Jascha Heifetz plays Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto: 1st mov.

Jascha Heifetz plays Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: I. Allegro moderato

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[ColonelTheSlav]

Carnegie Hall (1947) I believe.

[Cauê Borges]

Lord Vinheteiro

[ss032010310103]

4 hours a day was after he already reached the level. He said he worked really hard when he was a kid. God knows what that meant. It would certainly help if you had your parents watching you practice til you were 20, especially one being a violinist himself.

[Andrew Wilson]

Is this from a film? They keep panning to individual actors reacting to the music and running out. Not what they normally do in filmed performances. :-)

[Andrew Wilson]

"Nothing he is doing is easy"

LOL. Understatement of the century.

It's the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto! One of the pinnacles of a violinist's career.

[Andrew Wilson]

He practiced scales/arpeggios/studies every day regardless of what else he had to do, even if he didn't practice anything else that day. Apparently he said it was like having breakfast.

He felt they were fundamental for any good violinist. He would ask pupils to play random scales completely out of the blue. And not the easy ones either. e.g. Gb minor in 10ths, 2 octaves. Aaaargh!

[knotted10]

When I die, I want this inside my coffin

[death0personified]

That's not true, he practice like 3 or 4 hours a day, and he didn't touch his violin on Sundays. He felt practice needs to be important, not just mindless labor. It's honestly the best advice I've ever read up on. That said, practice is still REALLY important. It's not about length of time, its the focus while it's happening.

[choochoomamoo]

So sad there are no cell phones with destnys child to go off in the middle :)

[henlyman1]

Heifetz HAS to rank as the number one violinist since the beginning of recorded music!

[Michael Dunn]

In spite of the less than perfect recording techniques of his day, Heifetz's talent is there for all to hear!...BEAUTIFUL!

[Michael Dunn]

I'd be surprised to learn that Heifetz practiced 8 hours a day...I believe that Segovia said "people who practice 5 or more hours a day are Donkeys!" Nathan Milstein was also scornful about people who practiced for 'many hours a day (instead of always seeking a better way to play any piece)