Chumachenco: Should Your Body Move When Playing Violin?

In this week’s clip, Ana Chumachenco discusses body movement in Mozart's 5th Violin Concerto.
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[@pabloseoane7684]

Yes, Sarah Chang, etc. Including Julia Fischer, who is her pupil too, but not always...

[@Will67267]

Joshua Bell, listen to this great teacher!

[@Tadeo-ud7ty]

Thanks!

[@shupingwang3392]

A great teacher : gives penetrating advice without invading the space of the student.

[@alexaRICHI30]

Great advice :)

[@colormeinc]

Somebody should tell this to Joshua Ballerina.

[@MishaSkripach]

Joshua does acting!

[@MBelloni]

😂😂😂😂😂 ballerina hahahaha

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

Not nice. Can you play like him?

[@paacer]

I'm not a violinist but do the experts forget that these students have spent years with other teachers .

[@OttoKuus]

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[@망히-z9z]

No movement but if you listen you can hear much drama -- Heifetz playing

[@lovemetu]

Dont move your body whilst playing the violin ? Well tell that to Sarah Chang and many other top violinists who play brilliantly and DO move their body whilst playing !!

[@vergil666dante8]

Thats not the point. Moving your body (being active with your body) is fine. Its about that you are also active in your bowing and tone of the piece.

[@sofarsogod]

She said move your shoulder and neck to be more relaxed and have a better tone, the girl moves her arms and her waist but even then she is stiff on the upper side. Sometimes teachers tell you do it that way, but you are so nervous that you will do it worse, also teachers tell this using such metaphorical phrases and most of the time you cant understand shit of what they want xD

[@mackiceicukice]

@@sofarsogodThen you should ask them what they mean.

[@sofarsogod]

@@mackiceicukice hahah true but they speak in artist language, do it more crispy as if you were floating on lava, oh yeahh like that.. and you wonder, wtf Im not doing anything different xd

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

I always move around a little onstage. If I don’t, I’ll get stiff,and have a lot of pain later.

[@papillon2505]

totschno, playing without theater ;)

[@leonardoiglesias2394]

She knows it is out of tune....but....not a nice subject to talk about...only...in auditions you dont pass the first round and then...