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Real Violin Playing

December 28, 2008 at 1:21 PM

Sounds I have never heard before. Listen and weep.

 

Corwin,

I'm weeping, I'm weeping………and smiling:-) 

This is gorgeous playing. Are there any videos of Vasa Prihoda?

Thanks—

Drew

Drew, there are a few more:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Vasa+Prihoda&search_type=&aq=f

There are also a number of his recordings available at ArkivMusic:

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/albumList.jsp?name_id1=9722&name_role1=2&bcorder=2

He apparently had a role in a movie where he played several pieces. He had a very quiet technique

www.youtube.com/watch

Link fixed.

Why haven't I heard this violinist before. This is one of the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.

Thanks Yixi—I listened to a number of the You Tube recordings and they are as wonderful as I expected.

Corwin—when I click on the link, my browser say's not found:-(

Thanks for trying and I will search it out.

Drew

 Corwin—

Got it:-)

He is still known in the Czech Republic, though. If you want to find more background information on him you will need to search using the proper spelling of his name which is "Vaša P?íhoda" (pronounced va-sha pr-shee-hodda). That will get you hits in Czech which you can then translate using Google Translate.

For example, Musikus.cz has a bio on him at ...

www.muzikus.cz/klasicka-hudba-jazz-clanky/Vasa-Prihoda-Opomijeny-houslista-stoleti~03~srpen~2006/

which pasted into Google Translate will get you ...

translate.google.com/translate

PS: the "r" with the inverted caret came out as a question mark, yet another quirk of this pesky editor on violinist.com

Laurie, can you not give us a choice so we can edit plain text without that editor if we choose to?

Married to and divorced from Alma Rose (no relation) of "Playing for Time" fame.  Apparently didn't do much to save her from the Holocaust.

I have a dissenting opinion.  I just don't like this style.  To me it is overly sweet and gooey.

I agree with Pauline. I don't like it either.