A Musical Soliloquy

Hosted by Zachary Brandon and Steven SongTimestamps:0:00 Overview0:56 - Paganini 1 4:00 - Paganini 24 Overview12:58 - Theme15:34 - Variation 120:14 - Variation 222:55 - Right Arm Position34:09 - Variation 338:25 - No Vibrato42:12 - Variation 342:39 - Variation 447:55 Variation 551:30 - Variation 653:54 - Variation 7 (pizzicato)56:51 - Variation 8 (chords)57:15 - Variation 9 (Slow)57:38 - Finale 58:58 - Practice Tip of the Week1:03:02 - Recording Recommendation of the Week

Hosted by Zachary Brandon and Steven Song :)Timestamps0:00 Welcome and Intro0:25 Aspen Music Festival and School12:20 Cons of Aspen24:12 - Sounding Point Academy28:10 - Brian Lewis Young Artist Program30:57 - Heifetz International Music Institute35:11 - Meadowmount School of Music41:55 - Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival44:42 - Music Academy of the West47:55 - Concertmaster57:27 - Practice Tip of the Week58:51 - Recording Recommendation of the Week:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a84oRQa7oQw&t=310s

Hosted by Zachary Brandon and Steven Song :)0:00 Welcome and Overview1:19 - Debussy Violin Sonata 4:50 - Pablo Picasso La Vie6:20 - Impressionist Movement8:47 - Music as Painting10:25 - Mark Rothko’s Color Fields12:30 - Franck Violin Sonata 19:20 - Jackson Pawlak26:27 - Johann Sebastian Bach31:58 - Bach Fugues39:40 - Bach Partita No. 3 in E Major 43:22 - Bach Sonata No. 2 Andante46:02 - Mahler, Sibelius, and Nature47:37 - Beethoven Sonata No. 4 vs 554:41 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1:02:18 - Wes Anderson1:07:17 - Béla Bartók1:11:32 - Practice Tip of the Week - Grouping Notes1:13:43 - Recording Recommendation of the Week - Tibor Varga Mozart Rondo in C Major⁠https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7ns2-qMmJiQ⁠Recording of Steven and Zach playing Beethoven Spring Sonata: ⁠https://youtu.be/tSwvXFLGt_E?si=xTJorReFBGtHPXj1⁠

Hosted by Zachary Brandon and Steven Song :)Timestamps:0:00 WelcomeMusical Inspirations:0:40 Thomas Zehetmair2:56 Jascha Heifetz4:40 David Oistrakh7:19 Christian Ferras11:14 Robert Schumann13:05 Isaac Stern16:26 Nathan Milstein19:23 Yehudi Menuhin21:45 Eugene Ysaye23:49 Sayaka Shoji25:39 Maxim Vengerov29:27 Itzhak Perlman31:25 Pinchas Zukerman33:46 Fritz Kreisler41:00 Menuhin & YsayeMentors:44:18 - Jin Zhang45:22 - Julia Tsien46:22 - Gerardo Ribeiro48:00 - Tai Murray50:20 - Jim Butler53:28 - Audrey Lipsey, Renata Knific54:56 - Almita Vamos, Hye-Sun Lee1:04:53 - Robert Lipsett, Colburn School1:12:56 - Jaime Laredo, Jan Mark Sloman, CIM (Cleveland Institute of Music)1:16:03 1:19:33 - Stephen Rose1:20:29 - Jessica Lee1:24:31 - Yale, Augustin Hadelich1:27:29 - Steven’s Recording Recommendation of the Week - Thomas Zehetmair Bach Violin Concerto in E Major1:29:13 - Zach’s Recording Recommendation of the Week - Belcea Quartet Janacek String Quartet No. 1&2, Ligeti String Quartet Métamorphoses 

Timestamps:0:00 Welcome1:00 - How to Prepare for an Audition22:10 - Technique and Musicality51:35 - Mindset for an Audition1:07:42 - The Day of the Audition1:16:00 - Practice Tip of the Week