"When I am carving wood, I am like a carpenter or a sculptor. When I am varnishing, I am a painter, an artist. Once it goes into the performer's hands, I become like a doctor, or sometimes a psychiatrist," he smiles and adds, "and then it becomes all about their experience with the instrument."

Photo: From the catalog of the Schubertiade Marking its 50 th anniversary , the Schubertiade festival, held annually in the serene Vorarlberg region of Austria, with programming taking place in the towns of Schwarzenberg and Hohenems , is a renowned celebration of Franz Schubert’s musical genius. Setting the scene with a variety of designated spaces hidden amid the vast summer scape of Austria’s countryside, the festival creates a cultural time capsule that seeks to preser

Photo Credit: Jennifer Taylor, Irene Abrigo, Maestro Salvatore Di Vittorio with the Chamber Orchestra of New York Nothing seems too complicated for this highly versatile and engaging violinist. Her strength lies in her noble simplicity. She balances a lunch date with an old friend during a brief, jet-lagged visit to New York City with a rehearsal, geared to transform the audience at Carnegie Hall that evening. She spontaneously performs at an educational initiative with a pia

Founded by the guitarist and musicologist Simon Wynberg in 2003, the ensemble’s core group is comprised of senior faculty from Toronto’s Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School.

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