{"id":35092,"date":"2018-02-23T21:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycello.it\/marc-moskovitz\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T09:49:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T09:49:38","slug":"marc-moskovitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mycello.it\/en\/marc-moskovitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Moskovitz"},"content":{"rendered":"

The presentation of the book \u201cBeethoven’s Cello: Five Revolutionary Sonatas and Their World<\/a>\u201d by Marc D. Moskovitz ed R. Larry Todd, it’s a great opportunity to meet an old friend and take a short interview.<\/strong>
\nI have been collaborating with Marc Moskovitz for a long time because I share with him my passion for historical research in the musical field. In fact, like him, I believe that a good interpretation must always start from an in-depth knowledge of the historical context in which a musical composition has seen the light.<\/strong>
\nToday, however, we retrace another historical story, his history as a cellist. And Marc answers my questions with the sobriety, and modesty that characterize him: a few simple and direct words.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When\u00a0did you start to play the\u00a0cello?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAge 10<\/p>\n

Why the cello and not another musical instrument?
\n<\/strong>My mother always wanted a cellist in the family (my father was a professional violinist and her father was a pianist)<\/p>\n

Who was your first (and\/or most important) cello teacher?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nRobert Marsh, whom I studied with for two years, solidified my technique and was the first teacher who communicated how my left hand was supposed to work. Gary Hoffman, my next teacher, was an ideal in terms of what I wanted to “sound like” when I played.<\/p>\n

Who is your favorite composer? <\/strong>
\nHard to say but Beethoven is of course at the top of the list.<\/p>\n

What is your favorite composition?<\/strong>
\nAs a cellist, it must be the Dvorak cello concerto but there are many, depending on my mood…<\/p>\n

What is the concert you remember with the most pleasure?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSome of my favorites most recently would be those with my cello quartet (always lots of fun). I have also played many memorable concerts with my chamber orchestra. Among the most memorable would have to be hearing Rostropovich play Dvorak and Szerying play the Beethoven Concerto<\/p>\n

Do you prefer to\u00a0play alone or with others?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nOthers<\/p>\n

What are your musical projects for 2018? <\/strong>
\nTo promote my new book (Beethoven’s Cello) and also chamber music…my next concerts include the Brahms F minor Piano Quintet (March) and his G minor Piano Quartet (April)<\/p>\n

February 23, 2018<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The presentation of the book \u201cBeethoven’s Cello: Five Revolutionary Sonatas and Their World\u201d by Marc D. Moskovitz ed R. Larry Todd, it’s a great opportunity to meet an old friend and take a short interview. I have been collaborating with Marc Moskovitz for a long time because I share with him my passion for historical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[405],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mycello.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mycello.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mycello.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycello.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycello.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycello.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mycello.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycello.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mycello.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}