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	VC MASTERCLASS: Tasmin Little, Stage Nerves and Performance Anxiety In a VC exclusive, English concert violinist Tasmin Little discusses tips and techniques for overcoming concert stage nerves and performance anxiety. View the video on the Violin Chanel website. Click logo.

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	Tasmin added a small video to YouTube on 22nd September 2013 Easy violin bow hold, by Tasmin Little Published on 22 Sep 2013 How to find your natural bow hold in a few easy steps (37 sec)

Article in the Times:
Tuesday, August 20 2013

Why the vision thing strikes a chord when star performers take the stage

Tasmin has contributed to this, the article mentions:

"Tasmin Little, the violinist, identified with the findings, saying that she regularly closed her eyes while judging competitions to help her focus on the music because some performers were so over the top. She added that the appearance of musicians has been given too much weight. “One or two performers have gone further than they might because of the way they’ve been marketed,” she said.

New on Voice of the Arts

Violinist Tasmin Little July 19, 2013 |

British violinist Tasmin Little

talks with Classical WQED-FM's

Jim Cunningham on the back porch of

Chautauqua's Amphitheater the morning

Listen to the interview on the website of WQED.

(click logo to reach the page) left middle

Direct Link to the mp.3 file of the PODCAST here. REVIEW of this concert on Reviews page here.

Tasmin has now started a FACEBOOK and TWITTER page. You can access them by clicking the logos.

New
Biography Page

A new Biography page has gone on-line today.

Stradivarius Exhibition

Last Wednesday, 12th June at 18:30

Tasmin officially opened the Museum’s Stradivarius Exhibition

that runs from 13 June to 11 August 2013.

Stradivarius Exhibition Page | View a YouTube video about the forthcoming exhibition here

Here is a write up of the opening by Liberal Councillor Tony Brettt with photos.

Another excellent review re the Britten Violin Concerto CD appered in the magazine International Record Review:

"I have been waiting for some time to hear Tasmin Little in this violin concerto and she does not disappoint. In her own performer's note, she rightly praises the phenomenal account by Ida Haendel, but hers is in no way inferior. Indeed, in some ways, in the inner intensity of her phrasing and outstanding lyrical playing, Little is to be preferred, notably in the astounding decclamato passage in the 'Passacaglia' and in the long Lento e solenne coda, where — like Haendel — she plays the final espressiro passage in octaves (it's not in the score, but the music demands it, without question). Elsewhere, her virtuosity is breathtaking. The playing of the BBC Philharmonic under Gardner is pretty staggering throughout, especially in the second movement (with a virtuoso timpanist), and is superior to the Bournemouth Symphony under Paavo Berglund - good though they are.
.... this is a simply magnificent recording which it would be impossible to improve upon."
Robert Matthew-Walker


BBC Music Magazine this month carries a review of the CHANDOS CD as well. Read it here (click logo)

- British Violin Sonatas No.1 - played by Tasmin Little and pianist Piers Lane.

Available Now. (click thumbnail)

The new Violin Sonatas CD with Sonatas by Walton, Ferguson and Britten has just become available.

Learn more from the CHANDOS website here. (audio sample 2 min)

The violinist joined Tim Lihoreau live at 9am on Wednesday 29 May - questions and
comments below.

Click above logo to follow the Live Chat.

	We are delighted to report that the Britten Piano and Violin Concerti - CHANDOS CD - CHAN10764 - has moved up to 4th place in the Classical Charts. ... and this Sunday, the Sunday Times carried an enthusiastic review of the CD. Read it here

	David Mellor in the Mail on Sunday Mellor's CD of the week .... a first mini review of Howard Shelley's and Tasmin's Britten concertos CD was published last Sunday. Read it here (PDF - 170kb)

The May edition of Gramophone magazine has an article on page 15 entitled:

REWIND - Artists talk about their past recordings
in which Tasmin talks about several of her recordings.

You may read it here.

Tasmin visited Classic fm last month and was interviewed by Classical Music presenter

Anne-Marie Minhall. Tasmin tells me that she enjoyed this interview very much.

This interview is now available on the www.ClassicFM.com website as an audio file; please listen to it,

it's very interesting and informative.

Access is here: LINK (Classic fm - audio file - 11min)

Tasmin's Letter in

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

22.2.2013

Tasmin was interviewed by phone live this morning, Fri 15th, at 11.50 on BBC Radio Berkshire.

In the mid-morning programme that Tony Blackburn is presenting (he’s filling in for Anne Diamond who normally does this show). She was talking about the Windsor event on 23 March.

Listen Again: The interview is about 1 hour 50 min into the programme. Please move slider forwards)
(Tony Blackburn's Weekend Warm-Up show)

Tasmin visited Watford Grammar Scholl for Girls earlier this week for Violin Masterclasses.

A short, charming article has appeared in the Watford Observer, read it here.

read it here

Interesting Article in the Independent on Friday 8th 2013

Stradivarius: Italian craftsmanship retains perfect pitch

Tasmin has made an interesting contribution in the passage titled
"A unique blend of beauty, tone and projection "

A Photo of Tasmin in St. Louis.

Have a look at this beautiful photo enlarged here. (courtesy of St.Louis Public Radio)

An Interim interview came during the intermission, just after she finished playing the Elgar concerto.

	Listen to the interval Interview Tasmin gave last night available from the St. Louis Radio website page for Tasmin. Click logo on left. (13 min)
A first review of Friday's performance by Chuck Lavazzi is available here. (click KDHX logo)

Sinfini Music - the new website for classical music features Tasmin as part of an article on My First Opera. Read the complete page, compiled by Jessic Duchen here.

Here is the extract of Tasmin's contribution.

We have received a very nice photo from Philadelphia, taken by Michael Kulas.

It shows members of the Philadelphia Delius Society. The members just had showing of
"The Lost Child" the BBC documentary Tasmin made about Delius, Frank Stanek holding
the photo of Tasmin getting her OBE.

View a large copy of the photo here.

You can watch PART ONE of the documentary on YouTube here. | PART TWO is here.

slide forward to
2:39:50
to listen to the interview.

Move slider forward to - 2:39:50 - to listen to the interview.

A charming article, written by Nicki ffrench Davis, appeared on 19/12/2012 in the IRISH EXAMINER
titled: "Tasmin Little’s year of big achievements". This coincided with Tasmin playing the Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 in Cork yesterday. Click the EXAMINER logo to read it.

“Today” Programme
Friday 9th November.
Tasmin was interviewed at 8.23am.

Radio 4 "Today" Programme, last Friday 9th November, around 8.20am.

Tasmin appeared on BBC Radio 4's “Today” Programme last Friday 9th November.

Her interview was at 8.23 am. Click the Radio 4 logo to listen to the 5 min interview.

Tasmin played at No.10 Downing Street on 25th September at a reception hosted by Samantha Cameron.  The evening was to promote the charity for homeless people, The Passage, for whom Tasmin is giving a concert at the South Bank on 8th November.

from left to right: Mick Clarke - Tasmin Little - Samantha Cameron - Antonio Orlando

RADIO NATIONAL - The Music Show - 25th August 2012
TASMIN LITTLE: PASSIONATE ABOUT DELIUS

Listen to / download as Podcast an interview with Tasmin,
broadcast on ABC National on 25th August. (click logo)

reviews are on reviews page here

BBC newspage has a 3.5min version of the BBC 1 interview here. (click logo)

click logo
Wallace & Gromit Prom Royal Albert Hall Review

BBC 1 will show the Wallace & Gromit Prom on Bank Holiday Monday, 27th August.

Here is a link to BBC1 Schedule at 14:45, Bank Holiday Monday.


PROM 20 - The Wallace & Gromit Prom: Musical Marvels!

The world premiere of a new show, with classical favourites for all the family – including music by John Adams, Debussy and Shostakovich – plus specially filmed new Wallace & Gromit animations, featuring the dynamic duo’s backstage exploits as they prepare for the first performance of Wallace’s brand-new Proms commission, My Concerto in Ee, Lad. And A Matter of Loaf and Death, screened for the first time with a live orchestral soundtrack.

Tasmin Little, violin

Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon, conductor

The Wallace and Gromit Prom - Part 1 - is on the "Listen Again" page here. (finished)

Read a Review of PROM 20 here (Bachtrack)

The Daily Mail

20th July, page 43

Tasmin's close shave
with Gromit

Daily Telegraph - July 4th edition

Tasmin Little on Delius: regrets of a lost composer
Tasmin Little tells Ivan Hewett why she loves the music of Delius.

You can read this article which appeared on 4th July in the Daily Telegraph here.

Update to Concerts Page

Tasmin's Schedule until December and two Proms

Tasmin's Schedule until December 2012 is now on the Concerts Page

as well as the two Proms, Prom 20 (The Wallace & Gromit Prom: Musical Marvels!)

and Prom 54, (Davies, Delius & Shostakovich) Tasmin will play in.

Booking for the PROMS opens May 12th.

A BBC Promo Film
Prom 20
Tasmin talks after 5min 20sec

Click Here

13/11/2011 - Tasmin's NEW VIDEO PAGE

We have now gathered all major Tasmin YouTube videos together in

a new Videos page on Tasmin's website.

Release Date: 26/9/2011

Released: September 26th 2011 - ORDER from below mentioned LINKS

Tasmin is very excited to announce the release of her second disc as an exclusive

Chandos artist – the Delius Violin concerto and Delius Double concerto

(with cellist Paul Watkins) will be released on 26th September.


Read the CHANDOS PRESS RELEASE by clicking the CHANDOS logo.

Pre-order the CD from the following retailers:

REVIEWS IN SO FAR:

Just Out - December issue

A really excellent review by Andrew Achenbach has just come out in GRAMOPHONE
magazine.

Andrew's concluding sentence:
"No self-respecting Delian can afford to be without this indispensable issue."

Read it here. and Classicalresource.com Review is here.

Financial Times had a short review in its Arts Section. Read it here.

Classic FM - Mark Forrest Christmas Guide - Recommendation - Read it here.

In the Violin Concerto and the Double Concerto, Tasmin Little is every bit as persuasively expressive as on her earlier recordings with Charles Mackerras. Paul Watkins provides the partnership you'd expect from such a fine chamber musician in the Double, and copes effortlessly with the problems of the original version of the Cello Concerto. Andrew Davis paces everything magisterially, always allowing enough space at moments of hushed stillness. The recording, at least in stereo, seems slightly too close-up on the soloists, relegating some fine orchestral playing to the middle distance. But that's a minor blemish on a disc that will give great pleasure to all lovers of Delius's music.
Anthony Burton
PERFORMANCE ***** RECORDING ****

Twenty years ago Tasmin Little recorded the Delius Violin and Cello Concerto with Raphael Wallfisch and the RLPO under Sir Charles Groves. Now she has recorded it again with Paul Watkins, Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. She couples it with the Violin Concerto and Watkins completes this Chardos record with the Cello Concerto, also on the Liverpool disc This is a well programmed release, gaining from an up to date sound, and while this is all the first rate Delius, well realised, it also shows that the Violin Concerto should be a regular part of the repertoire.

Four New EMI CDs - Released YESTERDAY, October 3rd
This October EMI are re-releasing 4 CDs with Tasmin , available from Amazon. (click CD thumbnails)
Ravel Poulenc Debussy Delius	Brahms, Sibelius Arvo Pärt	Bruch Dvorak Lalo	Violin Showpieces
Please click the CD covers for further information and to pre-order

CHANDOS CD release for November 2011

Tasmin is one of the artists appearing in this forthcoming release by CHANDOS

Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra 4-CD box set

*Tasmin Little (violin), *Tim Hugh (cello) Howard Shelley (piano and conductor) Opera North Orchestra and +Chorus

Order from Amazon here.

CLASSIC fm - CD release of the month! December 2011

November 5th 2011
Article by James Steen
in Mail Online

My haven: Chef Raymond Blanc, 61, relaxes in the Japanese tea house at his restaurant, Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons

6. LOVE SONG

Chef Raymond Blanc talks of Tasmin's visit to his establishment Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons some years ago when she appeared at his annual music festival.

Photo l-r:
Raymond, Tasmin, Jilly Little and Martin Roscoe at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons

(click logo to read the whole article)

The Guardian,
26th October 2011

To read the whole article,
click logo

The artists' artist: violinists
Seven violinists nominate their favourite living artist in their field

In an article in the Guardian on Wednesday 26th October 2011
Tasmin wrote about her idol, Ida Haendel - you may want to read this here:

Recently added to YouTube - Prokofiev - 1st Violin Conceto by the Radio Kamer Filharmonie (Concert from December 2010) Michael Schønwandt, dirigent Tasmin Little, viool Prokovjev (Eerste vioolconcert in D, op. 19) and Schubert - Zesde symfonie, D.589

A recently released YouTube clip (2 min) of the Elgar Concerto - Prom 24 - Courtesy of BBC TV

Classic Brits Award 2011

Tasmin's One hour recital in Auckland Friday 10th June
A Naked Violin project recital
Download a FREE CD (click pic)

Radio New Zealand has just added the NAKED VIOLIN recital Tasmin gave in Auckland on Friday, June 10th to YouTube.

Here is the Download Page for a FREE CD
of Naked Violin Project music by J.S. Bach, Paul Patterson and Eugène Ysaÿe.

Tasmin has received the CRITICS' AWARD at the 2011 CLASSIC BRIT AWARDS
We are delighted to report that Tasmin has received the Critics' Award for her recording of Elgar's Violin Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis. The Critics’ Award was chosen by a panel of critics from the national media and recognises special achievements or performances over the past twelve months. The 2011 nominees were Antonio Pappano, who received his second nomination for ‘Rossini: Stabat Mater’, German tenor Jonas Kaufmann with ‘Verismo Arias’ and British violinist Tasmin Little for the album ‘Elgar: Violin Concerto’. Visit the CLASSIC BRITS website to read more To read more, please view/download Press Release PDF A video with Tasmin is here: (click logo) (01:19) Tasmin Little at the Classic Classic Brits Award speech 2011

We have received some nice event i-phone photos, you might like to see. (Click thumbnails)

BBC News has a page, titled "Violinists dominate Classic Brit Awards". View it here.

A nice Photo of the three award winners, Vilde Frang, Alison Balsom, and Tasmin Little, has appeared here.

Menuhin Competition - Beijing - 2012
6 - 15 April 2012

MENUHIN COMPETITION 2012 - BEIJING, CHINA.

The world's leading violin competition for violinists under the age of 22 will take place in Beijing, China, between 6 - 15 April 2012.

The competition will be a 10-day festival of music and competitors will have a chance to collaborate with the China Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the best orchestras in China, and to perform at the impressive National Centre for the Performing Arts and Beijing Concert Hall.

The Competition is now open for applications; application deadline is the 31 October 2011. More details and Application Form are on the Menuhin Competition website.


TASMIN will be a member of the Jury.

Other members of the Jury are:
PAMELA FRANK, (USA), JOJI HATTORI (Japan), OLIVIER CHARLIER (France), DONG-SUK KANG (Korea), HU KUN (China & UK), HENNING KRAGGERUD (Norway), VERA TSU (China), MAXIM VENGEROV (Russia).