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New Yorker profile of "anti-babe" Christian Tetzlaff

Posted by rbolaw on August 23, 2012 at 08:36:13:

There's a great profile by Jeremy Eichler in this week's New Yorker of German violinist Christian Tetzlaff, whom I have mentioned in several posts here.

IMO, Tetzlaff is an antidote to the epidemic of young "babe" violinists and pianists (or their male equivalents) so often discussed here. When I actually listen to the babes rather than just look at them, many have great technique but are ultimately uninteresting (sorry, Chris!). Eichler distinguishes Tetzlaff from what I think of as the "Perlman school" of beautiful playing. And as great as Itzhak Perlman is, maybe his style has been too influential.

Eichler's article is an interesting read, and he discusses three 20th century violin concertos well worth knowing if you don't already: those of Berg, Schoenberg and Ligeti.