Tasmin Little

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Archive of
British Library
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“Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning."

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

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- Play an Archival Sound Recording from the British Library - while browsing:

BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 77, D major

Amsterdam Orchestra
Ossy Renardy (violin) - Charles Munch, (conductor)

Recorded: 1948 (good recording quality)

Tasmin's 1st letter

As you may remember, Tasmin had promised, if she finds time, to write a letter or letters while away on her 5 week trip down-under.

Well, here is Tasmin's first letter, and very interesting it is too!

Enjoy! (click the NZ Mount Cook image)


Michael Hill International Violin Competition

June 3rd - June 11th 2011 New Zealand

Friday, 3rd June - Saturday 11th June 2011

Tasmin is a member of the Jury of the

Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand.

Dene Olding, Artistic Advisor writes:
International violin competitions are judged by the quality of the competitors, the quality and integrity of their judges and the administration and organisation of the event itself. It is without hesitation that I can state that, based on these criteria, the Michael Hill International Violin Competition has already established itself at the forefront of the field. Please join us at latitude 45 degrees South (Queenstown) in June 2011 for the beginning of an extraordinary week showcasing the best violin talent from around the world.

Follow the Semi-Finalist Results here | Competition Diary 30/05 - 08/06 is available here

Here are a few photos of Tasmin taken in NZ during the Michael Hill Violin Competition.

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Concert Chamber Town Hall, Auckland. THIS FRIDAY 10th June AUCKLAND

A Naked Violin event	Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall, THE EDGE. Naked Violin Recital - Start Time: 18:30 Bookings: THE EDGE, Aotea Centre, Queen Street, ph 0800 BUY TICKETS (289 842) Internet Boookings and further information from THE EDGE The Edge Page


Adelaide Town Hall TWO NIGHTS Friday 17th, Sat 18th

Friday/Saturday week ( 17/6/2011) Tasmin plays in Adelaide.
ADELAIDE NOW published a Q&A session with Tasmin, here is a link.

Venue: Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide, Australia.

Tasmin plays Brahms: Violin Concerto

with the
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra / Arvo Volmer

Programme:
Vine: Microsymphony
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No.1

Join the ASO 1 hour prior to the concert for a FREE pre-concert talk

Ticket Link on ASO website

2011 season PDF from ASO (Tasmin's concerts are on page 11)

THIS CONCERT IS BROADCAST LIVE ON ABC CLASSIC FM. PROGRAMME PAGE LINK - 20:00 .

(Click On LISTEN NOW link)

	Porirua music students stunned by violin maestro by Kris Dando A very nice article appeared today in Kapi Mana News describing Tasmin's visit last week to give an hour-long concert at Whitireia Community Polytechnic. Read it here, by clicking the Kapi-Mana News Logo.

Tasmin is interviewed
by Kim Hill

Kim Hill interviews Tasmin. Saturday morning.

Acclaimed British violinist who's bringing her Naked Violin project to New Zealand.
(duration: 11′29″)

Download or listen here

Tasmin's interview
with Upbeat's Eva Radich

Concert FM: UPBEAT

Starts at 12:00 pm on Thursday, 19 May 2011 On Thursday's show, Upbeat's Eva Radich talks to naked violinist Tasmin Little about her New Zealand debut performing Sibelius’ sublime Violin Concerto under the baton of Finnish conductor Okko Kamu. Also featuring Brahms’ lyrical Third Symphony.

The Interview is now available as an "ogg vobis" or "mp3" download HERE. (6.20 am)

14th May 2011
William Dart of the NZ Herald interviewed Tasmin a few days ago, and his interview was published in the Herald today. Please Click Logo to read it.

The Manukau Courier published a lovely account of Tasmin's visit to the Otara Music and Arts Centre Centre titled: "Violinist reaches critical masses" yesterday.

It also features a short 3 min video of the vist to play to the children.
Enjoy, by clicking on the Courier Logo.

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)

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.

T a s m i n' s.. u p d a t e d ..C o n c e r t - S c h e d u l e - 2 0 1 1

Tasmin's Schedule has been updated to November 2011 and has been placed

ON-LINE now. Please click the Concert Schedule LOGO to view it.

BBC PROMS 2012

We are now happy to announce that Tasmin will be playing Elgar's Violin Concerto in Prom 24 on Tuesday 2 August - 19:00 - with the BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis conductor.

Full Programme:
Elgar - There is sweet music
Elgar - Violin Concerto
INTERVAL
Grainger - Irish Tune from County Derry
Grainger - Suite 'In a Nutshell'
R. Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel's lustige Streiche

To book your tickets and to learn more,
click Prom 24




Prom 24 is to be broadcast on TV on 4th August 2011. (BBC4) Click Logo.

3rd September 2011

FREE ENTRY

Tasmin Little, creator of the groundbreaking 'Naked Violin' project, completes the series of events in which musicians from this year's Proms season introduce a personal choice of readings from their favourite fiction and poetry.

Thursday 12 May 2011 8:00 PM

Tasmin is nominated for this year's Classic Brit Critics' Award We have just learned that Tasmin has been nominated for the Critics Choice award re: the Elgar Violin Concerto disc. The other two nominees are: Antonio Pappano and Jonas Kaufmann. Further information on this Classic FM page.


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).


Article in Youth Music

Tasmin Little has become a Youth Music Ambassador.

Read Article (24/1/2011) in YOUTH MUSIC here.


BBC Listen Now page

BBC Radio 4 has again made available Tasmin's Desert Island Discs appearance.

"Sue Lawley's castaway is violinist Tasmin Little."

Listen to it by clicking on the logo.

Each Christmas, Jessica Duchen, music writer and novelist, awards the JDCMB GINGER STRIPE AWARDS. (2010) This year Tasmin Little has been given the award as "Violinist of the Year" for her Elgar recording. (see 7th Paragraph) (Click Logo)

An Interview with Tasmin Little in classicalcource.com has just been published.

Link to classicalsource.com webpage here. The review of the Elgar VC CD has been added

to our dedicated Elgar page. Also on classicalsource.com page here.

	David Mellor's Choice: On the "New CD Show Review of 2010" to be broadcast on Sunday 26 December 20:00, David Mellor has chosen the following: - BEST CONCERTO - ELGAR: VIOLIN CONCERTO, Tasmin Little/Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Andrew Davis. Publisher: CHANDOS. Link to David Mellor's page on Classic FM and 'Listen Now' button.

Workshops with Tasmin and David Le Page
at Kings Place, London

	Workshop for Strings with David Le Page, Masterclass with Tasmin Little & Family Concert

On Saturday, 5th February 2011 - Time 11:00 - Hall One

Introduced by Tasmin Little, this musical workshop for violin, viola, cello and double bass players (grade 3-8+ and aged 8-18), led by David Le Page, culminates in a wonderful opportunity to play on stage with David Le Page and Tasmin Little. After the workshop join us for a fun-filled family concert, introduced by Tasmin Little and David Le Page, and involving all the participants in the morning's masterclass and workshops.

Read more about this on the Concerts Page for 2011. Scroll down to February 5th.

Tasmin's Elgar Violin Concerto CD on CHANDOS was reviewed in the Sunday Times of 28 November 2010. Click Logo to read it.

Tasmin is on the cover of Musical Opinion Magazine (Nov/Dec edition)with an article about her new Elgar Violin Concerto CD on CHANDOS. Click Logo to read the PDF (1.5MB).

Classical Music Magazine - 20 November 2010

Tasmin is on the cover of Classical Music Magazine this month with an article about her new Elgar Violin Concerto CD on CHANDOS. Click Logo to read the PDF (3.8MB).

December 2010 Edition

Tasmin's Elgar Violin Concerto CD on CHANDOS is reviewed in the December Edition of Gramophone Magazine. Click Logo to read the PDF (1MB).

Michael Tumelty writes about Tasmin's Elgar Violin Concerto recording on CHANDOS today in the Herald Scotland. Click Logo to read the article. (PDF file 1.1 MB) LINK to website.

Tasmin's Elgar Violin Concerto CD on CHANDOS was briefly reviewed on Sunday, by Michael Kennedy in the Sunday Telegraph. Click Logo to read it. (PDF file 0.7 MB)

Tasmin's Elgar Violin Concerto CD on CHANDOS was reviewed on Sunday, by David Mellor in the Mail on Sunday. Click Logo to read the review. (PDF file 1.75 MB)

Tasmin's Elgar Violin Concerto CD on CHANDOS was reviewed last Friday in The Times.
Click Logo to read the review. (PDF file 1.65 MB)

Tasmin's Elgar Violin Concerto on CHANDOS will be available on i-Tunes. Click Logo.

Tasmin plays on eight further titles. Click Here to check what's available.

The Full Works Concert with Jane Jones on Classic FM

Re: Tasmin's Elgar concerto broadcast last Friday on Classic FM

Sam Jackson, the Executive Head of Music of Classic FM, wrote ...

"Incidentally, we had a great response after playing the complete concerto on The Full Works Concert the other night (including one listener who emphatically stated it was the best ever recording of the piece!)."

David Mellor recommends - 6 November 2010 - 18:00 CLASSIC FM - THE NEW CD SHOW
Tasmin Little 'Elgar: Violin Concerto

David's choices this week include Tasmin Little and the Royal National Orchestra's new recordings of Elgar's Violin Concertos.

Link to his page to listen to the programme

Interviews 25th October

WOMAN'S HOUR Interview: Radio 4 LISTEN AGAIN (Slide slider forwards to 13 min)

IN TUNE intereview: Radio 3 LISTEN AGAIN ( Slide slider forwards by 9 min)

BBC Radio 4 is still on, Radio 3 has been removed.

TASMIN'S ELGAR VIOLIN CONCERTO RECORDING

Official Release Date:
November 1st 2010

Our dedicated
Elgar page

CHANDOS RECORDS Press Release (25/6/2010) (Excerpts)

"Tasmin Little records Elgar’s Violin Concerto for Chandos, released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the work’s first performance, and including the cadenza used in the work’s first recording, made with Marie Hall in 1916.

Tasmin Little’s long awaited and much anticipated recording of Elgar’s Violin Concerto will be released in November, 100 years after the work’s first performance.

What makes this recording especially interesting is that she has included the cadenza used in the work’s first recording, which was made in 1916 with Marie Hall. For that occasion, Elgar ‘beefed-up’ the cadenza by, amongst other things, adding harps to counter the sonic limitations of the acoustic recording process. For those used to hearing the standard version, the result makes for fascinating listening, and the recording will prove a valuable addition to the Elgar discography. The cadenza has been tracked separately as Tasmin Little has also recorded the concerto’s familiar cadenza."

Tasmin's Elgar Violin Concerto on CHANDOS is "CD of the month" (Gramophone 11/2010)

Read the complete Press Release and first comments here.

A dedicated ELGAR CD page is here.

CHANDOS Release information is here as PDF.

May 2011 - June 2011 - Australia and New Zealand

Tasmin will be returning to Australia and New Zealand next May for concert performances, in addition to being on the panel of International judges for the 2011 Michael Hill International Violin Competition.

Michael Hill International Violin Competition Press Release is here.

A first PRESS RELEASE from Auckland (Tasmin will play the Sibelius Violin Concerto) has appeared here.

Tasmin has just been sent a couple of photos taken with her and Sir Charles Mackerras. The photos were taken by Ann Wibberley c. 2001. Tasmin has many happy memories of collaborations with Sir Charles, both in concert and in the recording studio. Both photos are now on the Photos page.
(click on thumbnails for enlargements)

There is a nice interview on MusicWeb where Tasmin talks about her career and repertoire with Michael Cookson. Click Logo.

Or read it as PDF here.

CONCERT SCHEDULE

Tasmin's concert schedule had been updated to December 2010 now. View it here.

A review about Tasmin's performance of the World Premiere of Willem Jeths Violin Concerto in Amsterdam recently has appeared in "de Volkskrant".

Britse violiste Little speelt spel van aanpakken en verleiden
BRITTISH VIOLINIST LIITLE PLAYS THE GAME OF HOLDING AND SEDUCING

Dutch - Read the PDF here. English - Read the PDF here.

A charming interview with Tasmin by Andrew Palmer was recently published by Strings Magazine, a California based Magazine for violin, viola, cello, bass, fiddle.

Read it ON-Line here or read a printable PDF.

Tasmin's Interview, recently published, by MusBook TV is available here.

The Gold Badge Award website, has a nicely designed page for Tasmin now. Click Logo.
Tasmin was one of the Award winners last year.

Watch Tasmin playing Schindler's List in 2005

Schindler's List
2005 (BBC TV)

New Video upload

We have re-written a video of Tasmin's performance on July 10th 2005 of John Williams: 'Schindler's List' for the Festival of Commemoration to mark the 60th Anniversary of the end of World War II for Her Majesty the Queen and the Nation from Horse Guards Parade, London.(4:23min) © BBC TV 2005

Watch it from this LINK.

Have also added the clip to YouTube. (click logo)

Classic FM Magazine
July 2009 - just out

Tasmin is delighted that she has been voted one of the top 10 violinists in the world, according to Classic FM magazine

Read more about this in the attached PDF (133KB) here.

Interview with violinist.com
recorded in Seattle

Tasmin, while she was in Seattle, recorded an interesting interview with violinist.com which has just been posted.

You can read it here. Enjoy! (a PDF file of this interview is here)

Violinist.com are also celebrating the release of Tasmin Little's 'Partners in Time' by giving away five copies. Enter to win one today!









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From:Gramophone Magazine

2008 Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation: Tasmin Little

Tasmin writes:

It was a real thrill to receive the news that my Naked Violin download and project had been chosen to receive the Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation at the Gramophone Awards. The award ceremony, something akin to the Oscars in music circles, took place at lunchtime on Thursday 25th and my only sadness was that, due to performance commitments, I was unable to attend and receive my award in person!

Gramophone Magazine invited me to write a few words about my award to be read out during the ceremony and here is what I wrote:

I was surprised and completely delighted to hear that I have been chosen to receive the Classic FM Award for Audience Innovation for my project The Naked Violin. The response to my download, both internationally and in the UK, was overwhelming; and this, plus the South Bank Show television programme about my project, has proved to me that classical music is as vital a part of our lives today as it has ever been.

I have a few brief, but heartfelt Thank Yous:

First of all, to John West and Limo Hearn, who produced and engineered The Naked Violin.

To Horst Kolo, my brilliant and tireless webmaster and to IFDNRG who host my site.

To Shona Galletly, who did a superb job publicising the download.

And to Sinead O'Carroll my project co-ordinator, and Denise Kantor, my PA.

Thank you so much to Classic FM and to Gramophone Magazine for this huge honour.

It has been an amazing year and this award is the icing on the cake!

Congratulations to all the other award winners and have a fabulous lunch!

HIT TOTAL on Tasmin's site has now nearly reached 485.000 site visitors, Thanks.
(21/09/2009)

The site last January (2008) was absolutely overwhelmed with demand for downloads - no wonder - more than 6000 sites worldwide were linking to Tasmin's story, and we were getting heaps of visitors from around the globe. We were lucky to be offered the services of a specialist streaming company, IFDNRG, who coped with the demand of downloads wonderfully.

On Sunday morning (Jan 20th), for instance, IFDNRG servers delivered 260 Mb/sec after Tasmin's appearance on BBC1 - for three hours. Phenominal streaming levels without breakdowns! There were more than 6000 logins between 9am and 12am. And download requests from as far away as Equatorial New Guinea and Mongolia. Visitors from well over 100 countries have now logged in. IFDNRG have published a case study of the amazing download levels of Tasmin's Free Offer - which got very close to the download demands experienced by their servers for the Scottish Football Cup.
Enjoy your downloads, but, please, also complete Tasmin's challenge!

Tasmin is delighted by your response! (webmaster)

Here are some links to websites of a number organisations with articles, comments and interviews that are responsible for the overwhelming increase of traffic to Tasmin's site.

Review "The Naked Violin"