Vieuxtemps violin concerto 5 sarah chang biography
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Vieuxtemps Concerto No. 5 - What do you think?
May 10, 2006 at 04:20 AM · My teacher wants me to learn the fifth concerto by Vieuxtemps (A minor). I mentioned this to a couple of my fellow students and I received disparaging smirks and was informed that it is apparently a "student concerto". Personally, I consider it a great honor to be given a new piece to learn, but I have to admit that I am dismayed at the lack of appreciation for our dear friend Vieuxtemps and his concerto. What do you all feel about it?
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May 10, 2006 at 01:37 PM · I've never heard of this piece being referred to as a student concerto. This piece was written for competition use for Professor Hubert Leonard of the Brussels conservatory. Anyone familiar with the virtuoso works of Leonard will realize that he was more than capable of writing his own piece...but Vieuxtemps was all the rage at this time and still is ;-) As well, make sure to learn both cadenzas for this piece. For recordings, I would recommend Sarah Chang.
Unlike Vieuxtemps' contemporaries, his works were not virtuosity for the sake of it. Minus his Paganini period! In which he wrote many great showpieces...most notably the Norma Fantasy for scordatura 4th string only (tuned to middle C) fantastic showpiece!
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Sarah Chang
Korean American violinist (b.1980)
For other people known as Sarah Chang, see Zhang Qiang (singer) and Sarah Chang (actress).
Musical artist
Sarah Chang (Korean: 장영주; born Young Joo Chang; December 10, 1980) is a Korean American classical violinist. Recognized as a child prodigy, she first played as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1989. She enrolled at Juilliard School to study music, graduated in 1999, and continued university studies. Especially during the 1990s and early to mid-2000s, Chang had major roles as a soloist with many of the world's major orchestras.
Early life and education
[edit]Chang was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in Cherry Hill and Voorhees Township, New Jersey.[3][4] Her mother Myoung-Jun Chang is a composer and her father Min-Soo Chang was a violinist and music teacher.[5] Chang's parents moved to the United States from South Korea in 1979 for her father's advanced music degree at Temple University. Her mother took composition classes at the University of Pennsylvania. Chang has said that although she "never actually lived in Korea... I do still feel very strongly it's where my roots are."[6] Her younger brother Michael (born 198
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