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“Why are people so scared of moving house?” I wondered, as I sat at the kitchen table staring at the light of two flickering candles, cradling a cup of tea in my hands. “I’m not!” my husband responded from two rooms away. “Why not?” “Those who fear moving house lack intelligence,” he maintained. Just thinking about such a statement made my head spin. How callous, I thought. Outrageous! Insulting! GENERALISING! And, then I thought again.
Festival
Gwendolyn's GAIA Music Festival is 14 years old in 2023. This edition's theme is inspired by folk and traditional music and its influence on classical music.
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Summer Academy
Initiated by Gwendolyn and Finghin Collins, the National Concert Hall of Ireland hosts the fourth International Master Course in summer 2022 Irish and international participants will have the opportunity to enjoy coaching from Mihaela Martin, (violin), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Frans Helmerson (cello), Finghin Collins (piano), and Gwendolyn Masin (violin).
Mastercourse/Retreat
The Exhale is an online platform providing professional courses and holistic masterclasses to musicians, practitioners, and artists from across the globe. The Exhale is unique in its holistic approach to music education. The Exhale redesigns how music is taught and practiced by exploring a broad variety of topics and offering a range of classes that encapsulate a diversity of subjects not offered on one single platform anywhere else.
Concert Series
Gwendolyn's annual concert series "Cocktail für die Musen" aspires to offer classical music fans a place to discover newness in the ‘mix’ and curious music-lovers an adventure for all the senses. The next concert takes place in January 2023 in Bern Casino's Great Hall. The evening combines the music of the groups Yurodny and Jütz. The glue holding the experience together is provided by cimbalom-player Miklós Lukács and Gwendolyn.
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Release - Live Recording
Gwendolyn Masin with Melisma Saxophone Quartet.
Author / Educator
Gwendolyn's four-part series of articles for The Strad Magazine are woven around a holistic approach to learning and living as a musician. From the origin of human movement to the integration of somatic experience for the purpose of interpreting music, Gwendolyn builds a case for teaching human beings as a whole.
Record
Gwendolyn Masin with Simon Bucher.
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Book
Gwendolyn's violin-technique book for young players. Also available in the English-language version.
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Livestream
A unique happening, facilitating new audiences: Simon and Gwendolyn occupied the shop window of Loeb in Bern during three days of concert performances. Relive their last performance in our livestream.
Agenda
Live performances, artist residency, collaborations, and masterclasses.
Thesis
“Violin Teaching in the New Millennium" is a collection of stories about music, violinists and violin performance – involving intrigues and anecdotes, revealed secrets and unpublished interviews given by some of the leading lights of the classical music world.
Media
“Better Performance Through Failing Better”
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