Russian viola master wins Grammy

Russian conductor and viola player Yury Bashmet and his Moscow Soloists' Orchestra have won a Grammy at the 50th ceremony of the U.S. Recording Academy Awards. The Russian musicians were awarded the statuette in the category of the Best Small Ensemble performance.

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[SONNY1BLACK]

VIOLA ROXS!!!!!!!!!violin sucks!!!!!!!!!

[talentedlikethat]

i get so mad bc the violin part ALWAYS has the melody. we always have the harmony. i'm not griping but we need the spotlight too, right? and when someone asks me what i play i say the viola and they say "what's is that." i get so mad. i'm sure you feel my pain

[Joebzzz]

good violists don't give a shit about being in the spotlight

[PaulinaMazurkiewicz]

@SONNY1BLACK  I agree ;)

[marganazba]

eto i david

[fadejamo]

Well deserved

[RukinelDecode]

your are so right! I hate it when people say my instrument wrong!

[LordRevanoftheSith]

I know! I hate it when people do that, even when you tell em it's wrong XD

[thisismikestanley]

if he said vi-ola instead of vee-ola 1 more time i was gunna flip, lol

[nayme80]

where can i get his music sheets?

[lembeeno]

I feel your pain! But violins and cellos have so much written for them , that they are becoming boring. So in a way it is good that viola has not recieved so much recognition, because it has made the instrument more of a treasure rather than a tool . so the jokes on them! ;D

[182278]

not really. there's telemann and hoffmeister, stamitz and a few others. but that's such a small volume of music compared to violin repertoire, which had hundreds written for it.