21st-Century String Quartets, Volume 1

by Edith Eisler

Overview

Revealing conversations and profiles take you backstage with today's most notable string quartets. Your guide is Edith Eisler, a violinist, critic, and longtime corresponding editor of Strings magazine. Whether you perform, teach, study, or simply delight in string music, you'll find tremendous insights into this most passionate and intimate form of chamber music.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012765543
Publisher:	String Letter Publishing
Publication date:	06/14/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

EDITH EISLER, Strings Magazine’s corresponding editor from New York, is a violinist, violist, and teacher who has written for the publication since its inception in 1986. She began studying violin at the age of six in her native Vienna and later studied in Prague, with Max Rostal in London, and with Joseph Fuchs in New York. She performed solo and chamber music in Europe and North America and, for 11 years, ran Music among Friends, a series of house concerts performed by New York–based professionals. “Having been on the other side of the footlights most of my life gives me a certain perspective in interviewing players,” she says. Besides profiling the string quartets in this book, she has written about many well-known soloists for Strings, including cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinists Anne-Sophie Mutter and Midori, and covered numerous orchestras, teachers, seminars, and other musical events. She is, in addition, a contributor to Stagebill, Chamber Music, and the CD-reviews sections of Amazon.com and E-pulse.

Editorial Reviews

“Edith Eisler is one of the finest writers on music we have—an oasis of civility in an abrupt and mercurial time. She combines extraordinary technical and historical knowledge and a precise, exacting prose style with a warmly sympathetic musician’s heart. We can all learn from her.”

Tim Page