Hi! Kathy here.
We just wanted to share the energy of the master class with Kim Chee-Yun. Two lucky Quartet Academy violinists, Erica Westenberg and Diane Jung, stood up and played, receiving helpful comments from Chee-Yun.
Chee-Yun herself matured into an accomplished young violinist while studying with Dorothy DeLay and attending the Juilliard School in New York. One of her classmates was Midori. As a teenager, Chee-Yun wanted to dive into normal activities like shopping and dating but her traditional parents steered her towards school and concentration on the violin. She hated to practice. DeLay set the gauntlet high for Chee-Yung’s technique while earning her respect as a listener sympathetic to teenage troubles. A few years ago, she told the Dallas Herald that DeLay’s expectations and her own need to prove her worthiness “drove her.”
And now, Chee-Yun gracefully passes along the lessons she learned to the next generation of violinists.
We’ll upload the class videos next week. Enjoy the photos for now. All photos courtesy of Vicki Rosette. Thanks, Vicki!
