What is your proudest accomplishment? Do you practice a lot? Those are some of the questions Strings Magazine recently asked Yo Yo Ma. The Magazine honored the 60 year old cellist with an extensive interview, including additional commentary from his sister, and a member of the Silk Road Project who was only a little girl when Ma first performed in China. Ma comments on his relationship with music, his views on music in society, children, […]
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Pamela Frank, who teaches at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, says it’s okay to practice only 1 hour a day, IF it’s really good practicing. “I have personally never practiced for more than 2 hours in a day – and it’s not because I’m more talented than anybody else, but simply I am interested in a lot of things and I wanted to learn as early as possible how to be as efficient as […]