Hello and welcome to yet the second episode of The News where we speak about any kind
of news in the bowed instrument world for musicians and for makers.
But before going ahead with the other news lets have a look what is coming up in February
in this channel.
On the 11th of February part 14 will be online of the Making a Violin Series, where I'm
working on the scroll, in this video I will start forming the actual scroll, as you see
I still have to start.
On the 21st of February the Topic video is coming up and this month I'm working on
this instrument and I'm doing a review of the varnish that I got last month from Hammerl.
As you see I already started, it starts taking shape, it looks good.
Subscribe so you wont miss this video.
If you are in London this weekend and you want to see and play on some beautiful instruments
you could visit the Makers' Day of the British Violin Making association.
It takes place Sundey the 3rd from 10.30 till 5.30 at Kings Place.
You can play on the instruments and bows of the members of the Association and maybe you
can find your new instrument.
As far as I could see entrance was for free.
There is a very interesting project that takes place in Cremona these days.
The project, called "Banca del Suono" that means "sound database" is organized
by the Municipality of Cremona, the Museo del Violino and the Network "Friends of
Stradivari" and is realized by the cultural and creative company Audiozone Studios from
Piacenza, Italy.
From the 7th of January till the 9th of February, 2 violins the Antonio Stradivari "Vesuvio"
from 1727 played by Antonio de Lorenzi and the Guarneri del Gesú "Prince Doria"
from 1734 played by Gabriele Schiavi, the Girolamo Amati "Stauffer" 1615 viola played
by Wim Janssen and the Antonio Stradivari "Stauffer" 1700 cello played by Andrea
Nocerino are recorded note by note.
The idea born by the founder of Audiozone Studios Mattia Bersani, is to record the instruments
note by note, played in every possible way a bowed instrument is played.
In this way they are creating a database with all the sounds of the four historic instruments.
This database will serve two different purposes: one is to preserve in the best way possible
the sound of these instruments for the future generations as their sound will change through
the years.
The other purpose is to create a database that every composer or music creator can use
in his productions.
These sound samples will be available to everyone via internet.
At the moment they are recording in the beautiful Auditorium Giovanni Avredi of the Museo del
Violino with more than 30 microphones.
That means that in surroundings of the museum, people have to be very quiet!
Do you see the advantages of participating in a completely online competition?
The applications for the 2019 North International Music Competition are now open for pupils,
students and musicians of any nationality and age.
It is organized by a group of professional musicians from all over the world, who met
through work in orchestras and in festivals and want to encourage young musicians to perform
and grow.
Participants will be video recording their performance, having the possibility to re-perform
it again and again without, for example, any pressure or stress from a live audience.
This can help musicians developing confidence and feel more comfortable competing, and because
it is online you don't have to travel, so no travel and accommodation expenses.
The jury consists of minimum of 9 people, all with a Master degree in Music.
The emphasis of the competition is not on the purely technical aspect of the performance,
but they're searching for performers with a strong artistic personality and stage presence.
Check the website of the North International Music Competition for detailed information,
and don't forget that the last day to apply is the 21st of April.
Sony Classical released the CD with the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic
under the direction of Cristian Thielemann in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein.
This is the traditional concert that takes please for 80 years now on, you guessed it,
the first of January, is broadcasted in 90 countries and was seen this year by more than
50 million people including myself!
In this edition we could also listen to some Vienna Philharmonic first like the Johann
Strauss the Younger "Eva Waltz from the opera Kinght Pazman".
You can listen to it via Amazon, Spotify, iTunes and other platforms following the link
in the description or buy the CD in your local music shop.
I just received a press release from the Utrecht Early Music Festival hear in Holland.
The International Van Wassenaer Competition 2019, which is part of the Festival, the Dutch
top competition for young baroque ensembles, extends with two new music competitions.
Besides baroque there will be also attention for early repertoire (middle ages and renaissance)
and late repertoire (classical and romantic) but on historical instruments.
From being a biennial event, every two years, from this year on a yearly event with three
alternating variants of the same competition will be organized.
For the first time this year, the International Van Wassenaer Competition will present a competition
for repertoire from the middle ages to the renaissance.
The competition will take place from the 29th until the 31th of August as a part of the
Utrecht Early Music Festival.
Ensembles are invited to take part, so you can send in your application before 1 April
2019, check the website, the link is in the description, for more information.
I would also like to tell you about a very special, new album that was released by Warner
Classics on the 11th of January, called Chaplin's Smile - Song Arrangements for Violin and Piano.
This album is a three-year project of the multiple Grammy Award nominated violinist
Phillipe Quint who found out that famous actor and director Charlie Chaplin was a great composer.
While doing research on film music composers he found out that the beautiful song "Smile"
was written by Charlie Chaplin.
He did more research and found about 50 songs of which he selected 13 that worked best for
violin and piano.
The album commemorates the 130th anniversary of Chaplin's birth in 2019, the arrangements
are composed for several of his films and are character driven.
The violinist was accompanied on the piano by Marta Aznavoorian and special guest appearance
on two tracks, "Smile" and "Mandolin Serenade", is from his friend, violinist Joshua Bell.
Do you want to learn to play the violin with an interactive online course?
"How to Play the Violin", a new course for the beginning student is now online.
In this course it doesn't matter if you don't have any musical experience, because Katie
Glumac, the String Expert, starts with the basics and learns you in this easy online
course, what you would expect to learn in a year of private lessons.
Let's listen to her, presenting one of the lessons.
"Hi guys, this is Katie from String expert.
Today I want to talk to you about three keys that we work on, on a continual basis in order
to improve our playing.
So when we…"
Two years of research and development went into creating this course, there are 102 videos,
a free music workbook, audio examples and professionally taken photographs showing how
to hold the violin and the bow in detail.
Katie's passion for music education has spanned well over 18 years!
She started teaching at the young age of 15, and is a musician, author and speaker at teacher
conventions.
For you, the viewers of The News, Katie has a special discount.
You can save 25% on the entire class using the coupon code 'maestrokimon' at your checkout.
And finally I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the winners of the Global
Music Awards, especially double golden medal winner Alejandra Torres: one for her album
"Renacer" and one for emerging artist for violin and vocals.
The Carpe Diem String Quartet won also a golden medal for ensemble, with the album "Jeff
Midkiff".
If you would like to enter the next competition keep in mind that the deadline is the 1st
of March.
So that's it with the news for this edition, I hope to see you again the 11th and the 21st,
don't forget to send me your news if you are a musician or a producer, don't forget
to subscribe and like and I will see you next time again.
Bye bye!
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India unemployment rate highest in 45 years Report India News Al Jazeera - Duration: 2:02.
India unemployment rate highest in 45 years Report India News Al Jazeera
The jobless rate stands at 6.1 percent, a local newspaper reports, citing an official survey withheld by the government.
The unemployment rate in has reached its highest in 45 years, according to a report in the Business Standard newspaper that cited an official survey withheld by the government.
The news comes only months before Prime Minister faces a tough race in Indias general elections.
A political controversy over the survey erupted after the acting chairman and another member of the body that reviewed the jobs data resigned, saying there had been a delay in its scheduled December release and alleging interference by other state agencies.
The survey, conducted by the National Sample Survey Office NSSO between July 2017 and June 2018, showed that the unemployment rate stood at 6.1 percent, higher than the previous high point reached in 1972 1973, local media .
That year, when India was just coming out of a war with and hit by global oil shocks like other oil importing countries, the unemployment rate was 5.18 percent.
The government has questioned the report, saying it was "not verified".
"The government has not released data on employment as it is still being processed. When the data is ready we will release it," Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog, a government policy advisory body, said at a press conference in New Delhi.
Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the main opposition Congress party who the polls show is closing in on Modis lead in the May election, said the job report showed "a national disaster".
Over the last couple of years, Indias economy has been growing rapidly by about seven percent annually, but uneven growth has meant that there are not enough new jobs to keep pace.
Young people make up a significant share of the unemployed, with 18.7 percent of urban males aged between 15 and 29 without work, and a jobless rate of 27.2 percent for urban females in the same age group.
The numbers show that Modis ambitious Make in India project, which aims to lift the share of domestic manufacturing from 17 percent of gross domestic product GDP to about 25 percent and create jobs for an estimated 1.2 million youth entering the market, has failed to take off.
The labour force participation rate, the proportion of the population that is working or seeking jobs, declined to 36.9 percent in 2017 2018 from 39.5 percent in 2011 2012, according to the report.
The report also provides the first numbers since Modis decision in November 2016 to from circulation overnight.
The survey comes a month after the All India Manufacturers Organisation released a report that said 3.5 million jobs had been lost since 2016.
That report said the job losses were mainly due to demonetisation and rising working costs after the launch of a national sales tax in July 2017, which led to hundreds of thousands losing jobs in small businesses.
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