“try to make us listen to every note that you want to produce out of the instrument. make us listen. don’t just play because he wrote it down on a piece of paper” very impactful words
The basic fundamentals. So many lacking those very important steps to being a good musician and a great player. Fundamentals fundamentals fundamentals.
3rd kid, Gary Levinson - future concertmaster of the DSO. Amazing to see such a renowned violinist, in their early years, learning directly from one of history's Greats.
I'm not really a classical violinist fan or expert but I have heard about Eugene Fodor and his talents. He died relatively young and had a life-long struggle with drugs and alcohol addiction, which contributed to his death. It appears his family has a genetic predisposition to these types of physical and mental issues. One of his daughters, Lindsay, who goes by the name Daisy, is a regular on the boardwalk in Venice Beach, California,and well known for her eccentric behavior. She is an attractive well-spoken woman but appears to have significant psychological and emotional issues.
Knew him most of his life. Performed with him many times , and recorded with him. Also knew his family. I know of no familial genetic predisposition to drugs and alcohol. He threw away his career and his life pretty much on his own, with the help of an abusive father.
Use the fourth finger on the A string for your e. Keep it all on the same string so that you have it voiced. Also, spicatto is always beginning on the string. To get a more even stroke, reverse the bowing. You have to spend as much time on the upstroke as you do on the down and most people shorten the length of the up bow. Making it impossible to do the staccato
he was a great fiddler, i've heard him a couple of times in person, quite familiar with him, but this sounds like he hasn't touched a fiddle in a month. i don't know, maybe he didn't have this piece in his fingers at the time.
Something to do with cocaine. Not sure if possession or dealing. Remember him talking about freebasing in an interview. I do remember they let him practice in his cell. which is pretty cool.
@@starkeymorgan4142 I just saw an interview with his daughter, Lindsay, who claims her father was molesting her best friend from the ages of 13 to 16, this guy was a real piece of work apparently! Nobody goes to prison for simply possession, he was probably dealing or trafficking!
The Greatest. Looking for a yt upload of "March from the Love of Three Oranges," Prokokiev, which I used to have on an LP which we bought after seeing him in concert at Red Rocks with the CSO.
