My primary school offered me the chance to learn the clarinet when I was nine and I loved it from the word go.
Interviews with musicians, composers and conductors
My primary school offered me the chance to learn the clarinet when I was nine and I loved it from the word go.
Success for me is to be able to capture an audience, to be able to achieve mastery in your technical skills so that they serve the respective piece of music best.
I feel every single performance, especially live, is uniquely special, and for very different reasons. There are no words to fully express that distinct moment, baring one’s soul, and the accompanying vulnerability, fragility even…
Keep trying out different styles of playing and play with lots of different types of musicians, as you don’t know what might shape you, or who you might meet and what opportunity that might later present you with.
don’t be afraid to explore many genres of music on your instrument. The violin might not be used in ‘metal’ music, but you can certainly get a grungy sound from it if you explore!