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He has received numerous awards, collaborated with Ensemble Mosaik, Klangforum Wien and ensemble intercontemporain and his works have been performed at the Donaueschingen Music Festival and Ultraschall Berlin, among others.
I also believe that no other instrument can touch the soul like the violin. What do you do before a concert? Remind myself that the ability to play a concerto is a gift from heaven. Eat something. Tune myself inwardly to the first bars of the concerto.
Is there an instrument other than your own that you would like to master? There are many instruments I would love to be able to play. Cello, but also drums and piano would all be on my wish list.
On the other hand, there is still a lot of freedom to express the music. It’s a process – trying things together, adapting together, finding a way together. Which concert with the Konzerthausorchester was a special emotional experience for you?
Is there an instrument other than your own that you would like to master? I would like to be able to play all instruments. Is there a key work that started your love of music?
Dear audience here at the Konzerthaus, I would like to apologise for addressing you today before the first note, but there is no other way. When I planned this evening's programme, I was primarily concerned with the experience of listening.
As with string players, she is particularly careful with her fingernails: “I always have nail clippers and other accessories with me to trim any ‘claws’.” From Ronith’s instrument case What looks like a corkscrew handle is actually the tuning key!
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She has performed at chamber music festivals in Davos, Verbier and Kronberg, among others. She teaches at the Berlin University of the Arts. What do you find particularly appealing about playing the viola?
As a chamber musician, she performs in duo programmes with her brother, the pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz, among others. Is there a key work that started your love of music?
Is there an instrument other than your own that you would like to master? As a former trumpeter, I have mastered all valve instruments in the tenor and alto registers, plus trombones with historical bore sizes. That’s quite enough for me.
He got into music when his parents saw that many other children were playing an instrument and simply signed him up for lessons as well.
Among other things, he was fascinated by the Hindu mystic Sri Ramakrishna, about whose serious illness and transcendence of physical suffering, which led to his death, he wrote the oratorio "The Passion of Ramakrishna" in 2006.
By contrast, B major belongs to humanity, its busyness and its sensitivities, so that two keys that are far removed from each other but chromatically related dominate.
Others count fewer and come up with 21 original concertos by the Viennese composer, for example.
During our 2003/04 season, we developed a program together with our volunteers that has since served as a model for other organizations.
Other musicians travel here from all over the world to play live for our audiences. There are also children’s concerts, theatre with music or concerts in which only certain instruments perform together. For example, two violins, a viola and a cello.
What other instrument would you like to master besides your own? I would like to be able to play the oboe because I like the sound very much. Is there a key work that started your love of music?
I usually eat a piece of fruit or some other snack before I change and warm up some more. Then we all gather to go on stage. Which favourite place in Berlin do you recommend when you have visitors?
With ‘Our People’, tenor Frederick Ballentine and pianist Kunal Lahiry have created an inspirational evening in honour of black and queer voices with voguing and songs by Aaron Copland, Franz Schubert, Margaret Bonds, John Musto, Nina Simone and others.