#violists — Public Fediverse posts

I was so fortunate to have Karen Ritscher as my viola teacher and mentor through high school. Karen shaped generations of talented violists, not just as players but -- perhaps foremost -- as humans. She shepherded us all to be better, to question our setup, our habits, our musical choices, in the most welcoming class imaginable.

Rest in Peace, Karen, we will miss you, you will not be forgotten.

#karenritscher #viola #music #manhattanschoolofmusic #teachers #mentors #violists

I was so fortunate to have Karen Ritscher as my viola teacher and mentor through high school. Karen shaped generations of talented violists, not just as players but -- perhaps foremost -- as humans. She shepherded us all to be better, to question our setup, our habits, our musical choices, in the most welcoming class imaginable.

Rest in Peace, Karen, we will miss you, you will not be forgotten.

#karenritscher #viola #music #manhattanschoolofmusic #teachers #mentors #violists

I don't know how many #stringplayers there are here right now, but I wrote a long post about a topic we all love and care about -- Chinrests! See here: https://www.ljova.com/2025/03/life-is-just-a-box-of-chinrests/ #chinrests #music #violin #violinists #viola #violists #fadolín #fadolin

I don't know how many #stringplayers there are here right now, but I wrote a long post about a topic we all love and care about -- Chinrests! See here: https://www.ljova.com/2025/03/life-is-just-a-box-of-chinrests/ #chinrests #music #violin #violinists #viola #violists #fadolín #fadolin

I don't know how many #stringplayers there are here right now, but I wrote a long post about a topic we all love and care about -- Chinrests! See here: https://www.ljova.com/2025/03/life-is-just-a-box-of-chinrests/ #chinrests #music #violin #violinists #viola #violists #fadolín #fadolin

I don't know how many #stringplayers there are here right now, but I wrote a long post about a topic we all love and care about -- Chinrests! See here: https://www.ljova.com/2025/03/life-is-just-a-box-of-chinrests/ #chinrests #music #violin #violinists #viola #violists #fadolín #fadolin

I don't know how many #stringplayers there are here right now, but I wrote a long post about a topic we all love and care about -- Chinrests! See here: https://www.ljova.com/2025/03/life-is-just-a-box-of-chinrests/ #chinrests #music #violin #violinists #viola #violists #fadolín #fadolin

(continuing on with the series)

Deflating, melting Bach .. one of my favorites from..

Ljova - Discontent Farm 9 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #bach #jsbach #deflating #melting

(continuing on with the series)

Deflating, melting Bach .. one of my favorites from..

Ljova - Discontent Farm 9 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #bach #jsbach #deflating #melting

(continuing on with the series)

Deflating, melting Bach .. one of my favorites from..

Ljova - Discontent Farm 9 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #bach #jsbach #deflating #melting

(continuing on with the series)

Deflating, melting Bach .. one of my favorites from..

Ljova - Discontent Farm 9 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #bach #jsbach #deflating #melting

Shades of “Revirado”, the great Piazzolla tune.

Ljova - Discontent Farm 8 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #tango #piazzolla

Shades of “Revirado”, the great Piazzolla tune.

Ljova - Discontent Farm 8 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #tango #piazzolla

Shades of “Revirado”, the great Piazzolla tune.

Ljova - Discontent Farm 8 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #tango #piazzolla

Shades of “Revirado”, the great Piazzolla tune.

Ljova - Discontent Farm 8 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #tango #piazzolla

Monologue I. Those of us who play fadolín know that getting the C string to sound is always a little bit of a challenge. Trying to make that happen here.

Ljova - Discontent Farm 7 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #sorrowful #suspenseful #melody #melodia

Monologue I. Those of us who play fadolín know that getting the C string to sound is always a little bit of a challenge. Trying to make that happen here.

Ljova - Discontent Farm 7 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #sorrowful #suspenseful #melody #melodia

Monologue I. Those of us who play fadolín know that getting the C string to sound is always a little bit of a challenge. Trying to make that happen here.

Ljova - Discontent Farm 7 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #sorrowful #suspenseful #melody #melodia

Monologue I. Those of us who play fadolín know that getting the C string to sound is always a little bit of a challenge. Trying to make that happen here.

Ljova - Discontent Farm 7 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #sorrowful #suspenseful #melody #melodia

The curtains opens and we see…?

Ljova: Discontent Farm 6 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #spooky #tremolo #shaking

The curtains opens and we see…?

Ljova: Discontent Farm 6 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #spooky #tremolo #shaking

Vocalise..
Ljova - Discontent Farm 5 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #vocalise #melody #timeless #melodia

Vocalise..
Ljova - Discontent Farm 5 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #vocalise #melody #timeless #melodia

Vocalise..
Ljova - Discontent Farm 5 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #vocalise #melody #timeless #melodia

Vocalise..
Ljova - Discontent Farm 5 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #vocalise #melody #timeless #melodia

Shades of .. The Nutcracker, anyone? 🎄
Ljova - Discontent Farm 4 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #tchaikovsky #thenutcracker

Shades of .. The Nutcracker, anyone? 🎄
Ljova - Discontent Farm 4 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #tchaikovsky #thenutcracker

Shades of .. The Nutcracker, anyone? 🎄
Ljova - Discontent Farm 4 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #tchaikovsky #thenutcracker

Shades of .. The Nutcracker, anyone? 🎄
Ljova - Discontent Farm 4 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree #tchaikovsky #thenutcracker

Foreign languages... a bit of everything in under a minute.
Ljova - Discontent Farm 3 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree

Foreign languages... a bit of everything in under a minute.
Ljova - Discontent Farm 3 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree

Foreign languages... a bit of everything in under a minute.
Ljova - Discontent Farm 3 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree

Foreign languages... a bit of everything in under a minute.
Ljova - Discontent Farm 3 (of 30)
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #gowild #befree

The ghost of Hindemith — or maybe Elmer Fudd — is certainly lurking somewhere here — and (spoiler alert) he’ll be back in a few other episodes, too.
—
Ljova - Discontent Farm 2 (of 30) — see project description two posts back
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #hindemith #elmerfudd

The ghost of Hindemith — or maybe Elmer Fudd — is certainly lurking somewhere here — and (spoiler alert) he’ll be back in a few other episodes, too.
—
Ljova - Discontent Farm 2 (of 30) — see project description two posts back
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #hindemith #elmerfudd

The ghost of Hindemith — or maybe Elmer Fudd — is certainly lurking somewhere here — and (spoiler alert) he’ll be back in a few other episodes, too.
—
Ljova - Discontent Farm 2 (of 30) — see project description two posts back
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #hindemith #elmerfudd

The ghost of Hindemith — or maybe Elmer Fudd — is certainly lurking somewhere here — and (spoiler alert) he’ll be back in a few other episodes, too.
—
Ljova - Discontent Farm 2 (of 30) — see project description two posts back
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp #hindemith #elmerfudd

I didn't get any response to my previous two posts -- shall I try to post #Discontentfarm videos individually and see if they get any traction?

alright, let’s do this!
Ljova - Discontent Farm 1 (of 30) - read the project description in my previous post.
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp

I didn't get any response to my previous two posts -- shall I try to post #Discontentfarm videos individually and see if they get any traction?

alright, let’s do this!
Ljova - Discontent Farm 1 (of 30) - read the project description in my previous post.
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp

I didn't get any response to my previous two posts -- shall I try to post #Discontentfarm videos individually and see if they get any traction?

alright, let’s do this!
Ljova - Discontent Farm 1 (of 30) - read the project description in my previous post.
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp

I didn't get any response to my previous two posts -- shall I try to post #Discontentfarm videos individually and see if they get any traction?

alright, let’s do this!
Ljova - Discontent Farm 1 (of 30) - read the project description in my previous post.
#fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists #ribbonmics #ribbonmicrophones #samaraudio #fyp

Hello Mastodon friends -- check out my “Discontent Farm” – thirty solo fadolín pieces recorded in the space of about an hour in December 2023. All of these will be uploaded on a daily basis to FB and IG, but since I can't very well upload short video content to Mastodon (or can I?), here are all thirty episodes in a row, along with some notes: https://www.ljova.com/2024/01/discontent-farm/ #fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists

Hello Mastodon friends -- check out my “Discontent Farm” – thirty solo fadolín pieces recorded in the space of about an hour in December 2023. All of these will be uploaded on a daily basis to FB and IG, but since I can't very well upload short video content to Mastodon (or can I?), here are all thirty episodes in a row, along with some notes: https://www.ljova.com/2024/01/discontent-farm/ #fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists

Hello Mastodon friends -- check out my “Discontent Farm” – thirty solo fadolín pieces recorded in the space of about an hour in December 2023. All of these will be uploaded on a daily basis to FB and IG, but since I can't very well upload short video content to Mastodon (or can I?), here are all thirty episodes in a row, along with some notes: https://www.ljova.com/2024/01/discontent-farm/ #fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists

Hello Mastodon friends -- check out my “Discontent Farm” – thirty solo fadolín pieces recorded in the space of about an hour in December 2023. All of these will be uploaded on a daily basis to FB and IG, but since I can't very well upload short video content to Mastodon (or can I?), here are all thirty episodes in a row, along with some notes: https://www.ljova.com/2024/01/discontent-farm/ #fadolín #fadolin #discontentfarm #ljova #improvisation #expression #newmusic #music #musica #violin #violinists #viola #violists