"You're an actor. Think about Shakespeare, or about Ibsen - only you're using notes instead of words" - those were the first words of veteran violinist Chaim Taub when he went onstage during a master class last week, to work on Brahms' first violin sonata. The pupil he addressed was a participant in the Keshet Eilon Music Center's summer workshop, which each year attracts outstanding young players from...
Sound Box / A real master's class
Veteran violinist Chaim Taub believes master classes are meant to glorify the artist more than teach the pupil. But the participants and audience at his tutorial last week would surely disagree.
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Noam Ben-Zeev


