Earth Day is no better time to celebrate spring in the Shenandoah Valley - when the whole valley is at the peak of its April blooms. Small wonder then, that Earth Day also marks the start of Virginia Garden Week, when spring visitors are welcomed to more than 250 of Virginia's most beautiful gardens, homes and historic landmarks in what's called "America's Largest Open House." For the past … [Read more...]
Video of the Week: Mendelssohn For Three
I would like to have saved the honour for a somewhat longer piece, but then I should have had to put it off, as I have so often of late. Nothing seemed good enough to me, and in fact neither does this trio.’ Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) may have had second thoughts about his second piano trio, but few would agree today: His Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66, written just two years before his … [Read more...]
Congrats To the Nats!
For the third time in five years, The Washington Nationals are the champions of the National League East. Sure, they've got great pitching and big hitters, but we think the real reason is the "Heifetz Effect" - Heifetz students have made the drive from Staunton to Washington DC exactly....three times in the past five years to open a Nats game with a stirring two-violin version of our National … [Read more...]
Suite For Student & Teacher
At a 2015 Celebrity Series concert, Heifetz faculty violinist Grigory Kalinovsky teams up with his 13-year-old student Masha Lakisova to play a scampering Suite For Two Violins by Polish composer Moritz Moszkowski. Dina Vainshtein is the pianist. https://youtu.be/hLhSenCYORE … [Read more...]
Take Us Out To the Ball Game!
Heifetz Office Manager Nick Walge reflects on the Nationals, an Anthem, and Major League debuts.... I can't speak for every member of the Heifetz Institute that strode through the cement underbelly of Nationals Park this past Tuesday, but what I can say is that even three hours before the game was set to start, my excitement had already risen to goosebump-level intensity. This feeling wasn’t a … [Read more...]
