Originally posted by: n yusef
Originally posted by: Descartes
Interesting? Yes. Amazing? No. It's not a demonstration of violin virtuosity if that's what you're thinking. They're even holding the violin on the wrong side in the header photo.
This girl knows how to play the violin.
She may have more talent, but the I'd rather listen to Black Violin 8 days of the week. She's practiced hard and is a very good musician, but I didn't see any of her in that performance. Anyone can learn to play someone else's music just like they did, but if you heard that without the video, would you know who it was? With enough training, anyone can do what that girl just did.
I'm not saying Black Violin is original, or even masters of their craft, but they're 1) different, and 2) show passion.
That girl looked like a well trained robot, IMO.
I'm not going to be negative about your reply as you're just voicing your opinion. I can say that your opinion is common to those that don't know classical music, and that's quite all right. Many think it's just a simple regurgitation of what's on the page, but to refute such an incorrect assessment would take more than a post in a message board, imo.
Suffice it to say that you are entirely wrong for a lot of reasons:
1) She improvised in some of those pieces. She also composed her own cadenza for Mozart's violin sonata. This is hardly a regurgitation and it shows an impressive command of music as a language.
2) Her mechanical command of the violin takes a lifetime to master, and most never achieve what she has in her short years.
Those are the two primary refutations. Also understand that there's a difference between knowing how to speak (improvisation) and learning how to communicate (language). Classical musicians learn the language of music and work from there.
