I am very lucky and grateful to have this living link to a past era, the violin presumably having much more history to it than the later portion that I know.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The violin is very beautiful. Some people relate it as the shape of a lady, but, whether you like it or not, it's been so for more than 400 years, unlike modern stuff that easily looks dated. But I think it's very personal and unique that, although each violin looks pretty similar, that no two violins sound the same.
Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
I hope I will always have the chance to play the violin.
I tried to learn the violin for a while.
It would be easier to say, what was the difference in style from many years ago. Many years ago, the old violinists, they also had a good technique, they were not tonally as good.
I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.
It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.
I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.
What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do.
My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens, he heard a great violinist, Jascha Heifetz, and he was so inspired listening to him that he bought himself a violin, and with a little help from an Italian teacher, he learned to play it.
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