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<\/a><\/div>\nI had the pleasure of being present for most of tonight\u2019s finale in the 2010 Indianapolis Violin Competition<\/a>. Unfortunately being there as a family meant we couldn\u2019t stay until the very end and hear the judges\u2019 decision. But we got to enjoy live performances of the Sibelius and Tchaikovsky violin concertos. <\/p>\n Neither piece ever made the impression on me via a recording that they did tonight. The Sibelius concerto has so much dynamic energy (at least as performed this evening!) and in the slow movement of the Tchaikovsky concerto, you notice the \u201cconversations\u201d between the violin and other solo instruments in a way I never did when listening to a recording.<\/p>\n In theory you can listen to recordings of the performances (including tonight\u2019s!)\u00a0via the competition\u2019s web site<\/a>. In practice I\u2019ve found they tend not to work all the way through \u2013 although that may just be because lots of people around the world are following it live, and so it may work better in days to come.<\/p>\n I\u2019m grateful to the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra<\/a> for making our attendance possible. The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra<\/a> will be holding a play-a-thon two weeks from now (members will be playing all day at a local McDonalds two weeks from now). If you have a passion for supporting the arts and\u00a0giving opportunities\u00a0to urban youth to have access to music education<\/a>, and would like to sponsor a participant, let me know! (There should even be a guest appearance by yours truly as accompanist at some point).<\/p>\n I had the pleasure of being present for most of tonight\u2019s finale in the 2010 Indianapolis Violin Competition. Unfortunately being there as a family meant we couldn\u2019t stay until the very end and hear the judges\u2019 decision. But we got to enjoy live performances of the Sibelius and Tchaikovsky violin concertos. Neither piece ever made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n