Each one of the 24 Caprices by the 19th-century violin virtuoso is designed to develop both a violinist's technique, AND to expand the potential of the instrument's tone colors and expressive range. Though often the musicality of Paganini gets lost in devilishly tricky technical challenges! Heifetz Institute alum and 2019 Artist in Residence and Teaching Fellow Shannon Lee was more than up to … [Read more...]
Videos of the YEAR: The Top Ten of Twenty Eighteen
Every week, we dip in to our robust multimedia archive to share with you some of the remarkable performances of Heifetz artists - students, faculty, and alumni - captured in concert. Whether it's in our "home base" of Mary Baldwin University's Francis Auditorium, in the Blackfriars Playhouse of the American Shakespeare Center, under the Hootenanny Tent, or any of our Heifetz On Tour venues, the … [Read more...]
Video of the Week: A Leaf from Wagner’s Album
Wagner's wistful little album-leaf for Princess Pauline Metternich, dated "Paris, June 18, 1861," was both a token of thanks and a bid for further patronage. Adrian Corleonis, All Music Guide Richard Wagner in 1861 Princess Pauline von Metternich At the 2018 Heifetz Festival of Concerts, Artist in Residence Shannon Lee introduced a small page from the past … [Read more...]
