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Marco Fusi (violinist)
Marco Fusi is an Italian violinist, violist and viola d'amore player. Biography Fusi is best known as an interpreter of contemporary classical music. His repertoire encompasses modern and contemporary works for solo instrument, instrument and live electronics, and instrument and ensemble. Fusi graduated in violin performance (MA, 2003) and composition (MA, 2007) from the Milan Conservatory, and continued with his doctoral studies at the of Ghent and at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp. His artistic research focuses on the role of the interpreter in contemporary music, the composer-performer creative collaboration, and the impact of musical instruments in the creation of new musical works. As a violinist, Fusi has been a member of the Lucerne Festival Academy from 2007 till 2011, working with Pierre Boulez, Alan Gilbert (conductor), Alan Gilbert, Péter Eötvös and Susanna Mälkki. Between 2009 and 2013 Fusi recorded and frequently performed the complete cycle of John Cage's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violin
The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular use. The violin typically has four strings (music), strings (some can have five-string violin, five), usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow (music), bow across its strings. It can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and, in specialized cases, by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno). Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in the Western classical music, Western classical tradition, both in ensembles (from chamber music to orchestras) and as solo instruments. Violins are also important in many varieties of folk music, including country music, bluegrass music, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
