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Maxim Vengerov at the Royal Academy of Music, London [videorecording] : Tzigane

Treasures of the Masterclass Media Foundation. Maxim Vengerov teaches Ravel, Tzigane

Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on one of the most famous rhapsodic compositions by Maurice Ravel, Tzigane. A gifted child, Maxim Vengerov gave his first recital at the age of five and won the first prize in the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition at the age of ten. Considered today one of the most accomplished violinists of his time, he does not hesitate to share his talents for the benefit of the education. Indeed, students of the London Royal Academy of Music describe him as an attentive professor and a musician as interesting as inspiring. Ravel composed Tzigane in 1924, after having heard Jelly d'Arányi, Joseph Joachim's niece, play Bartók's Sonata No. 1 in London. He wrote: "To our friend, who plays with such an ease, she convinced me to compose a work whose diabolical technicality will revive the Hungary seen in my dreams". With one movement only, this work starts in a tense atmosphere, almost gloomy, but its ending is absolutely delighting. Charles Baudelaire wrote about it: "Tzigane makes one want to dance, or to cry, or to do both at the same time ... should we listen to them a bit longer, we would become crazy!." Indeed, we have here all the elements of a popular dance. The Masterclass Media Foundation Archives offer to students and music lovers around the world filmed masterclasses, given by the best talents, on the greatest works of the classical repertoire. Their primary purpose is to provide a valuable educational resource in order to perpetuate passion and knowledge from one generation to another.

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Master class with Hagai Shaham. (II/III), Ravel's Tzigane, part 1

Hagai Shaham gives a master class on Ravel's Tzigane. Ravel's exotic showpiece Tzigane was inspired and premiered by Hungarian violinist Jelly d'Arányi, an inheritor of the virtuosic Joachim school of Hungarian violin-playing. The first performance in London on April 26, 1924-which featured the exotic accompaniment of a piano luthéal-was a huge success, despite d'Arányi's having received the completed score on a few days beforehand. Soon afterward, Ravel wrote a second version of the work with orchestral accompaniment. Hagai Shaham teaches at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University and he is Artist in Residence at Stony Brook University, New York. Student of the late renowned Professor Ilona Feher, he is the co-founder and a board member of the Ilona Feher Foundation for promoting young Israeli violinists. Shaham's awards include first prizes at the ARD Munich Competition and the Israel Broadcasting Authority Competition. Shaham highly motivates his students to reach out for the best possible performance and possesses a lot of background knowledge of the repertoire.

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