"Violin was my first form of expression - and is still in a lot of ways"

Amanda Shires


There is nothing quite like the sound of a violin. The violin is regarded as one of the most important musical instruments in history, perhaps because of its fundamental role in an orchestra or the inspiration and emotion transferred to the listener upon hearing its powerfully romantic sound.
Playing violin unaccompanied is the most exposed sort of music-making, with a vulnerability that is both technical and emotional. Its music seems to bring out a personal quality in composers that one doesn`t always get from music for large forces. The purity of the medium and its limitations call forth a challenge to the composer to be met with ingenuity and imagination.

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