Now that I'm getting back to it, I still feel like he's actually quite virtuosic. Qiaorong: The first Vivaldi piece I played was before I actually took violin seriously as my career. He was starting to break the boundaries of what was considered possible to play on this instrument. Kenneth: It's really interesting how you can hear a lot of Vivaldi’s background as a violinist influencing his pieces. Can you tell me about your individual relationships to Vivaldi’s music? SO: Vivaldi is fundamental to violinists, especially since some of his solo violin works are among the first pieces students “cut their teeth on” to develop technique. Rehearsing it with the orchestra and getting the help of the faculty here was so far my proudest moment. So I think we're really lucky to be doing this. Yeah, I think it's a really inspiring environment.Ĭamille: When I got the assignment for the Vivaldi, I was told that there hadn't been a concert in years with a performance only by Fellows-that is, without a faculty member in the solo part of the piece. I've had such a great time so far working with you guys for the Vivaldi and also just in chamber music in general. Obviously, the faculty is incredible, and so is every participant. Even the nice woman who drove me from the airport-I needed a phone plan for my stay here, and she was kind enough to bring me to the store.
I've been to other places where people are very competitive, kind of looking down on others and each other-but here, it's like we improve as one group together.Ĭamille: I also think the atmosphere at Sarasota Music Festival is very welcoming. I'm very appreciative of Martin Beaver, Ani Kavafian, and all the other faculty for their wonderful support. Kenneth: The faculty here have been incredibly supportive and very encouraging.
SO: After three days in, what would you say is the best part of Sarasota Music Festival so far? We were lucky enough to gather all four of them together to chat about festival life, as well as the particular challenges and sheer fun coming up for them in Saturday’s concert. This weekend’s Saturday Symphony holds a rare treat for Festival fans as four Fellows team up on the solo violin parts of Vivaldi’s Concerto Grosso in B Minor from L’Estro Armonico (which translates rather poetically to “the harmonic inspiration”). Four Sarasota Music Festival violin Fellows, from left to right: Qiaorong Ma, Kenneth Ryu Naito, Camille Poirier-Lachance, and Xinyuan Wang.
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