Shostakovich - Prelude (4 years violinist)

This duet is the first of a series of 5 duets for 2 violins and piano, by Dmitri Shostakovich.

I played this piece during my music exam this Summer. I played the first violin and my teacher played the second violin. My friend Irma accompanied me on piano. I have sweet memories of this piece, so I wanted to record the first and second violin by myself in a video. Irma recorded and sent me the piano backing track to play along to.

About music exams in The Netherlands:
There are 4 official grades in music: A, B, C and D. (I have done A and B now.) For every grade exam, you have to pass a theoretical and a practical test. So it's a music theory test and later you have to play various things for a jury (études, a piece, sightreading etc.). After passing the D exam, you are good enough to enter in a conservatory. I plan to do the C and D exam as well in the future, to learn as much about music as I can. :-)

-Marijke

INSTAGRAM: @marijke.violin

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M Y G E A R
• Acoustic violin // Roderich Paesold, 2017
• Acoustic strings // Warchal Amber + Pirastro Gold E
• Electric violin // Yamaha SV-200 (brown)
• Electric strings // D'Addario Zyex (silver D) + Helicore E
• Bow // carbon fiber bow "Presto" (by Zlata from Violin Lounge)
• Chin rest // Teka model by GEWA
• Shoulder rest // Wolf - Forte Secondo
• Violin case // GEWA Pure (grey)

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