Video Of The Week: Prelude to a Superb Summer: J.S. Bach at the Blackfriars...
At the debut Heifetz Institute concert at the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA, new Artistic Director Nicholas Kitchen of the Borromeo String Quartet leads a student...
View ArticleVideo Of The Week: A Poetic Tribute to Paganini
Vieuxtemps and Paganini were not only two of the greatest violinists the world has ever seen, they were also both virtuoso viola players…Unlike Paganini, Vieuxtemps never chose virtuosity for itself....
View ArticleVideo Of The Week: Beethoven’s Magical Variations
“Beethoven is just masterful at translating this dialogue about love into a duet for cello and piano, and you can really feel the interplay between the instruments in all the variations. And...
View ArticleVideo of the Week: The Lighter Side of Shostakovich, from SoHyun Ko & Bela...
“…In these five violin pieces, we hear a less familiar Shostakovich: this music is beautiful and straightforward—joyful and sorrowful in turn, but uncut by the fear and anger evident in so much of his...
View ArticleVideo of the Week: A Fitting Grand Finale – With a Borromeo (and Bass) Boost!
Here it is, the end of January. A time when we not only celebrate the Jan. 31 birthday of the incomparable composer Franz Schubert – he of the the searing string quartets and superb symphonies – but...
View ArticleIntroducing Rubato: The Heifetz Virtual Concert Hall!
Anyone who’s ever attended a Heifetz concert knows what a dynamic, visceral connection they create between performer and audience. This summer, while we won’t be able to fill Francis Auditorium with...
View ArticleVideo of the Week: From Our Chambers to Yours!
Chamber music is a major component of a summer at Heifetz. With a sole focus on solo works and small ensembles, our students have myriad opportunities to express themselves in intimate settings. The...
View ArticleFaculty Friday: A Florence Price Fantasy
Our #FacultyFriday series of videos is the time we set aside once a week to feature our world-renowned Heifetz Institute string and piano faculty. Today, we’re going zoom in – literally! – to a...
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