Baroque Bach from Beiliang Zhu
Cellist Beiliang Zhu breaks out her Baroque bow to plays Bach's sublime Suite No. 3 in our brand-new Video Of The Week
A Bass Hit
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Heifetz Baroque is Here!
Announcing our new Baroque Vocal Workshop for Summer 2019!
Bellow for our Cellos
Our outstanding cello faculty is just one of the many reasons to apply to #Heifetz2019!
Heifetz Institute and the Chamber Of Music
Check out the remarkable chamber music faculty pottering around at #Heifetz2019!
Old-School Sibelius from a Living Legend
Violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi revives four rarities in our brand-new Video Of The Week
Viva Our Violins!
Check out the world-renowned violin faculty you'll meet at #Heifetz2019!
Zing Go Our Strings!
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#Faculty Friday - Jan Mark Sloman, who will be on the Violin Faculty for both #Heifetz2019 and #HeifetzPEG2019, is a highly regarded violinist and dedicated teacher whose multi-faceted career speaks to his passion for the violin, its ability to communicate powerfully, and his desire to develop true artistry in the students he guides. He has enjoyed a distinguished career leading orchestral violin sections throughout the United States and around the world. He held the title of Principal Associate Concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and is presently Principal Associate Concertmaster Emeritus. Mr. Sloman was on the faculty of the Meadowmount School Of Music, and in 2015, accepted an appointment to the violin faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music. Strongly committed to educational opportunities for young musicians, Mr. Sloman founded a nonprofit organization, The Institute for Strings, to provide students in the Dallas area the opportunity to immerse themselves in an intensive music program that included solo and chamber music performance opportunities, as well as concerts as part of a self-conducted string orchestra. ... See MoreSee Less
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Happy Valentine's Day! Violist En-Chi Cheng introduces, and he and pianist Anton Smirnoff perform the first two sections ("Introduction" and "The Young Juliet") from Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet." This ballet, based on William Shakespeare's play about the star-crossed lovers, originally avoided the morbid outcome of the original story. The composer explained, “living people can dance, the dead cannot.” The director, Sergei Radlov, clarified this decision, saying the story is “about the struggle for the right to love by young, strong, and progressive people battling against feudal traditions and feudal outlooks on marriage and family.” This revision sparked controversy among Soviet officials, and its production was delayed for five years while significant edits were made to the score and the more traditional ending was integrated.
Captured in performance at the 2015 Heifetz International Music Institute "Festival of Concerts," held at @Mary Baldwin University. ... See MoreSee Less
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Communication Training at the Heifetz Institute strives to empower young performers to perfect their artistry by developing their physical, mental, and emotional range and connecting these with the music they play. It also provides a great opportunity to forge powerful interactions with other Heifetz students. Learn more here: www.heifetzinstitute.org/program-2/… ... See MoreSee Less
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#AlumniMonday - violinist Itamar Zorman attended The Heifetz Institute back in 2008, and returned as an Artist in Residence for the Institute's 20th Anniversary Season in 2016. He is a winner of the 2011 International Tchaikovsky competition and a recipient of the 2014 Borletti-Buitoni Award and the 2013 Avery Fisher Career Grant. He is among the many Heifetz alumni to have taken his training onwards to an illustrious professional career. Check out more of his work and follow Itamar at his website: www.itamarzorman.com
In this performance, Itamar and pianist Alexander Tentser perform Henryk Wieniawski's "Variations On An Original Theme," Op. 15, at a "Heifetz Sunday Matinee " concert at Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, VA. ... See MoreSee Less
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#FacultyFriday - the peerless Dominique Labelle will be the principal vocal instructor at the inagural Heifetz Baroque Vocal Worshop this summer. Throughout her career, Labelle has fearlessly plumbed the technical and emotional depths of music, turning in performances of “almost alarming ferocity” (San Francisco Chronicle), possessed of “conviction but without exhibitionism” (De Telegraaf), that have “the audience hanging on every note” (The Boston Globe). Her passionate commitment to music-making has led to close and enduring collaborations with a number of the world’s most respected conductors and composers. Don't miss this opportunity to study with one of the world's finest sopranos.The opening aria of Vivaldi's sacred motet "In turbato mare" RV 627, featuring soprano Dominique Labelle. Live video from the Voices of Music "Stabat Mater" ... ... See MoreSee Less
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