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Opinion: Playing the game
In addition to technical mastery, musicians need to understand the ‘game rules’ of every performing tradition and musical culture, write Dudok Quartet Amsterdam musicians Judith van Driel and David Faber
Children experience the world in a playful way. When we were young, making music used to be a fascinating game. The more we played, the more the game of music revealed endless possibilities for exploration and experimentation. However, as we grew up, the play element slowly but surely faded away.
As a string quartet, the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam is part of a particular performance tradition. During our studies we tried hard to absorb into our playing the wisdom passed on by our teachers, without realising that this kind of mimicry was almost imperceptibly replacing our own playful approach to the game…
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