People who seek to play the violin tend to be music-lovers, so it's not surprising that some of us are proficient in other instruments.
I'm curious about which instruments, besides the violin, that people choose. Is it another stringed instrument, such as the viola or guitar? Or is it the piano? Or something a little more outside the family, such as the trumpet?
As for me, I've dabbled with the flute, mandolin and piano, but the only one I'd say I was moderately proficient in is piano! With that instrument, I can play what I know, but I don't have much depth when it comes to being able to sit down and read things with easy.
How about you? Are you strictly a violinist, or do you have a second instrument? Or more than one? If you are proficient in a number of instruments in different categories, please just choose the one that you feel most proficient in, then describe the others in the comments below.
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A game is going around Facebook, where you name concerts you've been to, but then one is a LIE, and everyone has to guess which one.
I decided to do a variation, which was to list people I've performed with -- something that a lot of musicians can do, and quickly get a good list of 10. My goal: to make a list so strange that nearly everyone on the list seemed very unlikely. I felt I'd succeeded, when my friends guessed and guessed, and the last person they guessed was the "lie"! It was also a fun trip down memory lane. I'm posting it here, and I invite you to write your own silly list and post it in the comments (or on your FB page)!
Sitting in the violin section, I've performed with these 10 people or groups, can you guess which one is a LIE?
Joshua Bell
The Moody Blues
John Williams
The Captain and Tennille
Mstislav Rostropovich
Bob from Sesame Street
Eugene Fodor
Gretchen Carlson
Gustavo Dudamel
Former Republican U.S. presidential candidate Herman Cain
And people's guesses (I'm leaving out names:) Keep reading...
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Brahms-String Sextets Nos. 1&2
Renaud Capucon, violin
Gautier Capucon, cello
Christoph Koncz, violin
Gerard Causse, viola
Marie Chilemme, viola
Clemens Hagen, cello
Here is a live performance of Brahms' String Sextets Nos. 1 and 2 from the Aix Easter Festival 2016, featuring brothers Renaud Capucon and Gautier Capucon as well as Gerard Causse of France; cellist Clemens Hagen, a member of the Hagen Quartet; French violist Marie Chilemme, and the Austrian violinist Christoph Koncz, a member of the Wiener Philharmoniker who first achieved fame in the role of a child prodigy in the 1998 feature film The Red Violin.
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