For anyone taking violin lessons or anybody who wants to teach yourself violin it's always good to learn about other accomplished violinists. Here is a great article on modern violinist James Ehnes who is a big fan of the third movement. You can read the article here. Here's a little blurb from the article:
At the age of 8, Ehnes began studying with Canadian pedagogue Francis Chaplin who he regards as his major influence. “He was a hugely important person in my life, like a member of the family,” he recalls. “Chaplin exposed me to all kinds of music but he always allowed me freedom for exploration and experimentation.”
Ehnes found a similar openness to new artistic ideas in his studies with Sally Thomas at the Meadowmount School of Music and later at Juilliard. “She was a former top assistant to Ivan Galamian [teacher of Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman], an inheritor of a great Russian tradition. She was a remarkable woman of amazing integrity.”
I personally like hearing other musicians stories because not only is it interesting to learn about them but I also find it inspirational. If you can learn something from someone else or pick something up from them and use it constructively it's always a bonus!
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