Heifetz The Teacher
I got this as a Christmas present 20 years ago in VHS format...the tapes were 60 USD each (actually I think it was 60 for the first, 30 for the second tape if you bought both. I loved them then, I love them now, and am glad they're out on DVD for a reasonable price. If you're seriously considering a career as a violinist, as I was then in my second year of high school, this is an important thing for you to have in your library of recordings/DVDs. It should be mentioned that this is not a disc of stand-alone master classes. What was filmed were several regular class sessions of Heifetz's Violin Class at University of Southern California (USC), circa 1962, with the same students attending.
Jascha Heifetz performed - and in his later years, after he'd passed his prime as a concertizing artist, Jascha Heifetz taught. And he loved teaching. Most of his pupils were already very advanced by the time they reached "The Heifetz Music Class" (his term, not mine). Each student...
Glad to have in my stock of learning material
Have seen these before, in college, but they were on film and not avalible for home study. If you do not learn something from this, then you should not be playing the violin
.For advanced violinists.
This video is definitely not for the beginners but for the advanced violinists. Otherwise, you don't know what the master was talking about./
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