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Rudolf Koelman, pays a special tribute to Jascha Heifetz and will be touring in Asia and Australia

December 5, 2012 at 12:06 PM

We’ve been asking Rudolf Koelman why he wants to do this tour.
“To me it is a tribute to a great Master. Heifetz was a very dedicated teacher, twice a week lessons, once a month chamber music day; he would always go for: What do you want to express with the music? Technique was secondary but if you had some problems he would show you 3 different ways to solve it instantly!”

Why was Heifetz such a great teacher?
“He always would grab his violin at certain moments and show me in a few notes a whole story, incredible poetic sound and musicality. He was and unequaled, genius, magic violinist; from another world!”

‘No strings attached’
Koelman’s most memorable moment:
“He must have heard from some one I had money troubles. One day he called me after the lesson in his office (I thought I was kicked out of the class!), surprisingly he gave me some money. “No strings attached," he said, I replied: what does that mean? He said: when people give you something they often expect something back in return......I don't....”

Tour dates and more:

http://www.ciceronema.com/

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