Not only will Yo-Yo Ma be featured in a Hyundai commercial for the XLIII Super Bowl but fans will be able to visit Hyundai’s web site and edit the video for the ad.
read the story here:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/autoNews/idUKTRE5050GA20090106

With the intention of writing on post primarily about Rachel Barton Pine’s podcast and blog I visited her website and instead of collecting my thoughts on what to write I was instead transfixed by the recording which began to play of her tribute to Maud Powell. She plays so beautifully!  I am sure I will post more about her in the future, but this post is primarily about her podcast and blog.  But she plays so beautifully!

This two disk set of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin presents an wonderful interpretation of the music using a Baroque style instrument and gut strings.  John Holloway is a pioneer of the early music movement which seeks to reproduce early music in the manner it was originally intended and heard.  Holloway approaches Bach’s masterpiece from a perspective of the music that came before in contrast to many twentieth century violinists who approach these works with a perspective of what came after.
Check out the authentically Baroque Sonatas and Partitas …

When Philippe Quint left his four million dollar stradivarius on loan from the Stradivari Society in Chicago in a New York city cab he was so relieved to have it returned by his taxi driver Mohammed Khalil that he will give a free outdoor recital in the taxi holding area of the Newark Airport 3pm Sunday.

Defiance a new film directed by Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai) and starring Daniel Craig also features renowned violinist Joshua Bell as a soloist for the film’s score composed by the Oscar nominated James Newton Howard (The Dark Knight, Michael Clayton, The Fugitive, The Prince of Tides, etc.)