in my mission to understand how different professional musicians practice, i’ve mainly interviewed orchestra musicians.
we know how to keep our upcoming orchestra repertoire in our hands, and we certainly know how to keep a packet of excerpts up to speed. (or, at least, we did back when we were auditioning.)
but i wanted to interview someone who has to learn and maintain repertoire on a massive scale. i needed to talk to a soloist who plays concertos.
meet augustin hadelich, international violin soloist. he’s played with basically ALL the major orchestras. he sounds amazing, and i was lucky enough to get a few minutes of his time.
(also, he graced the met opera percussion room with his stradivarius… probably the single coolest instrument that’s ever been inside.)
augustin has to keep many full-length concertos in his current repertoire at all times. he’s usually traveling from one city to another, playing a different piece every weekend. he combines all the standard rep with lots of new contemporary music that’s sometimes written for him.
so i had to learn HOW.
how does he keep all that repertoire in his fingers?
how does he decide which piece to practice, and when?
and how does he structure his practice session?
this video is about how augustin hadelich, international violin soloist, organizes his practice.
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