The Power of Words when teaching a stringed instrument
Over the last few years, in my own journey of learning the violin and the viola, I have been very privileged to take lessons with a wonderful teacher - the Hungarian violinist, Kato Havas. One area in which she has given me much to think about - especially with regard to the way I teach my own [...]
Beethoven Romance in F for Violin and Orchestra
On Sunday the 4th October I played Beethoven’s Romance no. 2 in F major (op. 50). Traditionally thought of as being written in 1802 or 1803 (when the composer was in his early thirties), there is evidence to suggest that it may have started life in an earlier form as part of Beethoven’s unfinished C [...]