Sunday, April 12, 2009
Blogging Assignment
Here is your first blogging assignment. Go to You Tube and find a video of someone playing your instrument. Tell us a little bit about the person (which may require future research), the piece of music or anything else you feel is important. Then, you are to comment on the playing. What do you like about the performance? You may make commentary on difficulty, range, tone, technique and maybe you have some questions that arise after watching it. I have given you a a example of a video that I like and response for you to use as a guide. Happy Blogging! Here is my post. I have chosen Alison Balsom is a 30 year old female trumpet player from Hertfordshire England. She began playing at an early age and attended the famous Guildhall School of Music in England. She has a very busy schedule as a soloist and plays a great variety of music. Her CD, Caprice released in 2006 features Caprice #24 by Niccolo Paganini. Paganini was a great violinist virtuoso from Genoa, Italy. He is considered to be the father of violin technique. His Caprice No. 24 in A Minor is one of the most difficult pieces written for violin. This is a theme and variation on a very familiar melody and is one of the 24 caprices that Paganini wrote for violin. Alison Balsom has transcribed this Caprice for trumpet. What I like about this performance is the incredible technique that she displays. She has a beautiful warm tone in all registers of the instrument. In this piece she plays with a very lyrical approach through all variations. Each variation has very different challenges for the trumpet player. I love the 2nd variation which features the trumpet playing triplets from the upper register to lower register of the trumpet. Also, I love her flexibility on the final variation of the piece slurring large intervals and scales. I hope you like it! Just copy, paste and enjoy www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W7bGzi9G2k
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For my post, I have chosen Sergei Nakariakov, a 32-year-old, Russian, trumpet and flügelhorn player. Sergei begain playing piano when he was 6 years old and showed great promise, however, 3 years later, when he was 9, he suffered a spine injury which made it impossible for hom to continue his studies on piano. He then switched to trumpet, and in 4 years, he performed at a music festival in Kersholm, Finland and was dubbed the "Paganini of the Trumpet" by the Finnish press. He is a amazing virtuoso.
ReplyDeleteThe recording I have chosen by him is of J. S. Bach's Air on the G String played on flügelhorn, which was originally written for Violin (given it's name because it can be played on a single string of the violin). What I really like about this recording is just how smoothly he manages to play everything and how relaxed he while playing the entire time. What I found most impressive was his breath control. He is capable of playing extremely long phrases without any breaks, and a few times you can even see him using circular breathing. Hope you enjoy it.
Sergei Nakariakov
I have chosen Claudio Chiara, a famous alto sax player born in Moncalieri in the year 1960. In 1982 Claudio graduated from the Conservatory of Music "G. Verdi" of Turin in double bass. During his time there he also studyed jazz music and the saxophone. He became very interested in the alto saxophone and learned to play. Since 1986 he has been the first alto sax in Gianni Basso's big band. He has also performed with big bands such as l'Orchestra Ritmica della Rai di Milano and the big band del "Paese degli Specchi" of Bologna.
ReplyDeleteClaudio Chiara and Patti Wicks, who play piano, have worked together to produce the CD "Two For The Road". The recording I have chosen is a song called "Brano Tratto Dal Disco". In this song it is clear Claudio is very talented at the alto sax. His fast fingering is amazing as well as his air control. I love that he has a smooth lyrical sound and it is very easy for him to go from low to high notes. He does a great job staying with the tempo. All in all, he is an amazing alto sax player!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGo3rucqz4Q
I have chosen Marco Antonio Mazzini. I was not able to fine out an age for a bassist friend, but if i were ball park it, id say about 30. Marco is a recital soloist, concerto soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. He has performed in countless places such as Carnegie Hall (New York), Tama Center (Tokyo), and the Paris Conservatory (Paris). Marco first made his debut in the Lima Philharmonic Orchestra, as a winner of the "Concurso Nacional de Conciertos" in Peru. He has participated in a ton of competitions and won several awards, including a spot in the position of bass clarinet at the YouTube Symphony Orchestra.
ReplyDeleteThe piece i chose to listen to was "Mozart Clarinet Concerto." While Marco was playing this piece i forgot to analize it the first time cause i was boggled at the warm tone that he was able to achieve. After watching for a second time i noticed that he looks very passionate in his playing. It not only come out in the rich sound he creates but also the way his body plays the music as well. Marco was able to fully demonstrate all the dynamics needed in this piece. The thing about this that grabbed my attention the most was the speed of his fingers at some parts throughout the piece. Overall it was a very calming song, with a rich and warm feel.
Here are some links to check out.
WEBSITE
http://www.clariperu.org/mazziniBIO.html
VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3se7XiYnKEM
Julian Bliss is only 19 and already he is established on the international concert scene and has already appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, City of Birmingham and many more.
ReplyDeleteIn recitals he has appeared at prestigious venues such as Wigmore Hall, the Louvre in Paris, Jerusalem Music Festival, the Lincoln Center in New York and many other places.
Julian was invited to record exclusively for EMI on their main label. His most recent release with Sabine Meyer as recording partner has been greeted with critical acclaim.
The piece I chose is called clarinet solo de concours by Andre Messager. Julian Bliss is only 12 years old at this performance. He is shown playing a solo with a full orchestra. He is standing, something I find hard to do while playing. He does not look nervous at all for the thousand plus audience and he plays like it is second nature. The tone is very pretty and I feel that this is a very difficult piece. He has no problem changing from upper register to getting the low notes. This song is pretty long, about 5 minutes and I know that If I am playing that fast I get tired easily and his sound does not change, it is consistently warm, rich and full. My first question would be how would you find the dedication to practice that much? At age 12 he is already gone this far in his playing. I would be curious as to how much better or even how he could improve because the performance was flawless. This video makes me want to become that good and practice. It shows that a lot of hard work pays off. I was very impressed at how broad his range was and the speed especially. Here is the link!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG9D8JjlGow
I have chosen Paula Robison, who is a flutist. Paula was born in Tennessee. Her family was very artsy, various members of her family were involved with acting, dancing, writing and music. Paula studied dance and theatre when very young. She is also an author and a teacher. She graduated from the Juilliard School of Music, and later on started teaching there. She also taught at the New England Conservatory. Her favourite flute to play is the Brannen-Cooper flute. The New York Times wrote she is “A rare artist who can make the flute sound both sensuous and classically pure … An absolute wonder.” Paula Robison has made many CD’s over the years, some of which play Mozart’s’ three arias transcribed for the flute and orchestra. The Concerto in D, The Andante in C, Adagio and Rondo from the Concerto in G, and the Adagio from Quartet No. 1 in D. Paula also has CD’s playing some music by J.S Bach, some Neapolitan Love Songs by Chaminade, Griffes, and Saint Saens the list goes on. She has been recognized for her talents and has won many awards. In 2004 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Flute Association. In May 2008, Paula received an Honorary Doctorate from the San Francisco Conservatory. Just after receiving the Honorary Doctorate she was honored by the Classical Recording Foundations with its annual Samuel Sanders Award at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall. Paula is recognized for her dexterity to tone, “sweetness of the even”, and soft playing, all with great colour and musicality. When listening to her play on youtube, I was amazed at what possibilities there were on the flute. I just try to aim for the notes, and I feel that I can only make it one sound a certain way. Paula used so many techniques, and made every note beautiful. She has great technique, and can hold her breath for many bars, which I find very difficult as a flute player. She could play the high notes softly without any harshness. Each note was played just as great as the next. Paula had a great tone no matter how high or low the note was. In this video she plays "Voliere" from Carnival of the Animals. I chose this video because this shows how great her technique is. Not only does she play this fast, but it is very musical, and she has great tone. She definitely makes this look easy.
ReplyDeleteHere is the Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKXw5_eNr74
I chose to research Albrecht Mayer. He is a German oboist, who is currently the priniple oboist for the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra. Mayer started off his musical career as a singer. He did not start playing the oboe until age ten, but had been singing for quite song time before that. His career as on oboist began in 1990, and only two years after starting his career he landed his position with the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra. He enjoys transcribing vocal music for instruments, and usually the "vocal" part is played by the oboe. Some of his recordings have reached number two in teh german classical music charts and they have even appeared in the german pop charts as well.
ReplyDeleteI listened to Mayer play Händel für Oboe und Orchester. The first thing that impressed me was how he was soloing as well as conducting an string ensemble. What I really loved about his pereformance was his tone. No matter how high or fast he was playing, he never jepordized his tone. It always was warm and full (and sounded beautiful!). His change in articulation was impressive as well. He will be playing long lyrical phrases (his lines are so long, but he does them with ease) and then out of nowhere he will be playing fast staccato notes. Even though the makes many changes in atriculation it is always extremely accurate. His technique and speed are extremely accurate and quick. Some of the notes he hits are extremely high as well, yet he manages to make me want to listen to them. It's fascinating how he can play such high notes, with such great technique and tone. I also was extremely impressed with his breathing control when he was playing in his upper registar. WOW! His recordings are awesome!
Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK7rnFse9TM
I chose to research Sharon Kam, a very talented and diverse clarinetest. She was born in the 1970's or 80's in Israel, and debued with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 16. She is a graduate of the Juliard school of music. She enjoys playing with orchestras and in summer music festivals in Europe. She has performed with the best orchestras in Europe, the US and Japan. She enjoys finding obsure music and bringing it to light. She also performed live on television for the Mozart's 250th annversary celebrations, which I have linked to.
ReplyDeleteI chose to listen to her performance of the second movement of Mozart's Clarinet Concherto in A, which she played on the basset clarinet. She played it with perfect execution, and with so much emotion. The music really pulled me in and drew me along with the phrasing. The clarinet had a really warm sound, and she played it with exquisite feeling.
I really liked how she moved with the music. She had a lot of motion, and I think it really helped bring out the phrasing, and maybe helped her play it better.
Sometimes I could hear her breating, but is is not very obvious, this movement takes a lot of air for the long and quiet phrases.
This movement has a lot of long notes mixed in with fast or staccato notes, which is a challenge to move from one to another without breaking the phrase.
I love how she seemed to fill the room with her warm sound sometimes, her tone was expansive and inviting. She is an amazing player, and I am still amazed after listening to it so many times. I have listened to this video in previous years, and I still find it refreshing and very peaceful.
Here's the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3se7XiYnKEM
The flutist I have chosen is Nina Perlove. (Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n25mDmcBC6E&feature=related ).
ReplyDeleteNina started playing the flute when she was seven years old in Ann Arbour, Michigan with Nancy Waring, who now works with high school bands across Michigan as a teacher. Nina went to the University of Michigan to continue her studies and then to the University of Cincinatti College-Conservatory of Music and thus earning a doctorate degree. She also studied for two years in Paris under Alain Marrion and Sophie Cherrier.
She is know known as "one of the most listened to classical flutists of her generation" as she has become famous through teaching videos, and solos like this video, that she has posted on YouTube. Her website, www.REALFLUTEproject.com, allows access to many teaching videos as well as other informational videos about the flute. She has won many competitions--some of which include: the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition, the Cincinatti Flute Symposium Performer's Competition, and the Richardson Young Artist Competition. She has performed in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Austria in traditional and contemporary solo and chamber music. She played with the Spoleto USA Orchestra, Graz Festival Orchestra, the Jackson and Lansing Symphony Orchestras, and the Charleston Symphony. Currently, she is teaching at the Northen Kentucky University and adjudicating competitons such as the 2009 National Flute Association Dissertation Prize and the Overture Awards.
Nina also writes many articles pertaining to music that have been published in Perspectives of New Music, American Music, Pan Magazine, Windplayer Magazine, Flute Talk Magazine, and the Flutist Quarterly. Her thesis also won the 2004 National Flute Association Dissertation Prize.
The piece she played is titled "Telemann Flute Fantasie in B Minor," obviously composed by Georg Phillip Telemann. Telemann was greatly known for his skills as a composer during his lifetime, although nowadays it is thought that Bach, a contemporary of his, was the better composer of the two. Telemann did not come from a musical family and when he showed an interest in music and composed his first opera at the age of 12, his family confiscated all his instruments in an attempt to stop him pursuing a career in music. He has 12 Flute Fantasies in varying keys: No. 1 in A major, No. 2 in a minor, No. 3 in b minor (THE ONE NINA PLAYS), No. 4 in B flat Major, No. 5 in C Major, No. 6 in d minor, No. 7 in D Major, No. 8 in e minor, No. 9 in E Major, No. 10 in f sharp minor, No. 11 in G Major, and No. 12 in g minor.
A fantasia is known as "a competition in irregular form or style" or "a potpourri of well-known airs arrange with interludes and florid embellishments." (dictionary.com).
Personally, I love this particular piece. The simple arpeggios draw you into the piece at the beginning--they sound quite mournful--only to surprise you with a sudden race of notes. (I can only IMAGINE trying to play them all at her fast tempo--I would certainly fail miserably). However, in most cases the range seems manageable. I like the way that she moves as she plays; on her arpeggios, she lifts her flute up as she ends them at the eighth degree, only to drop her head and her flute again when she starts another. She not only sways side to side, but forward and backward and, at times, moves her head in a circle as she plays the "icing" within the piece. Technique-wise, this piece is quite impressive. Dynamically, it is essential to drop down when hitting the every-other-repeated-notes in a few sections of this piece, and she does this well. I also notice that her cheeks puff at times as she plays--I have never noticed this in other flute players in band, but I will have to in class and in band on Monday. She also generally seems to tilt her head forward--I would have thought this cut off air flow.. but does it?
I love this piece and I love the tone she produces in her flute. I am not a fan of vibratos, but her barely noticeable one sounds quite lovely.
Once, again, her is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n25mDmcBC6E&feature=related
The flutist I chose is Greg Pattillo. He is a beatboxing flutist from Seattle, but now operates in Brooklyn, New York. Pattillo is recognized throughout the world for his redefinition of the flute sound. He is the best in beatboxing and playing the flute in the world. He was lauded by the New York Times as "the best person in the world at what he does. His performance is mainly on you tube. For example, his Inspector Gadget theme song remix, for instance, as of February 24, 2009, was viewed 16,696,225 times. He played Mario theme, spy theme and many more. But he didn't start as a beat boxing flutist. He was first classical music flutist but he liked beat boxing so he connected both of them together. Pattillo earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music. After a summer spent as the acting principal flute of Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Pattillo moved to San Francisco where he was a founding member of the Collaborative Arts Insurgency and the 16th and Mission Thursday night gathering for performers. Pattillo enjoys freelancing as a soloist, and is the flautist of the group PROJECT, the Lalo Quintet, as well as a featured performer at The Box in New York City.
ReplyDeleteOne of his elbum is the Winter In June, The thing I like about him is that he broke the rule of classical flute into fun and exciting tune. Also there are many people who paly beatboxing with flute but they mostly concentrate in beatboxing than the music itself. He plays flute like a mad man. When I first heard him play, I was like how can he do that! I Thought there was someoneelse playing behind the curtain. I love all his songs because they are all popular theme but played in flute. It is just amazing that he can get the high notes and beatbox at the same time. I wonder if I can do it~
His link is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfpRrBhE3Nk
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=8jDv_fYvG6k&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=l3resm3RKdU&feature=related
ENJOY!
For this blogging assignment, I have chosen to research Kari Kriiku. He was born in 1960 in Finland, and is a classical clarinetist. Mr. Kriiku has studied at Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, in England with Alan Hacker, and in the USA with Leon Russianoff and Charles Neidich.
ReplyDeleteKari is considered to be one of the world's foremost clarinetists. His CD of concertos of Carl Maria von Weber was voted "best ever" by Classic CD and BBC Music Magazine. Kriiku's recording of Magnus Lindberg's 2002 clarinet concerto won the Gramophone Award as well as the BBC Music Magazine's award.
The YouTube video I have chosen is of Kari Kriiku performing the clarinet concerto by Lindberg. This piece of music is one of Magnus Lindberg's most popular scores ever. This piece utilizes a folk melody in combination with full orchestration and has created greater interest in the music of Magnus Lindberg.
What I enjoy about Kari Kriiku's performance is the smoothness and fluidity of his playing. His phrasing in this piece is amazing and really leads you through the music as if you were listening to a story. Kari achieves such a clear and warm tone with every note that his playing is a pleasure to listen to. He also demonstrates an expansive range in his performance and seems to make the jump between notes with ease.
The clarinet concerto, as performed by Kari Kriiku has received the following reviews:
"Magnus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto has enjoyed phenomenal success since its 2002 premiere, and rightly so. A marvellous vehicle for the amazing virtuosity of clarinettist Kari Kriikku...indubitably contemporary in language yet sensuosly easy (tuneful, even) on the ear."
BBC Music Magazine
"A perfect concerto, perfectly performed ...if there's any justice it will soon be as oft-performed as Mozart's concerto."
The Times
The link to Kari Kriiku's performance of Magnus Lindberg's clarinet concerto is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foYUqV2nlqg
I have chosen Greg Pattillo as my artist. Greg was born 1977, in Seattle, Washington. Greg is a very talented flautist, and on top of that can perform “Beat Box” on it. He officially started playing the flute when he was in Grade 4. He is able to play complex pieces for the flute, such as Flight of the Bumblebee. He has his own channel on Youtube, which features other songs such as Inspector Gadget’s theme song and Super Mario Bros. theme song.
ReplyDeleteGreg earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Greg spent a summer in Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, after leaving, he became a founding member of the Collaborative Arts Insurgency and the 16th and Mission Thursday night gathering for performers. He also has his own group called PROJECT, and is a featured performer at the Bow in New York City. He has even played with other famous flautists such as Nina Perlove. David was influenced as a child when he heard someone playing the flute. He wanted to get lessons so badly that he even begged his mom to enroll him.
Greg has a different kind of playing than most flautist. As well as being able to play quite well, he “Beat Boxes” on his flute throughout his songs. The one piece that I was impressed about was the Flight of the Bumblebee. His fingers are flying all over the keypads of his flute, and he is creating a beat on top of it.
I liked the range and tone at which he played at. From the sound of it, he was playing in the high register, yet you could still hear the notes distinctly. When he was “Beat Boxing” on his flute, there was literally no pause between him playing the flute and when he beat boxed on it. The way how this connects to be is that we both play the flute, and have persevered through being made fun of beings we are playing a “girl instrument”.
This is the channel with most of his Youtube videos are:
http://www.youtube.com/user/freedomworksfilms
Here is Flight of the Bumblebee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8_K0l12A5E&feature=channel_page
The trumpet player i have chosen to do for this blog is Wynton Marsalis. An American trumpet player and composer, Wynton is well known as a jazz musician. Wynton is also the artistic director at the Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has made over 30 jazz recordings and 15 classical. He has won 9 Grammys between both genre's as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He has been described as the most outstanding jazz musician of the generation.
ReplyDeleteI have been a little harsh on Wynton Marsalis, I am not a real fan of his sound when playing jazz. I respect his abilities as a trumpet player and I do recognize him as an amazing trumpet player but sometimes his sound is just not for me. But the recording I have found is not jazz, it's Wynton Marsalis and the English Chamber Orchestra performing the 1st movement of the Haydn Trumpet Concerto in Eb.
The Haydn Trumpet Concerto was written by Joseph Haydn in 1796 for his friend Anton Weidinger. This was one of the first major pieces for valve trumpet. Before this time all trumpet's were valveless and only certain harmonics were able to be played and the only time they were ever very close to each other is when you're up in a really high register meaning any melodies given for trumpet were written really high. Haydn took advantage of the lower register capabilities and had the trumpet jumping all over the place exploiting the new lower register.
Haydn was a very distinguished musician of his time, he was close friends with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a teacher of Ludwig van Beethoven. He has been called the Father of the Symphony and Father of the string quartet.
When I first saw this video I was absolutely stunned, as I said before I was a little harsh on Wynton and was expecting the same jazz sound I usually here and this took me off guard completely. His sound is absolutely gorgeous, it's clear as a bell and the trills are just jaw dropping. After I recovered from the shock and beauty of it, I was taken by extreme envy, playing anywhere near a quarter of that would be a dream. The big jumps he does near the end are just flawless with complete control and both notes sound perfect. The cadenza at the end was absolutely brilliant as well. He is just absolutely amazing in this video, hitting everything flawlessly, memorized as well and by the age of 20.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqLI32bYnSU
I have chosen to study Emma Johnson and her rendition of Fight of the Bumblebee for this first blogging assignment.
ReplyDeleteHere is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=139COXB6WWM&feature=related
Emma Johnson is a popular British clarinetist who has travelled internationally as a soloist. She is one of very few clarinettists to have a successful career as a soloist. Emma began playing clarinet at a young age and received the BBC Young Musician Award of the Year in 1984. Later on in her youth, she won the Young Concert Artist Auditions in New York. Despite her early success, Emma went on to study music and english at Cambridge University. Since then Emma has appeared as a soloist in the London Symphony, Philharmonia, Hallé, Tokyo Philharmonic, Salzburg Camerata and Netherlands Philharmonic. She has also been asked to direct London Mozart Players and the Royal Philharmonic. Emma Johnson & Friends, her self-conducted ensemble, is also among her long list of accomplishments.
Emma draws inspiration for her playing from singers and says that she uses the clarinet as her voice. This can be seen in the youtube video provided as it is quite similar to a music video.
The piece that Emma Johnson performs in this video is Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee. This well-known classic, composed in 1899–1900 for violin, was apart of the opera; the Tale of Tsar Saltan. It was played during the scene where the swan-bird encourages the prince to turn into a bumblebee to save his father. It can be heard now in the Green Hornet, Kill Bill and the heavy metal band, Manowar.
What I like about Emma Johnson's performance is that it is focused solely on the clarinet. As mentioned above, it is rare for clarinetists to be soloists but it is refreshing to see. While watching, I was blown away at her speed and her ability to maintain a good crisp tone while playing that fast. It would be very easy for this piece to sound shrill or annoying on clarinet, Johnson however, produces a very pleasant combination of musicality and a warm tone. Aside from her beautiful tone, her technique on this diccifult piece is flawless and this piece really showcases her wide range as it goes from low to high with varying intensity. After watching this video I was no longer surprised that her career as a solo clarinetist was so successful.
I chose to do Mike Michalkow. Mike is a rising star in the drum community. He has been recording and teaching drums for over 17 years, and has studied under some of the greatest drummers like John Fisher, Jim Chapin, Chuck Silverman, Peter Magadini, Virgil Donati and Dom Famularo. He Performed at the Vancouver international drum festival in October 2001-2005 by invitation of Yamaha Drums.
ReplyDeleteIn this video Mike is playing a drum solo that he created himself named drum solo #1 I like this solo because it shows his extraordinary talents and how great of a drummer he is. The diffiulty in a drum solo is having to keep coming up with things that are interesting and creative but at the same time not have it sound the same or miss a beat. Which he pulls of perfectly. Whenever he plays something he switches to something different before it gets old. An exceptional skill that he has is hand movement, he is an expert with the moeller method so he plays the drums with his wrists and fingers which makes him go extreamly fast and have the ability to go for long periods of time.
Check it out -----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcOAA0g4fjc
For this assignment, I have chosen the incredible flutist, Nadia Labrie, who is part of a duo called Similia with her identical twin sister, who plays guitar. Together and individually, both girls are extremely talented musicians who are able to produce an incredible sound, while primarily playing latin and contemporary music. Nadia studied music at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec in Rimouski, followed by her masters degree at University of Montreal. Following her completion of University, she perfected her talent with musicians Patrick Gallois, Geneviève Amar and Emmanuel Pahud and has been featured as a soloist with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of the Estuary, and has toured North America, Europe and Asia as a member of the World Orchestra of “Jeunesses Musicales.” She has been awarded the Governor Generals Academic Medal, and Emerging Citizen award (From the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec). Similia also became winners of the Prix Félix for Best Instrumental Album, and were nominated in the 2006 ADISQ's Felix Awards for Best Classical Recording for their Fantasia CD!
ReplyDeleteIn the piece I chose, I absolutely love Nadia’s sound. She can play extremely high notes, while keeping a great tone, and various dynamic levels. Her ability to go from playing slower low notes, to quite fast high notes, flawlessly, amazes me, and her movement with the music shows how much she feels what she's playing. I also am amazed by the speed and sound quality of her runs, especially considering how high a lot of them go!!
Here is the youtube video… Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fSgCzJYtSc