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I can answer most questions about any kind of classical music but with special emphasis on the violin, it's, repertoire and technique. I can also help with orchestral and chamber music.

Experience in the area

I was a professional violinist in one of the London orchestras for 25 years I also coached chamber music and played in film and tv studios. My career encompassed 17th music to 20th century music, from symphonic through chamber music to opera,

Education/Credentials

L.R.A.M.(Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music) A.R.A.M.(Associate of ther Royal Academy of Music) A.R.C.M.(Associate of the Royal College of Music)

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John11/16/0910101010Thanks Steve.
Richard11/11/0910101010Outstanding!!! (Now I know why it was .....
Sharon Goldstein10/01/0910101010I can't emphasize how helpful Stephen has .....
Sharon Goldstein09/03/0910101010Yes. I'm also planning on asking him .....
John07/23/0910101010Thanks Stephen.

Recent Answers from Stephen Levine

2009-10-30 Five Little Pigs Intro song:

i have done countless tv programmes and 99.9% of them have music written by a composer especially for them...i recognise the music because i have worked with this composer...his name is christopher gunning

2009-10-20 Diploma Programme Notes:

i would love to be able to offer you sage advice but this is not really my fields..if i were you i would try one of 2 things.....get hold of the relevent cd's and they will have good notes on the liners

2009-10-01 The gratitude of the author:

i had no idea you were talking about Sascha Barantchik...of course i know him..i did a lot of work with the london symphony orchestra when he was concertmaster..i knew he was somewhere in the states..i

2009-09-18 Violins down through the ages:

it's a huge question...the answer is that most of the great and well established artists can afford to buy their own...for instance Perlman has a Strad and a del Gesu...so did Heifetz and Stern and so

2009-09-02 Concert violinist:

well, that's quite a question....I'll try my best to be succinct...the most obvious difference i suppose is technique....an orchestral musician although highly skilled is almost never flawless unless it

 

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