Insights from the life of the conductor, violinist and violist

Playing chamber music is the best way to become a professional musician I see talented young players today dance around when they play, and some women try to look sexy on stage. Its show business and it sells, but it has spoiled musical taste. At the beginning its better for young musicians to have a simple instrument and to learn to find colours on that. To play chamber music well you must be a good person, not only a good musician. You must create a balance between your own ego and the egos of your colleagues. oloists often dont know what happens in the orchestra ! they "ust play the solo line. #hen you play chamber music you have to know the score, so playing chamber music is the best way to become a professional musician.

Its exciting to play modern music. You are breathing the same air as the composer. $ven if you have different political opinions, you know what you are both speaking about because you live in the same time. Photo: Oleg Nachinkin