Timothy and I reflect on how we dealt this pandemic and the lockdown.

• what we missed during this time
• what new things we discovered that were not related to music

 

We discuss practice routines

• preparing for competitions
• daily practice routines
• amount of time and breaks 
• scale practice routines

 

Preparing for competitions

• concerto selection
• acquiring stamina 

 

Recording oneself 

• audio and video 
• knowing your threshold

 

Comfort with speaking to the audience

• learning the are of vocally speaking and connecting

 

What is required learning for major Intl. Violin Competitions

• repertoire
• what happens each day of the event and each round
• Hanover versus Queen Elizabeth
• environment of the competitors
• conditioning for solo playing versus orchestral playing
• Orchestral auditions versus Solo competitions 

 

Timothy’s violin 

• how he procured his Strad
• his plan for a future violin
• modern violins?
• pairing of violin and violinist 
• del Gesu versus Strad

 

Timothy’s influences

• Zukerman
• Sarah Chang
• Oistrakh and Ivry Gitlis
• modern day soloist and concerto 

 

His approach to playing Bach

• historical versus the modern versions 
• equipment (instrument and bow) and the  influence on Bach 
• vibrato and Bach

 

Timothy’s evolving relationship to music

• as a child 
• as a career 
• within the current situation... discovery 

 

Social media

• violin forums 
• connecting with audiences 

 

If Timothy wasn’t a musician???

  

What is the last piece of music that Timothy listened to?

• classical and non-classical