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Guildhall are pleased to welcome back alumna, Tasmin Little for a violin masterclass. Monday 25th October 2021 - 18:00 Venue: Milton Court Concert Hall Guildhall School of Music & Drama Silk Street Barbican London EC2Y 8DT
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26/4/2021 Recently released: Two videos from The CHINA CURRENT EPISODE 1 The yangqin is a traditional Chinese instrument that originated from Iran when connections created by the Silk Road opened up ideas and cultures. In her first interview as our Music Contributor, international concert violinist Tasmin Little speaks to Reylon Yount, a Chinese American graduate from Harvard who plays the yangqin as a soloist and with Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble. He recalls his unlikely story with the instrument, which he began learning in San Francisco and later in Beijing where his mother's family are from.  Play video by clicking the image EPISODE 2 In this second episode with international concert violinist Tasmin Little and yangqin player Reylon Yount, they explore the relationship between our planet and the music they perform. As one of the most biodiverse countries on the planet, China's culture has a strong link to the natural world, from the designs on its traditional instruments, to the melodies that inspired its composers. Tasmin, our new music contributor, draws on Reylon's background as an environment major at Harvard and how he merges this interest with his musical career.  Play video by clicking the image |
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Tasmin just finished a recording for @thechinacurrent with @reylxn Tasmin writes: A marathon 2-hour stint, but we covered so much ground! Happy Friday, everyone. You may watch this on YOUTUBE here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJP1hw3H8TY |
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YOUTUBE - Cambridge Summer Music Festival Join our Festival Director Freya Goldmark for the third in a fascinating series of musical conversations with some of our 2020 artists. This time Freya chats with violinist Tasmin Little.
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Tasmin appeared on Front Row, BBC4 Front Row is a Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music. To listen, please link here. |
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TODAY, Tuesday 22nd December at 15:00 and 19:30 (Please note start times) A Recital by Tasmin with Martin Roscoe (piano) Venue: The Apex Theatre, 1 Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 3FD Programme: MOZART - Sonata in B flat major K454 FRANCK - Sonata in A major APEX website (incl. Booking info) |
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On Wednesday 16th December at 15:30 and at 19:30 (please note start times) and Thursday 17th December at 19:30 (ALL 3 CONCERTS are SOLD OUT now, Sorry) Tasmin played in Hindhead / Surrey Tasmin played Bach - E major Concerto and Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending with the London Mozart Players Programme: CORELLI - Christmas Concerto BACH - E major Concerto VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - The Lark Ascending HOLST - St Paul's Suite Grayshott Concerts Info (incl. Booking Info) A lovely photo from the event here, courtesy of the Grayshott Concerts Twitter page 
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Last Sunday the Sunday Telegraph featured an article titled: "No other music reaches the heights of The Lark Ascending". Read it here by clicking on the Sunday Telegraph logo, Thank you. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A wonderful first review by Jessica Duchen is on ART DESK |A second one on Bachtrack here. Thursday 22nd October at London's Royal Festival Hall at 19:30 Tasmin Little: Tasmin's final Southbank Centre recital This concert marks Tasmin’s final Southbank Centre recital and will be broadcast live on R3 (no audience). Tasmin will perform with her four pianist partners. Andrey Gugnin, piano Piers Lane, piano John Lenehan, piano Martin Roscoe, piano Programme: BRAHMS - Sonatensatz (Piers Lane) CLARA SCHUMANN - 3 Romances (Martin Roscoe) LILI BOULANGER - Nocturne (Piers Lane) BRAHMS - Sonata No. 3 in D minor (Andrey Gugnin) -interval- ROXANNA PANUFNIK - Hora Bessarabia for solo violin COLERIDGE TAYLOR - Demande et Réponse (Piers Lane) AMY BEACH - Romance (Martin Roscoe) AMY BEACH - Sonata (John Lenehan) LIVE BROADCAST on BBC RADIO 3 (NOW ON LISTEN AGAIN) |
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From the WEEKEND SECTION of THE TIMES 17/10/2020. "To tell us just to retrain is so insulting" Tasmin talks to Richard Morrison Read it here by clicking the thumbnail image. (PDF file, 2.5 MB) |
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Tasmin gave a most moving podcast interview Friday afternoon to "Reasons to be Cheerful" presented by Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd. Please Click on the Thumbnail to view it. |
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An article in TEACHER MAGZINE out now SCHOLAR to SUPERSTAR As she retires from the concert stage, Tasmin Little tells Clare Stevens how an audition to the Menuhin School led to a stellar career and a lifelong relationship with this institution. Read this article by clicking the thumbnail image. |
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Tasmin was on ITV News ( 6th October) as well as Classic FM highlighting the problems facing freelance musicians.  |
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Tasmin's interview with BBC Radio 4 "WORLD at ONE" was broadcast last Friday lunchtime. Now available on LISTEN AGAIN if you scroll forward to 37min:45sec. (Please click the logo) |
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You might enjoy this photo of Tasmin Little and pianist Martin Roscoe at Snape Maltings yesterday, playing Elgar's Salut d'amour as an Encore. A first performance after many months of enforced rest.  |
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August 1st - BBC World Service - Tasmin gave an interview on August 1st for BBC World Service (about 4 min) Please click the logo to listen to an mp3 file. |
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"TODAY" programme, broadcast on 31st July 2020 Short Interview for a concert at SNAPE, Aldeburgh. BBC Sounds Scroll forward to 02:22:40 (5 min interview - Tasmin/Ian Bostridge) Please click the logo. Sadly the performance that Tasmin and Ian Bostridge were talking about has now been cancelled due to new restrictions imposed by the government. |
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Harrogate International Festivals to put on virtual arts weekender - 23-26 July Harrogate International Festivals is to put on a virtual arts weekender, featuring a range of musicians, authors and other figures. Running from 23-26 July, this weekender will include music from cellist Steven Isserlis, violinist Tasmin Little, the Navarra String Quartet and jazz bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado, the latter of whom will Guest Curate the festival and appear as part of the Mischa Mullov-Abbado Group. |
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On Saturday 4th July at 19:00 there was a live stream on Classic FM’s facebook page. The London Mozart Players played on their YouTube channel - Tasmin played "The Lark Ascending" by Vaughan Williams. A facebook video is on the website with Tasmin playing "The Lark Ascending" here. Scoll forward to 20:10 min
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Tasmin wrote a tribute to Ida Haendel in the French Magazine "CRESCENDO". 6th July 2020 here is the Google translation: Tasmin Little and Shlomo Mintz pay tribute to Ida Haendel July 6, 2020 by La Rédaction The great violinist Ida Haendel was a central figure on the music scene. The announcement of her death caused a great wave of emotion among the artists, as this exceptional woman was loved by the community. In addition to her concerts and her recordings that left their mark on the memories, the violinist spent a lot of time teaching. We asked two major personalities from the violin scene to give us a testimony about Ida Haendel. We sincerely thank Tasmin Little and Shlomo Mintz. When I was young, I remember falling in love with Ida Haendel's play, which became my first violin heroine. The combination of her dazzling technique and impeccable musicality inspired me in an intense practice of my instrument in the hope that one day I could play as well as she! She was a great champion of the Britten Concerto at a time when it was terribly overlooked by other soloists; she also played the Walton Concerto when it was not part of the standard repertoire, as well as the Delius Concerto, which I heard her play at the Royal Festival Hall in London. I remember a breathtaking recital at Wigmore Hall in London where she played an astonishing Chaconne by Bach which never wavered for a second, and a rock solid interpretation of Enescu's Sonata No. 3, all that from memory. Then I went to speak to her in the dressing rooms and she was so warm and complimentary about my own play, which was a great honor. The work I loved the most under her bow was the Sibelius Concerto. No one before or since her has ever interpreted the central movement with such slowness, breathtaking, and with this feeling of inexorability and depth of feeling. With Ida Haendel, the first movement had such excitement, such passion, such fire and such ice. And the last movement, always delicate for any violinist, seemed to dance with ease and hypnotic energy. Rest in peace, dear Ida, you will never be forgotten. ... read the full page in French by clicking on the Festival Musical Namur button. |
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CHANDOS RECORDS released a short video clip re: Tasmin's latest CD .... they write: British Violin Sonatas Vol. 3 + The Best of Tasmin are yours to enjoy this summer! Tasmin and Piers Lane talking about friendship at Potton Hall recording studio. |
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In the DAILY MAIL, Weekend Edition, (22/05/20) Jane Slade writes: "Lockdown lessons from a maestro: Time on your hands? Then add another string to your bow by learning a new skill from the best in the business." She describes how Tasmin is offering online lessons to viola and violin players, and how she has helped her. Read the article from the Daily Mail, by clicking the LOGO, or read it here as a PDF. A lovely article. |
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On Saturday Morning, 23rd May after 12:07 Hong Kong Time ( UK Time 5:07 am) Tasmin was interviewed by Radio 4 RTHK. (Hong Kong) ARTBEAT Joanne Tam talks to violinist Tasmin Little about how she's been dealing with the Covid-19 crisis, her videos for the charity Help Musicians UK, her post-retirement plans where she intends to focus on education and other non-performing projects, and her new release of British Violin Sonatas Vol. 3.
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The Guardian published a lovely review in yesterday's weekend edition, of Chandos' new British Violin Sonatas Vol 3 CD / Tasmin Little - Piers Lane, author Fiona Maddocks. Title: British Violin Sonatas Vol 3 review – Tasmin Little bows out in style ***** Read it Here, click the Guardian Logo. |
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Tasmin writes: (published 6th May on YouTube) Working with an amazing amateur violinist who is actually a doctor, teaching her how to play a fabulous piece that I arranged with Rachel Jennings: Albeniz "Leyenda". |
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A lovely review for Tasmin's new CHANDOS CD - Tasmin Little vln, Piers Lane pno - British Violin Sonatas Vol 3 has just appeared on the website of MUSIC WEB INTERNATIONAL, authored by Jonathan Woolf. Please click on the MusicWeb logo to read this here. |
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LISTEN LIVE to ABC Clasic FM, (published 29th April 2020) TSO: Brahmsiana Festival 1 Opening the TSO Brahmsiana Festival, is renown violinist Tasmin Little with cellist Umberto Clerici. Johannes Brahms’ last orchestral work was a peace offering to his estranged friend and violinist, Joseph Joachim. The cello part was written for the cellist of the Joachim’s string quartet Robert Hausmann. It was Brahms’ idea that the two string instruments combine to create one “super instrument” with the range of the two instruments combined. |
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CLASSICAL TOP 5 Tommy Pearson, Fiona Maddocks and Richard Bratby are joined by superstar violinist Tasmin Little to discuss their Producer: Simon Funnell |
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Interview on Scala Radio with Simon Mayo on April 25th. Here is a link to Listen Again on Scala Radio to the interview that Tasmin gave to Simon Mayo on 25th April. Scroll forward to just before 1hr:05min and enjoy! ( Have patience ... it takes a little while to load) Click SCALA RADIO logo, please. |
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Tasmin writes this morning on Twitter: (2 hrs ago) "Starting today! I’m launching my fundraising initiative for @HelpMusiciansUK. Each week I’ll create 7 personalised e-greetings for people to send to loved ones during lockdown. All details on my website." (click thumbnail to get to the Help Musicians page) |
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Three weeks ago, Sunday (29th March 2020) after 19:03 Tasmin was interviewed by Radio Ulster's John Toal Programme: "Classical Connections with John Toal" Here is a link to the Radio Ulster Schedule page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000gtgc The programme is available after the event for another 3 days. Scroll forward to: 22min:45sec to hear the interview. |
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On YouTube, Afternoon Concert with Tasmin Little Tasmin Little chooses 5 of her favourite pieces to make up an e-concert! (click YouTube logo to hear this) Andrey Gugnin RAVEL: https://youtu.be/ZslkTC7gXCw STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben: https://youtu.be/_2-dLoWorUs SCHUBERT Adagio: https://youtu.be/BFh1LGiP6Ao SARASATE Introduction and Tarantelle: https://youtu.be/jWKqojpxOyg ANNA RUSSELL Gilbert and Sullivan: https://youtu.be/aYCXO_FZj5k |
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Sir Andras Schiff's' recent comments, that " ... he has despaired that today’s average concert-goer “has hardly the faintest idea about what he is hearing”. and that "... modern audiences cannot tell the difference between outstanding and poor performances..." was discussed by World at One today. Tasmin was interviewed for 5 MIN a few days ago, it is now on "Listen Again" here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000g4zh (click the logo and scroll forward to 39min:45sec) |
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A lovely article about Tasmin appeared on 7th March, authored by Peter Mann, in the BURY FREE PRESS. Read it here by clicking on the BURY FREE PRESS logo. |
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Tasmin played BRAHMS - Concerto for Violin and Cello (with Umberto Clerici, cello) with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Elvind Aadland .... a photo has just been posted on her Twitter page with Umberto Clerici (enjoy this here) She writes: "A poignant moment last night but also much happiness - my final concert in Australia was pure joy with Umberto Clerici and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, playing Brahms Double concerto. Heaven!"  |
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Wednesday 5/2/2020 - Tasmin writes: Booking has opened this morning at Southbank Centre for my final recital in London at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 5th June at 19:30. This will be a very exciting and unique event as I will be performing with all 3 of my long-term pianist partners: Piers Lane, Martin Roascoe, and John Lenehan. Here is the SOUTH BANK CENTRE link to further information and a Booking Link. |
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Recently added to YOUTUBE: "English violin concert soloist Tasmin Little interviewed by Annabelle Drumm broadcast 12 October 2018 on Fine Music 102.5FM Sydney Australia." Click the FM102.5 fine music Logo to listen to this 11 min interview on YouTube. |
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Last Wednesday, 30 October, TASMIN was interviewed live on BBC Radio London, Tasmin discussed the cultural impact and general effect that Brexit will have on musicians. |
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The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra has just announced that Tasmin will be playing the BRAHMS - Concerto for Violin and Cello (Umberto Clerici, cello) on Saturday, February 29th 2020 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Buy your tickets via the Booking Link that has just been published. Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra website (Here is a link to Tasmin's 2020 page - scroll to February) |
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Featured on Slipped Disc, (click logo) this morning, the world’s most-read cultural website. SIR ANDREW DAVIS – THE BRITISH LINE: A CELEBRATION OF BRITISH MUSIC By Matt Newton In 1991, Hamburg-based record label Teldec Classics embarked on a fruitful partnership with Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The British Line was soon to become an essential series of critically acclaimed digital recordings of major works alongside some lesser-known gems by some of Britain’s most celebrated composers. The series – collected here for the first time – features guest soloists including Tasmin Little, Thomas Hampson and Amanda Roocroft. The 16 CD box set includes bonus disc – Last Night of The Proms: The 100th Season – recorded live in concert in 1994 and featuring star soloists Dame Evelyn Glennie and Sir Bryn Terfel. Dame Evelyn Glennie, Thomas Hampson, Tasmin Little, Jean Rigby Amanda Roocroft, Patricia Rozario, Graham Sheen, Sir Bryn Terfel BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Sir Andrew Davis |
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CHANDOS RECORDS is 40 years young! Tasmin enjoyed a very special celebration at the 40th anniversary of Chandos Records - the boat was full of friends and colleagues and some of the artists gathered together for this special photo! Please click the thumbnail on the left to see the enlargement. |
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A lovely review of Tasmin's and John Lenehan's Chandos CD (Clara Schumann, Dame Ethel Smyth & Amy Beach- CHAN 20030) appeared in Australia's interesting LIMELIGHT Music Magazine yesterday. Read it here by pressing the LIMELIGHT button. |
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INTERVIEW by Katherine Cooper of Presto Classical - 11 April 2019 Title: Tasmin Little reflects on her career Shortly before she was crowned Personality of the Year at last night’s BBC Music Magazine Awards, Tasmin spoke to me about her motivation for stepping away from performance at this stage in her life, the changes she’s witnessed in the recording industry over the past three decades, and how she plans to spend her time after packing away her violin… |
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BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE AWARDS 2019 (Award Ceremony at Kings Place 10/4/2019) A new category was added to the Awards this year: the BBC Music Magazine Personality of the Year. This was awarded to violinist Tasmin Little for her contribution to classical music over the course of her career. We have seen some photos on different posts. The 1st is a photo of the Award being presented to Tasmin at Kings Place. Photo 2 and 3 are showing the Award sitting proudly on Tasmin's mantlepiece and with her frequent piano partner Piers Lane and a friend at the "post-event" party at Kings Place. Here is the official BBC PHOTO of all the Category Winners, Tasmin, Front Right   |
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Tasmin is delighted that her latest CD is now one of Editor's Choices in these three here: Presto Editor's Choice February 2019 Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine March 2019 Chamber Choice BBC Music Magazine March 2019 |
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In Tuesday's TELEGRAPH, Michael White had a blog entry titled "Extended Intervals". Tasmin thought it "adorable" ... :-) "What we need is a second referendum to persuade this leaver to remain ..." Read it here by clicking the logo. Enjoy! |
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Tasmin was delighted to hear this week that in the March issue of GRAMOPHONE Magazine her new CD of women composers Clara Schumann, Dame Ethel Smyth and Amy Beach is one of Michael Cullingford's picks of the finest recordings of March 2019. Click the GRAMOPHONE logo, to read more .... |
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There is an interview by Hugh Canning in last week's Sunday Times entitled: Little has decided to retire next summer, at only 55: ‘I never thought of myself playing until the day I dropped dead!’ read it here (click logo) if you have a digital subscription to The Sunday Times. Here is a copy of the interview text. |
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This has recently been published: In Tune Highlights Spell Songs and Tasmin Little Sean Rafferty presents musical highlights from the last week on In Tune (click logo) |
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A photo of Tasmin playing ROXANNA PANUFNIK's - Four World Seasons with the LONDON MOZART PLAYERS at Weston Hall, University of West London, St Mary's Road, Ealing, London W5 5RF last Thursday, 14th February.  Tasmin also received her 4th Honorary Doctorate (photo below) from the University of West London that night.  |
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A charming review of Tasmin's Stratford-upon-Avon performance on February 5th appeared yesterday in the HERALD. Titled "Renaissance Woman" Read it here. (PDF) |
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LAST WEEK , 8th February: LEBRECHT LISTENS | Tasmin Little Reminds Us Just How Much We'll Miss Her By Norman Lebrecht on February 8, 2019 Read the article here. (Click Ludwig van Toronto link) |
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Last Thursday, music journalist and author Jessica Duchen, published a very lovely review in appreciation of Tasmin's work over the years on her widely read blog. Jessica Duchen's Classical Music Blog (always worth reading) Read it here and enjoy! Click on Thumbnail Logo left. |
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The New Release - 1st February 2019 Tasmin Little Plays Clara Schumann, Dame Ethel Smyth & Amy Beach Tasmin Little (violin) with John Lenehan (piano)
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Last Sunday 27th January at 13:00 - 18:15 Venue: The Grantham Preparatory School, Gorse Lane, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 7UF Laura Gardiner and the Oasby Music Group Workshop for Oasby Music Group Ensembles |
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Lively BLOG review of January 23rd ecent - AN EVENING WITH TASMIN LITTLE - Keele Concerts Series: Many’s the time – in these very pages – I’ve wished musicians would speak to us more about what they’re playing. Well, three cheers for violinist Tasmin Little, whose appearance at the New Vic in Hartshill was more of “an evening with” than a “concert featuring.” There were even questions and answers from the audience. Mind you, I write as a huge fan. I have her recording of the Elgar violin concerto. I don’t play it, though. It just leaves me in bits. This was the first concert in the new season of Concerts at Keele, but it was held at the New Vic under some sort of Arts Council code sharing arrangement. It did mean that the violin sounded fabulous in the wonderful acoustic of that theatre in the round, but as always, some of the artist’s comments were lost as she turned towards other parts of the audience. Nevertheless, Tasmin Little was very switched on to the sound she was making – as a performer must be – and she was adept at turning to make sure the whole room was covered. And so we learnt, for instance, about things like bariolage and tremolando, both of which featured in her transcription of Albeniz’s Leyenda – better known as a guitar piece, but sounding remarkably authentic on the violin, thanks to these sorts of tricks. We found out that the bow is almost as important as the violin. She came on with two – one to play the Albeniz, strong enough to put up with what can only be described as bow abuse, and a second to produce the lovely sound she makes normally. We learnt that she used to practice for eight hours a day in her twenties, but is now down as low as four. That’s what it takes to become a great performer. She played one of the most difficult works in the repertory, Ysaye’s third sonata, Ballade. And she had the cheek to tell us it was so difficult she was expecting a cheer and whooping when it was over. No problem, actually. I was less enthusiastic about Hora Bessarabia, a two-year-old work by her friend Roxanna Panufnik, based, according to the composer, on Romanian gypsy music with Bulgarian gypsy rhythm. It calls on the performer to stamp her feet in true gypsy fashion. Hmmm. Call me old-fashioned. Others do. She played some of the best-known Bach works either side of the interval – the Chaconne from the D minor Partita and the Loure, Gavotte and Gigue from the E major. She was playing the Loure and Gavotte near the Victoria Falls when she realised the audience was looking past her. She turned and found herself facing a hippopotamus which had emerged from the river and was listening intently to the Bach. She completed the work, and the animal duly submerged. So now you know. If you’re ever faced with a musical hippo, just keep playing. Chris Ramsden |
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This month BBC Music Magazine has an article by Kate Bolton-Porciatti about Vivaldi's Four Seasons. The violinist's view about "Winter" has been written by Tasmin. You may read this here.  |
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Tasmin tweeted this a few days ago, after her Melbourne Master Class "Loved giving Master Classes in this stunning Hall" Enjoy! |
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On October 9th SMH published a nice article about the recital Tasmin and Piers Lane are giving on the 16th in Sydney. You can readt it here on the SMH website: https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/piers-lane-and-tasmin-little-partner-for-sydney-recital-20181009-h16e5q.html or click on the SMH logo image to read it as a PDF  |
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Tasmin is now in Australia next week for a ten day concert tour starting tomorrow, 14th October, covering various venues in: Kangaroo Valley, & Sydney, NSW, Adelaide, South Australia, & Melbourne, Victoria with pianist Piers Lane. To check dates & venues, please go to the concerts page. |
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 Tasmin was in Ferrara, Italy, on Thursday 27th Sept. Here is a photo of the rehearsals for Schuberts - Octet in F D.803 in the beautiful Teatro Comunale di Ferrara Schubert Octet members: 1st vln - Tasmin Little 2nd vln - Paula Sanz Alasa viola - Sophia Rees cello - Sinead O'Halloran d-bass - Andrei Mihailescu clarinet - Daniel Roscia basson - Luka Mitev horn - Paula Ernesaks |
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The Times on Friday 24th August: Letters to the Editor GRADE INFLATION and the threat to MUSIC GCSE a letter signed by Tasmin and many other notable UK musicians, today ....  |
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The Best of Vaughan Williams - BBC Music Magazine BBC Music Mag selected "The Lark Ascending" for their Breakfast Promelette. Click Link Logo. |
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Andrew McKinnon Presentations tweeted a week ago about a new performance (we have added this now to the concerts schedule) by Tasmin and pianist Piers Lane in the Utzon Room at Sydney Opera House. Click on the photo below to get more information from Sydney.  |
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Last week Tasmin was interviewed on BBC Radio 4. 9:00 am broadcast. Tasmin talked about "Clapping in Classical Music". Link here: Radio 4 (Scroll forward to 19:52) |
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Tasmin's Southbank Show video on YOUTUBE. Two weeks ago, YOUTUBE added a 15 minute video with a shortened version of the Southbank show. View it on Tasmin's Video Page by clicking the thumbnail on the left. |
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 A photo of Tasmin playing Mozart at the Auditorio de Galicia in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. |
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 have released BRAHMS - The Three Violin Sonatas by Tasmin Little with pianist Piers Lane 2018.Meanwhile, please click the Chandos Logo to listen to samples from this forthcoming CD.
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The new issue of BBC Music Magazine carries an interview by Amanda Holloway with Tasmin. "Music that changed me" Tasmin Little violinist. Read a PDF of this, by clicking the Music Magazine logo. |
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Tasmin has just added two short videos to YOUTUBE. named: "Tasmin Little 2018 pieces" & "Tasmin Little 2018 unusual repertoire" (both under 4 min) We have added them to Tasmin's Home page. Please view them by pressing the thumbnail on the left. |
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The October issue of Classical Music Magazine features Tasmin on the cover and has an article, titled Dream job, header here: As she approaches her fourth decade on the stage, Tasmin Little’s enthusiasm for classical music remains boundless. She tells Amanda Holloway about her new Szymanowski recording, her love for lesser-known repertoire – and why she continues to challenge herself. (Click thumbnail to read a PDF of this article) |
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 There are a good number of fine reviews available now for this CD release. CLICK HERE. |
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29th September, after 16:30 ... (scroll forward to 1 hour 36 min to hear this) (14 days left to listen to)  |
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Tasmin has today added an Instagram account. View it by clicking the logo. ... and ENJOY! |
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Music Preneur interviewed Tasmin today about the Naked Violin project. A lengthy, but interesting interview. Listen to the Podcast by clicking the Music Preneur logo. (35 min) Enjoy! |
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If you wish to read the citation that was read out at the degree ceremony in Birmingham, please click logo. (with kind permission of Prefessor David Roberts) |
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Tasmin played Szymanowski - Violin Concerto No 2 at the Barbican on Saturday, BBC 3 recording is accessible (click logo). Fast forward to 36:30 min (for another 28 days) Some excellent reviews have appeared: Seen & Heard: Tasmin Little is now something of a veteran of the concert hall, but in Szymanowski’s demanding Second Violin Concerto she proved once again that her skill and artistry stand up well to that of the numerous young violinists who continue to arrive on the scene. She gave an exemplary reading of this work, one that was ardent, intense and highly expressive, and which typicall en sense of communication with her audience. Gardner and the orchestra gave her ideally strong support. Bachtrack: Poland was presented in a more positive light via Karol Szymanowski's Second Violin Concerto, given passionate advocacy by Tasmin Little. It's a far cry from the perfumed, intoxicating language of his earlier concerto, being earthier and almost Bartókian in its driving folk rhythms. Little gave a muscular performance, especially of the cadenza by Paweł Kochański, the concerto's recipient. Fierce double-stopping was matched by lyrical interludes of great tenderness. The Times: "Szymanowski’s second Violin Concerto, its deep, dark pools of sound beautifully transparent, the narrative well paced by Gardner and the soloist Tasmin Little. In the dizzying cadenza and the long paragraphs of melody and variations on either side, Little’s execution was flawless, her tone pure and penetrating." |
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Living Lesson in why we need music in schools. This article appered recently in the Dartmouth local paper >>> read it here: (PDF) |
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STRAD Magazine December 2016 ‘A really great player can make any instrument sound reasonable,’ says violinist Tasmin Little The following article is published as part of a larger feature on Tasmin Little in The Strad’s December 2016 issue ‘At one point he took my violin and played a great chunk of the first section. I was astonished at the sound he made. There was such concentration and intensity; he was locked into the music and I had the very powerful experience of standing next to somebody whose entire body was being used to create this incredibly powerful music. One very important thing I learned that day is that it’s the player who makes the sound. A very fine violin will make a difference to your playing, without question, but a really great player can make any instrument sound reasonable.’ |
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Tasmin's recent visit to Adelaide and Hobart to play the Delius Violin Concerto with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra have resulted in some lovely reviews, in the Australian, Barefeet Review and Limelight. Go to the Reviews Page to read them. |
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We have updated Tasmin's Concerts page to December 2016 now. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On Thursday 22nd September 2016 between 12:00 and 13:00 and again after 18:30 on BBC Radio 3 Programme: Inner Calm, Outer Turmoil Composer of the Week, Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986) Episode 4 of 5 (click logo for Radio 3 information) (20 days left to listen) Tasmin plays: Rubbra - Violin Concerto (1st Mvt) Tasmin Little Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley |
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Women stars shine in Townsville’s AFCM Lovely article in "Cut and Common", The New Generation of Classical Music On-Line magazine from August 16th about this years's AFCM in Townsville. Read it here, by clicking the logo. |
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What's the Delius? Tasmin Little talks about chicken dinners at the Menuhin school, upcoming performances in Australia and intense collaborations with Piers Lane. Please click the LIMELIGHT logo to read the feature published by Australia's Music Magazine on July 20th. |
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