Live from New York: the 2013 Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies at The Juilliard School

May 26, 2013 at 8:52 PM

This is my fourth time to attend the biennial event, and I've always enjoyed the shared wisdom, the amazing student performers and master classes, the pedagogy classes, and the opportunity to mix with colleagues. I'll be writing about it each day, and you can also read our coverage of the last three Symposiums here.

Itzhak Perlman at the 2009 Symposium, with students Michelle Ross, IhnSeon Park, Ania Filochowska, Seung Jung Oh, Aretta Zhulla, Nicole Leon
©Photo: Nan Melville / The Juilliard School

This year's events begin on Tuesday. It's a great lineup, including master classes with Itzhak Perlman; Jorja Fleezanis of Indiana University; Ani Kavafian of Yale; William Preucil of Cleveland Institute of Music; and Sylvia Rosenberg of The Juilliard School. The students selected to play at those master classes are Robyn Bollinger, 21, of New Jersey; Elli Choi, 11, of New York; Gloria Ferry-Brennan, 16, of Washington; Ji Min Lee, 24, of New York; Marié Rossano, 19, of Washington; William Shaub, 20, of Ohio; Emily Shehi, 14, of Kansas; Ji-Won Song, 20, of Pennsylvania; Eric Tsai, 16, of Alabama and Angela Wee, 16, of New York.

We'll also attend pedagogy classes (they gave us quite a repertoire list to bring -- very heavy on Bach, which makes me happy). Brian Lewis of the University of Texas at Austin will discuss "The Musical Gems of Josef Suk"; we'll have two separate classes on various aspects of Bach's solo works, one with Katie Lansdale of The Hartt School and the other with Michael McLean of The Colburn School; and Odin Rathnam will talk about "Principals of Ivan Galamian in Practical Application." Well also hear William Preucil and Giora Schmidt in recital.

So be sure to check in with us at Violinist.com each day this week, starting Tuesday, for our coverage of this event, and you are also welcome to follow us on Facebook and Twitter!

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