Well I have finally completed my first half-recital at Juilliard! I have been thinking about it for such a long time and now it's over! I was so happy to share my recital with my friend Rachel, a truly beautiful person and violist and have Yi-Fang to collaborate with on piano.
Ever since I have arrived here, my nerves for performances have greatly heightened. I assume it's the added pressure from a competitive environment and being surrounded by really awesome musicians. Nonetheless, I was encouraged and learned from these fantastic colleagues that it doesn't matter if Suzie and Christopher are playing Paganini and have three other concertos memorized. Let yourself be inspired, not defeated. I am here to improve and grow, and fortunately I think I have done some of that with the help of two of the most amazing teachers I could have ever asked for, Heidi Castleman and Misha Amory :)
So with that, I present my recital, now available on my youtube channel: violamad.
(and I apologize for the lack of dynamics in my playing- I promise it's a result of the tiny microphone on my little pocket camera! ;)
Love,
Violamad
Marie! You is very beautiful!
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Kisses!
Olá Marie! I am brazilian, I live in Rio de janeiro, I have 15 years and touch viola has one year! When i started to interest me for viola, i started to look videos in it you tube so that i could inhale to me...(laughs) and the first video that i found was it video of suite 1 of Bach, since then i attend always its videos and thanks to a friend i discovered this its blog. I want that you know that you are a great example for me you admire, you very !
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Many kisses!