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Eugène
Ysaÿe, Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27;
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Tai Murray (EBONY)]
Our
friend Sergio Mims has interviewed violinist Tai Murray for EBONY
Magazine. We present two excerpts and a link to a YouTube video
(9:50) of Tai Murray performing a Sonata
for Solo Violi
by the Belgian composer Eugène Ysaÿe:
By
Sergio Mims
“Here's the thing about Tai Murray: while she is
exceptional, she's also quite familiar. Check her out in this
exclusive EBONY interview about how she started playing the violin
and why there is nothing else that she would rather do.
"EBONY: First
off why a recording of Eugene Ysaye’s (1858-1931) violin sonatas
instead of one of say Mozart’s or Beethoven’s? He was better
known as a violinist than a composer and is definitely on the outside
of the mainstream of classical music composers.
MURRAY: I
hear what you’re saying and for me it was that when I was at
Indiana University for a large part of my training and studies and he
was a major focus of my musical education because of the history of
that place. A lot of the professors who taught there at that time
knew him and knew the violinist he dedicated the sonatas to. My
teacher, Yuval Yaron, made an incredible recording of the sonatas
that was one of my favorite recordings that I play often. So starting
in my early teens I was playing pieces by Ysaye, so now a decade and
a half later it made organic sense to me to do a recording of the
complete set of sonatas. They were a large part of my musical thought
processes for a long time, so yeah, it felt like the right thing to
do for the recording.”
“EBONY:
When did you start?
MURRAY:
When I was five and the interest started some years before then. And
fortunately I had a family that was very supportive and was capable
of steering me in the right way once I started. So it was just the
violin.
"EBONY:
But
the broader question is why classical music instead of some other
form?
MURRAY:
Because that is the history of the violin. That is the precedent for
the violin. Since the history of the violin is deeply rooted in
classical music, that’s what always appealed to me. I understand
that the violin could be used for any form of music, but that’s the
amazing thing about music or any instrument.”
YouTube.com
YouTube.com
Tai
Murray, violin - Sonata for solo violin, Eugene Ysaye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw4D8ZbXGx0&
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