In this video the Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas, who has been broadcasting a series of virtuosic covers throughout lockdown, plays Bobby Hebb’s Sunny on a 6-string violin with loop pedal cover.
Watch Interview with Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas
Watch Elton John’s I’m still Standing - arranged for solo violin
The free festival will take place between 21 – 24 and 28 – 30 July 2021, with a focus on innovative approaches to music education, diversity and inclusion
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In this interview Hannah Nepilova speaks to the Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas - a classically trained solo violinist who, since the start of lockdown, has been streaming his own virtuosic cover arrangements of non-classical pieces. Many have gone viral, including a cover of Elton John’s ‘I’m Still Standing’ which was ...
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