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Mirijam Contzen
Mirijam Contzen (born in 1976) is a German-Japanese violinist. Life and career Born in Münster, Contzen grew up in Lünen. She began her studies at the Musikhochschule Detmold in 1984 and from 1988 she was a master student of the violin teacher Tibor Varga (violinist), Tibor Varga (1921–2003) from Hungary. Since 2005 she has been artistic director of the annual International Chamber Music Festival Schloss Cappenberg, which takes place every summer at Cappenberg Castle. The 11th concert took place from 20 to 27 May 2018. Among other musicians were Herbert Schuch (piano), Tobias Bredohl (piano) and Sebastian Manz (clarinet). on JPC References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Contzen, Mirijam 1976 births Living people Musicians from Münster German classical violinists German women viol ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violin
The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the pochette (musical instrument), pochette, but these are virtually unused. Most violins have a hollow wooden body, and commonly have four strings (music), strings (sometimes five-string violin, five), usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and are most commonly played by drawing a bow (music), bow across the strings. The violin can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and, in specialized cases, by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow (col legno). Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres. They are most prominent in the Western classical music, Western classical tradition, both in ensembles (from chamber music to orchestras) and as solo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
