Reflections on this event as they come in! Collections Up-Close: Violins and Revolutions Friday, 30.09.2016 14:30, David Josefowitz Recital Hall 2.30pm Welcome, Tim Jones 2.45pm Introducing Viotti’s violin, Peter Sheppard Skrerved 3.00pm The 1709 Stradivari, Barbara Meyer 3.30pm The Luthier’s point of view, John Dilworth 4.00pm Break 4.30pm Materiality: New materials to make violins, Luca […]
September 25, 2016
September 22, 2016
Elliott Schwart-Darwin’s Dream Peter Sheppard Skaerved-Violin Live at Symphony Space, New York City 21 9 16 On the 21st September, I was able, for the first time, to play Elliott Schwartz’s wonderful ‘Darwin’s Dream’ at Sympnony Space on the Upper West Side of New York. I am lucky enough to have been involved in this […]
September 17, 2016
Everywhere we meet, Evis Sammoutis and I set up our sound workshop. Our work comes at the question of timbre, colour, expression and meaning from two angles-improvisation and experimentation with notation. Our sessions at Ithaca College in September 2016 have pushed the experimentation further, extending the violin with pre-paid phone cards, singing and breathing into […]
September 13, 2016
Continua-USA September 11-16th 2016 Working with composers and players at Ithaca College NY One of the most fascinating and inspiring aspects of my life, is working with young composers. In the USA, I have been privileged to do this at a wide variety of institutions. This was my first visit to beautiful Ithaca College, high […]
September 30, 2016