The Violin Channel - World's Leading Classical Music News Source

VC recently caught up with violinist Lara St John for a behind-the-scenes Instagram takeover — direct from her Coronavirus quarantine in New York City. View...

VC INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER

VC INSTA TAKEOVER | VC Artist Calidore Quartet – Live from Spain [INSIDER]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - February 13, 2020

The Violin Channel recently caught up with the VC Artist Calidore String Quartet for a behind-the-scenes Instagram takeover – direct from Barcelona's L’Auditori and...

VC ARTISTS

VC ARTIST | Verona Quartet – Wigmore Hall, Osaka, Melbourne & Concert Artists Guild Comp Top Prizes

The Violin Channel - August 3, 2020

The Verona Quartet has firmly established themselves as one of the most compelling young chamber music ensembles to emerge in recent years - praised...

VC YOUNG ARTISTS

VC ARTIST | Ioana Cristina Goicea, 27 – Indianapolis, Queen Elisabeth & Michael Hill Comp Major Prizes

The Violin Channel - July 28, 2020

27-year-old Romanian-born violinist Ioana Cristina Goicea is quickly building an international reputation as one of the new rising stars of the international concert stage...

VC YOUNG ARTIST | Johan Dalene, 19 – Carl Nielsen International Violin Comp 1st Prize

July 20, 2020

VC YOUNG ARTIST | Hao Zhou, 23 – Montreal Violin Competition 1st Prize Winner

July 14, 2020

VC ARTIST | Violin Virtuoso Augustin Hadelich – ‘The Musician’s Musician’

July 6, 2020

VC ARTIST | Tobias Feldmann – Queen Elisabeth & Hannover Comp Major Prizes

June 30, 2020

VC ARTIST | Yu-Chien Benny Tseng – Tchaikovsky, Singapore & Isang Yun Comp Top Prizes

June 24, 2020

VC YOUNG ARTIST | Bassist Xavier Foley, 25 – Avery Fisher Career Grant Recipient

June 15, 2020

VC VOX POP

VC VOX POP | “What Are the Unexpected Benefits of Participating in a Virtual Summer Program?”

VC VOX POP

VC VOX POP | “What’s the Funniest Thing That Ever Happened To You on an Orpheus Tour?’’ [Q&A]

VC INTERVIEWS

VC VOX POP | “What Piece of Repertoire Do You Still Want to Learn?” [Q&A]

VC INTERVIEWS

VC VOX POP | “Are You Ok Being Filmed on a Cell Phone During a Performance?” [Q&A]

VC INTERVIEWS

VC VOX POP | “If You Could Only Play 3 Pieces for the Rest of Your Life, What Would They Be?” [Q&A]

VC INTERVIEWS

VC VOX POP | “Who is the Most Underrated Classical Musician of All Time?” [Q&A]

VC INSIDER

VC INSIDER | “Should A Student Take a Lesson With a Prospective Teacher Before a Conservatory Audition?”

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - January 9, 2020

VC INSIDER | ‘Fundamental Elements of a Truly Outstanding Concertmaster’

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - July 6, 2019

VC INSIDER | ‘What Must a Successful Orchestral Candidate Do To Ensure They Ace Their Probation Period?’

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - March 1, 2019

VC INSIGHT

VC INSIGHT | Violinist Charles Castleman – ‘What Are the Hardest Things to Teach?’ [BLOG]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - November 4, 2019

In a VC-exclusive guest blog, respected American violinist and pedagogue, Mr Charles Castleman shares his thoughts on what he feels are the hardest things to teach a violin student. ''There...

VC WEB BLOG | Violinist Svetlin Roussev – ‘Tips & Advice for Rock Solid Memorization’ [INSIGHT]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - September 25, 2019

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Bulgarian violinist Svetlin Roussev. In a VC-exclusive guest blog, the former major prize winner at the Indianapolis and Long-Thibaud International Violin Competitions talks...

VC LIVE

VC LIVE | Vivace Virtual Violin & Viola Festival – ‘Community Engagement’ Initative

VC LIVE

VC LIVE | Black Lives Matter’ Fundraiser – 30 Musicians Coming Together For This Important Cause

VC LIVE

VC LIVE | VC Young Artist Nancy Zhou – ‘Isaac Stern Centenary’ Recital

VC LIVE

VC LIVE | Bravo! Vail Music Festival Presents: ‘Mozart & Brahms’

VC LIVE

VC LIVE | Keshet Eilon Music Festival Masterclass – With Violinist Qian Zhou

VC LIVE

VC LIVE | Keshet Eilon Music Festival Masterclass – With Violinist Robin Wilson

VC WEB BLOGS

VC WEB BLOG | Cellist Nicholas Finch – ‘Blind Auditions: A Powerful Bias-Neutralizing Force’ [INSIGHT]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - August 4, 2020

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Louisville Symphony Orchestra Principal Cellist, Nicholas Finch. In a VC blog, Nicholas responds to music critic Anthony Tomassini's controversial New York Times article,...

VC WEB BLOG | Violinist Miranda Cuckson – ‘Collaboration with Artists of Different Genres’ [INSIGHT]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - July 27, 2020

The Violin Channel recently caught up with New York-based violinist and violist Miranda Cuckson. In a VC-exclusive guest blog, Miranda talks us through her experience of collaborating with artists of...

VC DESERT ISLAND DOWNLOADS

VC DESERT ISLAND DOWNLOADS | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s Todd Phillips – ‘5 Recordings I Can’t Live Without’

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - April 25, 2020

VC DESERT ISLAND DOWNLOADS | Violinist Shlomo Mintz – ‘5 Recordings I Can’t Live Without’

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - December 8, 2019

VC DESERT ISLAND DOWNLOADS | Cellist Steven Isserlis – ‘5 Recordings I Can’t Live Without’

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - September 23, 2019

VC MASTERCLASS

VC MASTERCLASS | Cellist Amit Peled – Dvorak Cello Concerto [LEARN]

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - March 2, 2020

Israeli-American cellist and pedagogue Amit Peled works us through the 1st movement of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto in B Minor. Recorded in...

VC MASTERCLASS | Cellist Amit Peled – Saint-Saëns ‘The Swan’ [LEARN]

January 3, 2020

VC MASTERCLASS | Violinist Janna Gandelman – Saint Saens ‘Rondo Capriccioso'[LEARN]

October 11, 2019

VC MASTERCLASS | Cellist Amit Peled – Elgar Cello Concerto 2nd Mvt [LEARN]

August 16, 2019

VC MASTERCLASS | Cellist Zvi Plesser – Bach Solo Cello Suite No. 2 [LEARN]

July 29, 2019

VC INTERVIEWS

VC INTERVIEW | Itzhak Rashkovsky – Keshet Eilon Summer Mastercourses Music Director

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - August 4, 2020

The Violin Channel recently caught up with Russian-Israeli violinist, Itzhak Rashkovsky - Music Director of the Keshet Eilon Summer Mastercourses, in Israel. Itzhak, tell us about the Keshet Eilon Summer...

VC INTERVIEW | Nicholas Mann – On This, Violinist Robert Mann’s 100th Birthday Anniversary

THE VIOLIN CHANNEL - July 19, 2020

The Violin Channel recently caught up with New York-based violinist Nicholas Mann - son of the-late long time Juilliard String Quartet violinist, Mr Robert Mann. We sat Nicholas down to...

VC 20 QUESTIONS

VC 20 QUESTIONS

NEW TO YOUTUBE

ASK THE PROS

ASK THE PROS

VC BACKSTAGE

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 2, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Tokyo this week – for a special, socially-distanced performance with conductor Kazumasa Watanabe and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | The concert, the first live orchestral performance in Tokyo since the beginning of quarantine, featuring: Rossini’s ‘Overture to The Barber of Seville’ - coupled with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 2, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Tokyo this week – for a special, socially-distanced performance with conductor Kazumasa Watanabe and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | The concert, the first live orchestral performance in Tokyo since the beginning of quarantine, featuring: Rossini’s ‘Overture to The Barber of Seville’ - coupled with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 2, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Tokyo this week – for a special, socially-distanced performance with conductor Kazumasa Watanabe and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | The concert, the first live orchestral performance in Tokyo since the beginning of quarantine, featuring: Rossini’s ‘Overture to The Barber of Seville’ - coupled with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 2, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Tokyo this week – for a special, socially-distanced performance with conductor Kazumasa Watanabe and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | The concert, the first live orchestral performance in Tokyo since the beginning of quarantine, featuring: Rossini’s ‘Overture to The Barber of Seville’ - coupled with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
VAIL, COLORADO - JULY 25 , 2020 | We’re coming to you from Vail, Colorado this week – from the Bravo Vail Music Festival | This week’s performance featuring violinist Kerry McDermott, violists Zoe Martin-Doike and Paul Neubauer, cellist Brook Speltz, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott and the VC Artist Dover Quartet performing Mozart’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor - coupled with Brahms’ String Sextet No. 1 in B Flat Major
KATONAH, NEW YORK - JULY 24, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the Caramoor Center for Music and Arts in Katonah, New York – for a special livestream recital with the VC Artist Calidore String Quartet | Program featuring: Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 13 Op. 130 with the ‘Grosse Fuge’ - coupled with Anna Clyne’s ‘Breathing Statues’
KATONAH, NEW YORK - JULY 26, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the Caramoor Center for Music and Arts in Katonah, New York – for a special livestream recital with The Knights Chamber Ensemble and cellist Karen Ouzounian | Program featuring: Brahms’ String Sextet No. 2 in G Major - coupled with the world premiere of Anna Clyne’s ‘Shorthand’
KATONAH, NEW YORK - JULY 24, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the Caramoor Center for Music and Arts in Katonah, New York – for a special livestream recital with the VC Artist Calidore String Quartet | Program featuring: Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 13 Op. 130 with the ‘Grosse Fuge’ - coupled with Anna Clyne’s ‘Breathing Statues’

VC CONCERTHALL

VAIL, COLORADO - JULY 30, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the Bravo Vail Music Festival in Vail, Colorado this week | The festival has this week created a first-of-it’s-kind ‘Music Box’ - to provide appropriate social distance to its chamber music events | By the end of this year’s festival the Music Box will have hosted more than 40 live performances
VAIL, COLORADO - JULY 30, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the Bravo Vail Music Festival in Vail, Colorado this week | The festival has this week created a first-of-it’s-kind ‘Music Box’ - to provide appropriate social distance to its chamber music events | By the end of this year’s festival the Music Box will have hosted more than 40 live performances
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 2, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Tokyo this week – for a special, socially-distanced performance with conductor Kazumasa Watanabe and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | The concert, the first live orchestral performance in Tokyo since the beginning of quarantine, featuring: Rossini’s ‘Overture to The Barber of Seville’ - coupled with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 2, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Tokyo this week – for a special, socially-distanced performance with conductor Kazumasa Watanabe and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | The concert, the first live orchestral performance in Tokyo since the beginning of quarantine, featuring: Rossini’s ‘Overture to The Barber of Seville’ - coupled with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 2, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Tokyo this week – for a special, socially-distanced performance with conductor Kazumasa Watanabe and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | The concert, the first live orchestral performance in Tokyo since the beginning of quarantine, featuring: Rossini’s ‘Overture to The Barber of Seville’ - coupled with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 2, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Tokyo this week – for a special, socially-distanced performance with conductor Kazumasa Watanabe and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | The concert, the first live orchestral performance in Tokyo since the beginning of quarantine, featuring: Rossini’s ‘Overture to The Barber of Seville’ - coupled with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’
KATONAH, NEW YORK - JULY 23, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the Caramoor Center for Music and Arts in Katonah, New York – for a special livestream recital with The Knights Chamber Ensemble and cellist Karen Ouzounian | Program featuring: Brahms’ String Sextet No. 2 in G Major - coupled with the world premiere of Anna Clyne’s ‘Shorthand’
KATONAH, NEW YORK - JULY 23, 2020 | We’re coming to you from the Caramoor Center for Music and Arts in Katonah, New York – for a special livestream recital with The Knights Chamber Ensemble and cellist Karen Ouzounian | Program featuring: Brahms’ String Sextet No. 2 in G Major - coupled with the world premiere of Anna Clyne’s ‘Shorthand’
ROCKPORT, MASSACHUSETTS - JULY 26, 2020 | We’re coming to you from Rockport Music Festival, in Massachusetts, United States this week – for a livestreamed performance with violinist Chee-Yun Kim and pianist Henry Kramer | Program includes: Faure’s 1st Violin Sonata - coupled with Debussy’s Violin Sonata, ‘Clair de Lune’ and ‘Beau Soir’