Oct 22, 2010

A rare chance tonight to hear veteran violinist and teacher Miriam Fried in a live Toronto recital

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10/18/2010A rare chance tonight to hear veteran violinist and teacher Miriam Fried in a live Toronto recital

As part of her teaching residency this term at University of Toronto's Faculty of Music, Romanian-born violinist Miriam Fried (member of the Mendelssohn String Quartet) is giving a recital this evening at Walter Hall. She is one of those rare musicians who is just as inspirational as a no-bull teacher as she is on stage as a performer.?Fried has a magnetic personality, both as a person and as a musician, which should make for a great musical outing.?

The 7:30 p.m. programme is juicy, including Beethoven's "Kreutzer" Sonata and Bartok's Sonata No. 1. Her accompanist is Dina Vainshtein?(tickets are $25 & $35 at 416-978-3744).

In case you need an introduction, here are three clips. The first two are of Fried with her husband, Paul Bliss (on viola) and violinist Hye-Ji Kim, performing Dvorak's Terzetto (once you get past the slightly wonky sound, it's a wonderful performance) at the Festival de Música de Santa Caterina in Brazil last January, followed by some thoughts on teaching:

Posted by John Terauds at 08:34:01 AMin Canada, Chamber Music, Current Affairs, Music, News, Violin

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