Tag: viola

  • GETTING TO KNOW: MAXIM RYSANOV

    GETTING TO KNOW: MAXIM RYSANOV

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      “If they say the violin is a human voice, I would say the viola is the voice of the soul.” Discovery: “I studied at the boarding school, and there was a viola player in the next room. Its vibrations touched me deeply when I played it. That was how I realized that I can…

  • FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE

    FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE

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    Maxim Rysanov describes how he was introduced to the viola. It didn’t take long for this “prince among violists” to achieve success and acclaim. In September 2010 he performed Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations at the Last Night of the Proms with conductor Jiri Belohlavek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Maxim Rysanov performs at Kay Meek Centre on Sunday, October 16.