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ENGAGE YOUR
VIOLINMIND
Unlock your true potential by learning the secrets
of intonation in a book by two prominent string
teachers.

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How this book will help you...

Have you ever doubted your intonation? Have you
experienced the need to place pitches differently from one
piece to another, or even from one measure to another? If so,
you are not alone. Trying to decipher intonation is often
frustrating and undermines the confidence of some of the
most accomplished and talented musicians.

ViolinMind is a pedagogical method book that has been

written to help musicians understand HOW intonation works
and, more importantly, WHY it works the way it does. It is an
adaptation of the acclaimed book CelloMind.

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BECOME A MASTER OF INTONATION

The mystery of intonation is revealed in this book by defining
the scientific principles behind it, and providing easy, intuitive
examples of each concept. Understanding intonation
theories will improve your ability to play in tune and guide
you to cultivate and sharpen your skills.

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Reviews from Leading Violinists

Huge congratulations to Hans Jensen and Grigory Kalinovsky for this most comprehensive
resource book to learning about intonation!
It’s a step by step, exercise by exercise, scientifically proven guide to the secrets of what it means
to play “in tune”.
What an invaluable guide this book is to performers and teachers!

Ani Kavafian
Soloist, Chamber Musician, and
Professor

ViolinMind is an indispensable resource on the inner workings of intonation. The book presents
the reader with thorough background on the subject, clear explanations and step-by-step
exercises, something I have not seen in the form of a technique book until now. Working through
it with students is enlightening and fun, opening the door to exciting revelations and discussions.
Thank you!
Judith Ingolfsson
Professor, Peabody Institute of Johns
Hopkins University

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Hans Jørgen Jensen, Professor of Cello at Northwestern
University Bienen School of Music, is the recipient of
numerous honors and awards, including the 2010 Artist
Teacher Award from the American String Teacher’s
Association (ASTA), the Presidential Scholars Program Teacher
Recognition Award from the U.S. Department of Education,
and the Danish Music Critics Award in Copenhagen, one of
Denmark's most prestigious awards. Professor Jensen has
performed and taught master classes across the United
States, as well as in Canada, Australia, Brazil, Europe, Israel,
Japan, and South Korea. Many of his students are Vrst prize
winners in numerous national and international competitions,
as well as members of major U.S. orchestras and leading
music schools. Professor Jensen is also a faculty member of
the Glenn Gould School in Toronto, Canada, the Young Artists
Program at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada, and
the Meadowmount School of Music in Westport, New York.
Jensen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in
Denmark with cellist Asger Lund Christiansen, and at the
Juilliard School with Leonard Rose and Channing Robbins.
Grigory Kalinovsky, Professor of Music (Violin) at Indiana
University Jacobs School of Music, has performed at some of
the world’s major venues, from all three stages of Carnegie
Hall in New York to Musikhalle Grosser Saal in Hamburg. He
has taught at many music festivals, including Zukerman’s
Young Artists Program, Heifetz Institute, Bowdoin, Summit
Music Festival, Pavel Vernikov’s “Il Violino Magico”, Manhattan
in the Mountains, and IU Summer String Academy. In just the
last few years, he has given over a hundred masterclasses at
major conservatories across the US, Europe, Asia, and in
Israel. His students have won top prizes at major international
competitions, including Menuhin Young Violinists Competition
and Tibor Varga Junior Violin Competition. Recordings include
a critically acclaimed Centaur disk with pianist Tatiana
Goncharova featuring Shostakovich’s Violin Sonata and
Twenty-Four Preludes and a recent Naxos release of the
complete Weinberg Sonatas for Violin and Piano. Mr.
Kalinovsky started his violin studies with Tatiana Liberova in
his native St. Petersburg, Russia, and graduated from Pinchas
Zukerman’s Performance Program at the Manhattan School of
Music where he studied with Mr. Zukerman and Patinka
Kopec, later serving on the school’s faculty until his move to
Indiana in 2013.

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