myself.. It is rare when someone can see an excellent Japanese violin player, with a Stradivarius violin, play Balada by Ciprian Porumbescu.. i managed to see it happen..
That performance is tattooed in my conscience.
Balada must be one of the most powerful classic songs ever written, if not the most powerful (for me it is).
I don’t know if you can imagine the level of respect that violin player showed by performing it with a Stradivarius. An over 300 year old violin, its sound being as clear as when it was made.
Few people understand the beauty in the harmony of notes, combined with the fluidity of the performer. Plus the performer was female, so to all this, add the Asian feminine beauty..

In the same time I can’t help myself from sharing my annoyance with the unwritten social law, stating that classical music must be associated with elegance and class. We aren’t going at a classical show to impress the other spectators, nor the performers. They already have the stage stress (more or less). this type of mentality has old roots, from when the nobles were ruling. well, fuck nobility. I want to feel the music, not to be distracted by the sensuality of a dress.. those are 2 different senses. The mix should stay on the stage, where the beauty of the instruments combines with the sounds’ purity.

I say, let’s all be more open-minded..
and for the performers, uniqueness should be introduced.. really.. I’m not comfortable with tradition.. (nobody should be) but I understand the fact the members of an orchestra wear basically the same thing just so that we’re not too distracted from the music.. but still, big artists could still design “orchestra clothes”.. anyway, we can see and listen at the same time, right?
Still, the social law thing remains.. people really should start being original..

really..

oh yeah.. news.. for those who care, (like spirits, gnomes and Santa) I found someone