ioanna302

that's true. My teacher now suggests prokofiev 1 or 2, haven't decided yet

narrow-minded i'd say but ... scallopes is ok too

i know, where I study there's a "know it or snob it" philosophy and in addition they dislike every composer is not from europe

hello after a long time! well i played wieniawsky after all but my teacher promised me to let me play barber this year (in our conservatorie they don't like modern composers that much but i'll step my foot down!) You have been very very helpful, thanx a lot! P.s. I started studying devil's trill and i found that paganini's caprice n.6 helps a lot for the trill part. What do you think about this sonata?

thanks alot everyone! you really helped.

well i'm not from romania i'm greek. ioanna is the female john in english. or joan. i'm starting to play in tempo wieniavsky and i'm only studying it a week. it's not that difficult. but mendelssohn is one of my favourites and i'd like to play it really well when i do

i know piazzolla wrote le grand tango wich i think it's a concerto but it's a much higher level concerto.. it's usually played for diplomas

well i've ordered from the internet the barber concerto allready.. i've heard it and it sounded kind of easy and with a lot of passion. saint-saens was good too but not so touching for me. besides i think they only need to hear the first part of a concerto for the exams. do you know if there is a concerto which has a more "tango" style? i've recently played in a concert gade's jalousie and it really was amazing but unfortunately not a concerto..

well i didn't think i'd get that much answers. thank you very much! first of all visrtualshock these concertos are too easy for this level but thanks anyway. secondly abracadabra i don't think i have the knowledge to write a concerto yet. i mean i could write one but it would me something i wouldn't like at the end. and i don't know much concertos because simply i don't like them so much. i think they are far too long and i prefer melodies that stick to your mind (take kreisler for example). musicman i've played handel 4 years ago.. :toothygrin:. well look what's the deal: in my class everyone plays the same pieces and i am sick of it. I would like to play lalo but a friend of mine plays it and i don't feel like competing him. my favourite is mendelssohn but i would like to have more technique when i'll play it. now you understand what kind of concertos i'm thinking about. right now i'm looking for a good recording of saint seans. do you know where to find it in the internet?

i'm having exams next year and I have to find a decent violin concerto or else i'm forced to play wieniavsky n.2, which i don't like at all.. :( any suggestions?