The Bohlen-Pierce system - La Scena Musicale
The Bohlen-Pierce system - La Scena Musicale
The Bohlen-Pierce system - La Scena Musicale
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ON THE COVER VENGEROV<br />
order to perform William Walton’s viola concerto.<br />
For the premiere of Benjamin Ysupov’s<br />
Viola Tango Rock Concerto he played viola and<br />
electric violin, and danced the tango.<br />
All this means that, for Vengerov, the big violin<br />
comeback does not spell the welcome return<br />
of his first and only love. It is just what the<br />
audience still clamours the loudest for. With all<br />
these other projects and interests, the teaching,<br />
the global outreach programmes, and having<br />
just gotten married in November 2011 (to Olga<br />
Gringolts, sister of violinist Ilya Gringolts), violin<br />
is only one part of his focus.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 37-year-old’s first advice to students now<br />
is “to be open-minded–never to stop learning.<br />
That it is important that we stay absolutely faithful<br />
to what we believe. I never chose the easy way.<br />
I could have easily continued only playing, enjoying<br />
my violin career; but I chose to learn. And<br />
when you learn, you go through times when it’s<br />
not as easy as with something that you know best.<br />
And violin playing is what I know best because<br />
it’s my mother tongue. But that doesn’t mean<br />
that if I take on something else with a lot of passion<br />
I cannot learn this as well. It can become<br />
even more fulfilling for me.”<br />
LSM<br />
Maxim Vengerov performs in Montreal on May 14 at the<br />
Maison symphonique<br />
www.smcm.ca<br />
PHOTO Sheila Rock<br />
5<br />
... <strong>The</strong> age Vengerov started lessons<br />
on the violin with Galina Turtschaninova<br />
and gave his first recital<br />
... <strong>The</strong> number of strings on Vengerov's<br />
2005 bright blue Violectra fivestring<br />
electric violin<br />
... hundred (500) children were members<br />
of the youth choir which Vengerov's<br />
mother conducted. His mother's<br />
profession and work with children were<br />
important inspirations for Vengerov.<br />
... <strong>The</strong> number of months Vengerov<br />
stopped playing publicly during a sabbatical<br />
in 2005<br />
... years... plus another 280, i.e. 285:<br />
the age of the Stradivarius—once<br />
owned by Rodolphe Kreutzer—which<br />
Vengerov has played since 1998.<br />
LMMC CONCERTS<br />
121 st Season 2012-2013<br />
POLLACK Hall<br />
555 Sherbrooke Street West<br />
Sundays at 3:30<br />
Sept. 9 ARNALDO COHEN, piano Feb. 10 RACHEL BARTON PINE, violin<br />
Sept. 30 EMERSON STRING QUARTET March 3 FAURÉ QUARTETT, piano quartet<br />
Oct. 21 PIETER WISPELWEY, cello March 24 ANDRÉ LAPLANTE, piano<br />
Nov. 11 TAKÁCS QUARTET, strings April 14 PAVEL HAAS QUARTET, strings<br />
Dec. 2 MARIE-NICOLE LEMIEUX May 5 SETZER-FINCKEL-WU HAN TRIO<br />
contralto<br />
piano trio<br />
Subscription: $ 235 Students (26 yrs.): $ 75<br />
Ticket: $ 35 Ticket (26 yrs.): $ 15<br />
Non-refundable - Taxes included<br />
LMMC<br />
1410 Guy Street, Suite 12, Mtl, QC H3H 2L7 ▪ Tel.: (514) 932-6796 ▪ www.lmmc.ca ▪ lmmc@qc.aibn.com<br />
APRIL 2012<br />
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