| Edicson Ruiz is just... such a tremendous badass. I mean, I'm the same age as this guy, and he's in the Berlin Phil kicking ass and slaying dragons every day. Plus, I've absolutely loved every solo performance of his that I've heard. What I like is that his playing is very organic and natural feeling, he's not robotically technically perfect, he still misses a shift here or there like the rest of us, and he loves him some portamento, but it all just adds to his overall effect. I honestly wish I could get away with playing the Koussevitzky with as much portamento as he does, someday, for something. I think it just sounds so freaking amazing, but I can't imagine ever trying something like that for an audition.
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"I know, sir, that I have played out of tune, but once I learn where to place my fingers, this will no longer happen." - Giovanni Bottesini, on botching his conservatory audition.
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