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First serious violinlesson after 25 years

May 31, 2006 at 11:11 AM

Yesterday I had my first serious violinlesson after 25 years. First I had lessons from 10-17 years and than I began to play in orchestra's. Between 1985-1990 I didn't play in a single orchestra, but after 1990 I played in 2 orchestra's every week, which has grown to 5 or 6 /half a year. My ambition is to play different programs and specially rare violinconcerto's or rare symfonies. I hate it to play a programm for the 2th or 3th time, also when the orchestra is better. But sometimes the amateurorchestra is so good that I can't play with then, because I was not good enough for their level.
For that reason I had 3 lessons for an audition, which failed, for an orchestra in 1995. Now again an audition nearly failed for another orchestra, but I could play the programm with the violinconcerto of Chachaturian, but they would give me after half a year a new chance after some violinlessons.
In my first lesson Natasja van Doesburg said that I had to press more with my right pointing-finger on my bow to get a better tone in the string.
Natasja gives violin- and keyboardlessons, she plays in a professional orchestra and she is conductor. Conductinglessons she got from the same conductor who said that I had to take violinlessons and will get a new auditionchance after half a year.
Here a foto of her from her website:
http://www.vioollessen.nl/index.html

From Richard Hellinger
Posted on May 31, 2006 at 8:31 PM
Congrats. I hope you achieve your dream! But if you believe you can achieve!
*violins Make the World go Round*

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