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NewsCelebrating the viola with a week-long festival in Miami
Viola Visions, spearheaded by Michael Tilson-Thomas and the New World Symphony, will include a new virtuosic version of Berlioz’s Harold in Italy
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Debate
A musical outcast? Harold en Italie as metaphor for the viola itself
Toby Deller argues that the title character of Harold en Italie is a social outsider whose isolation is a metaphor for the viola’s struggle for acceptance throughout musical history
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Video
Beethoven's viola played in Los Angeles
LA Phil principal violist Teng Li plays the viola Beethoven used between the ages of about 16 and 22 when he was in the court orchestra in Bonn before his move to Vienna. The instrument, on a Stainer model, is thought to have been made in Vienna by Sebastian ...
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Video
Jungle Book Variations for solo viola
Max Baillie performs his own variations on the song ‘My Own Home’ from the Disney Jungle Book, ‘ inspired by Paganini, Ysaÿe, Bach, and with a bit of bagpipe folkiness to pay homage to my Scots roots’.
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Focus
Masterclass: Steven Tenenbom, Schumann Märchenbilder
The American viola soloist, chamber musician, and teacher explores how to find your own sense of character and flow in the first two contrasting pieces
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Blogs
Technique can be developed, but musicianship is inbuilt, says violist Rivka Golani
In this article from 2016, Toby Deller paid tribute to the pioneering musician and teacher as she celebrated her 70th birthday
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Focus
Postcard from Shanghai: Viva la Viola festival
Shanghai Conservatory of Music’s biennial Viva la Viola festival returned for its sixth instalment in November, turning the spotlight on one of the most underrated instruments in China, writes Nancy Pellegrini
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Video
ViolaCam meets Torelli Sinfonia in C
The Baroque ensemble La Serenissima in rehearsal from the vantage point of violist Jim O’Toole. The Sinfonia in C by Giuseppe Torelli is featured on the group’s award-winning album The Italian Job .
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Review
Kim Kashkashian: Bach cello suites on viola
Playing of subtle light and shade that will bring a smile to your face
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Review
Peter Sheppard Skærved: violin and viola works by Hans Werner Henze
Piquant and lyrical playing of some 20th-century violin and viola works
