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Lanaudiere, Quebec - August 1, 2010
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Dear Readers,
Happy August!
I am flying out of Montreal on my way from the Lanaudiere Festival in Quebec. It is an open-air amphitheater-style venue, very much like – for those of you in the Cleveland area (hello Encore students!) – the Blossom festival but smaller. There is a covered audience seating area and a lawn space beyond, stretching up a natural hill. The sound is as good at the very top of the hill as anywhere else in the venue. Remarkable acoustics!
I am sad to be parting ways with the orchestra and their conductor Paavo Jarvi, but I have some souvenirs: interviews for my YouTube channel with Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie principal cellist Tanja Tetzlaff, one of their three concertmasters Daniel Sepec, and Paavo. While I had my computer and semi-decent lighting arranged, I filmed my answers to some viewer questions as well: about avoiding neck and chin pain with the proper chinrest and shoulder rest setup, and about my next recording: Higdon and Tchaikovsky violin concertos, to be released in the States on September 21. I then tried to upload Tanja's interview but YouTube didn't like my computer and wouldn't let me upload any video. My grasp of technology is a work in progress.
Off I go, now, to join forces with an industrial designer to create a more ergonomic chinrest. Long-suffering necks, jaws, and chins, rejoice!
Hilary
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