Violinist Midori breaks E-string twice and swaps 2 violins

In this video 14 years old world-class virtuoso violinist Midori performs the 5th movement of Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's Symposium. However she broke accidentally the E string and she was quickly passed the concermaster's fiddle. But then she broke again the E string and she rapidly took the violin of the associate concertmaster, without missing a beat.

A true Virtuoso !

Video from her debut at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony Orchestra / 1985.

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[levinflute]

that means the concert master had to play on a small size violin.....XD

[marlfox4]

hahaha cheap violins? strats are priceless

[AleiramEllimac143]

The conductor's dancing was sooo FAIL

[ppgoth]

the woman be happy with her new stradivarius jajaja

[Djarra]

@gojewla Violin strings are not under anything like the same tension as a piano, but yes violin players do at times have to be careful of eye injuries when strings go. Especially the unwound e string.

Paganini would have been using gut strings which are not as violent as steel strings when they break.

[gojewla]

According to accounts, Paganini used to break strings in concert and keep playing till there was just a g-string left. Some people believe that he would intentionally cut them with a small blade so that they would break during the performance. I've always wondered if the violinist is in danger of being hurt by a breaking string. I wouldn't want my face near if a piano string snapped!

[badATchaos]

lol. I just saw her preform life tonight and she broke a few strings during the performance.

[brainsareus]

midori must have been pissed that day. check out the conductor bustn' some moves on the podium. that was lenny getting down right ? he could have boogied with the studio 54 crowd,while conducting his beloved mahler.

[tyo1973]

@nospamreceived It's this video I guess, watch?v=04pXykKsO_k

[SkrPchr3]

@twiddle7125

Another problem with that is that once a string breaks, the other strings may go off-tune. So it's not even a matter of playing on 3 strings. It's more like: playing on 3 strings that are randomly un-tuned.