Journal

International Violin Competition

Posted in: Education, Music | February 4, 2013 at 1:19 pm , by Sergei V. Korschmin

“John Curro inspired Dietrich Lasa to go ahead with the International Violin Competition and agreed to be available to conduct the public concert on 24 November 2013, at the Old...

Druzhinin plays Shostakovich Viola Sonata

Posted in: Music | August 7, 2012 at 6:46 pm , by Sergei V. Korschmin

1 comment

If you read my translation of the “Letter from Leningrad” written by Boris Tishenko in 1975 here Shostakovich Viola Sonata you will definitely be interested in this 1975 recording of...

Unanswered Question

Posted in: Education | July 22, 2012 at 4:40 pm , by Sergei V. Korschmin

No comments

What do Leonard Bernstein[Search] a highly regarded composer of both Classical and Broadway, an accomplished pianist, a great conductor, and an eloquent musicologist, and Noam Chomsky[Search] an American linguist, philosopher,...

Shostakovich Viola Sonata

Posted in: Education | June 5, 2012 at 2:02 am , by Sergei V. Korschmin

2 comments

I was asked to translate this letter by a music student of the University of Queensland some time ago. I am not a professional translator so I was wondering if...

Notes for Private Music Teacher

Posted in: Education | June 1, 2012 at 10:07 pm , by Sergei V. Korschmin

2 comments

Hello dear music teaching colleagues, My good friend (and brilliant musician) Rodney Haynes found an old J. A. & S. Print, 1980 publication “NOTES for PRIVATE MUSIC TEACHERS” by the...