Violin Forum/Message Board

[DBurns]

I posted this blog on a few forums, and it was pointed out to me that it might be worth mentioning the post of it over in The Musician section.

http://www.violins.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?t=956

It contains some nice videos.

[DBurns]

There is a new post on Sound Holes and Bass Bars.

[kubasa]

His posts have been so timely. Each post and video has proven to be appropriate for the step that I am at with my current violin. Very interesting and high quality videos. I need to send him a note of thanks!

[DBurns]

More great news on the progress of this interesting blog.

The Quartet of Peace, which will honour the 4 Nobel Prize winners from South Africa.

With project co-ordinator Valerie Pole has taken over the helm, and the Musicians and Concert Halls are lining up quite well, and the project will help www.musequality.org/ , which is a great charity to help spread the joy of music to all.

http://thequartetofpeace.blogspot.com/

If you can attend one of these concerts, or help Musequality in any way, then please do so, and thank you in advance and in anticipation for all your help!



The members of The Quartet of Peace are:

First violin: David Juritz (leader of the London Mozart Players)

Second violin: Susanne Martens (previous concertmaster of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and member of the Rosamunde Quartet)

Viola: Gareth Lubbe (principal viola of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Germany)

Cello: Peter Martens (previous principal cellist of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and member of the Amici String Quartet)



Venues are:

Here is a list of the concerts to date:

17th November - St. Thomas church, Leipzig, Germany

5th December - Kings Place, London

7th December - Ljubljana, Slovenia (European Union House concert)

11th December - Oslo, Peace Prize Awards concert. (Final program to be confirmed in August, 2010)

Then other planned concerts will be at the European Parliament in Brussels, The United Nations in Geneva and in Paris. These dates still to be confirmed, but the concerts will be during December 2010.

I have been enjoying this project, as one gets to see the maker of the quartet, Brian Lisus, from South Africa, and trained at the Newark School of Violin Making here in the U.K. make the instruments from scratch, and each instrument is named after one of the Nobel Prize winners.

"These two violins, viola, and cello are to be made in honour of four great men. Men who have withstood the harshness and winter of South Africa’s apartheid past, bringing new light and vision to a land parched by discrimination and misunderstanding.

Each instrument will bear a name in their honour. Hope for Nelson Mandela, Peace for Bishop Desmond Tutu, Reconciliation for FW De Klerk and Freedom for Dr Albert Luthuli. The culmination of the wood passing through my hands will be three special concerts to be held in Geneva, Paris and London."

I hope that everyone here will also enjoy following, and hopefully attending one of the concerts, of this amazing project.

[DBurns]

There is a new post dealing with the closing of the body.

[violinarius]

Thanks for keeping us up to date.
I have been following this series/blog with great interest, as it shows a lot of the 'hard to convey in writing' parts of making.
Some things are just easier demonstrated.

[DBurns]

There are a couple of new entries on the blog now.
One on carving the scroll, and another on joining the neck to the body of the instrument.

Very precise work.

There is also a clip of the viola getting played for the first time.

"These last couple of weeks have been rather exciting as I handed over the finished viola to Gareth Lubbe (viola player of the Quartet)."

http://thequartetofpeace.blogspot.com/

or Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAvp4Laa5Lk&feature=player_embedded