VIOLIN masterclass by @augustindumay6767 | Poème, Op. 25 by Ernest Chausson | Saline royale Academy

The most esteemed teachers share their knowledge, advice, and techniques to help you improve and develop your skills.

- Complete work
- Free trial
- Annotated sheet with the professor's advices

About this violin masterclass:

Poème, Op. 25 by Ernest Chausson
Recorded with Augustin Dumay and Adam Suska in February 2022.
Accompanying pianist Stephanie Gurga

0:00 Intro and playing part from Adam Suska
17:55 Advice part from Augustin Dumay

In this masterclass, Professor Augustin Dumay demonstrates how to phrase and capture the intensity in Chausson’s Poème. He cautions the student against having too much physical tension while trying to produce the right character for the music, as being mindful of shoulder tension will prevent health problems down in the future. Dumay works with the student to find a variety of expressive colors in the music and exaggerate the phrasing and direction. To help with this, Dumay offers many alternate bowing suggestions that will better serve the phrasing. He also stresses the importance of maintaining lyricism throughout, regardless of the intensity of the mood. However, though there should always be connection, Dumay also teaches the student that not all notes should be equal. There should be a clear distinction between the most important notes or sections and accompanimental figures to give clarity to the musical expression.

What we learn:
- Creating intensity in the music without adding tension.
- Choosing advantageous bowings.
- Deciding which notes are most important and which are accompanimental.
- Maintaining lyricism.
- Always having direction in the phrasing and expressive color.

About the Saline royale Academy:

The Saline royale Academy is an international music teaching center providing in-situ and online masterclasses taught by some of the most widely acclaimed teachers in the world at the Saline royale of Arc-et-Senans (France).

The Saline royale Academy focuses on helping to train tomorrow’s best musicians by giving them access to some of the greatest professor's teachings.

Our educational service is based on an innovative immersive and interactive video player allowing the user to choose the viewing angle of either the professor or the student without any interruption.

A unique offer preserving the rich and diverse heritage of teachings and techniques used by the greatest musicians, such as Miriam Fried, Dénes Várjon, Clive Greensmith, Nathan Braude, Margreet Honig, Philippe Bernold...and more than 50 professors of violin, piano, cello, viola, flute, voice, chamber music, trombone, clarinet and oboe.

We offer young musicians a permanent access to the excellence of online music education thanks to our vast catalog – the biggest in the world – completed by content produced by institutions such as Colburn School (Los Angeles), The Royal College of Music (London), The Royal Irish Academy of Music (Dublin)…

Follow us on social networks:

#violinmasterclass #classicalmusic #salineroyaleacademy