Violin Sonata
19:20 - Jackson Pawlak
26:27 - Johann Sebastian Bach
31:58 - Bach Fugues
39:40 - Bach Partita No. 3 in E Major
43:22 - Bach Sonata No. 2 Andante
46:02 - Mahler, Sibelius, and Nature
47:37 - Beethoven Sonata No. 4 vs 5
54:41 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1:02:18 - Wes Anderson
1:07:17 - BĂ©la BartĂłk
1:11:32 - Practice Tip of the Week - Grouping Notes
1:13:43 - Recording Recommendation of the Week - Tibor Varga Mozart Rondo in C Major
â https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7ns2-qMmJiQâ
Recording of Steven and Zach playing Beethoven Spring Sonata:
â https://youtu.be/tSwvXFLGt_E?si=xTJorReFBGtHPXj1â
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Hosted by Zachary Brandon and Steven Song :)
Timestamps:
0:00 Welcome
Musical Inspirations:
0:40 Thomas Zehetmair
2:56 Jascha Heifetz
4:40 David Oistrakh
7:19 Christian Ferras
11:14 Robert Schumann
13:05 Isaac Stern
16:26 Nathan Milstein
19:23 Yehudi Menuhin
21:45 Eugene Ysaye
23:49 Sayaka Shoji
25:39 Maxim Vengerov
29:27 Itzhak Perlman
31:25 Pinchas Zukerman
33:46 Fritz Kreisler
41:00 Menuhin & Ysaye
Mentors:
44:18 - Jin Zhang
45:22 - Julia Tsien
46:22 - Gerardo Ribeiro
48:00 - Tai Murray
50:20 - Jim Butler
53:28 - Audrey Lipsey, Renata Knific
54:56 - Almita Vamos, Hye-Sun Lee
1:04:53 - Robert Lipsett, Colburn School
1:12:56 - Jaime Laredo, Jan Mark Sloman, CIM (Cleveland Institute of Music)
1:16:03 1:19:33 - Stephen Rose
1:20:29 - Jessica Lee
1:24:31 - Yale, Augustin Hadelich
1:27:29 - Stevenâs Recording Recommendation of the Week - Thomas Zehetmair Bach Violin Concerto in E Major
1:29:13 - Zachâs Recording Recommendation of the Week - Belcea Quartet Janacek String Quartet No. 1&2, Ligeti String Quartet MĂ©tamorphoses
