Ediscson Ruiz video

JeremyKurtz · #1 08-17-2005, 12:06 PM

Hi,

I don't know if any of you know Edicson Ruiz--he's the newest and youngest member of Berlin Phil (he won the job two years ago, and he's now only 19).

There's a great video of him playing the Larsson concerto that just went up online. Check it out:

www.marturet.com/Videos.asp

For more info on Edicson, also check out:
http://www.rhythmisit.com/en/php/ind...HM=2&SM=2&CM=3

--Jeremy

Paul Warburton · #2 08-17-2005, 04:53 PM

Wow! Thanks for the link, Jeremy.

anonymous8547j7d7b · #3 08-18-2005, 10:09 AM

Nice! He's a bit good isn't he!? Quite probably be one to watch given his age. Cool link

Tbeers · #4 08-18-2005, 10:19 AM

Wow, I am almost 18... by the time Edicson Ruiz was my age, he was in Berlin Philharmonic?!

I guess his orchestra job alone speaks to his technique and talent.

abaguer · #5 08-21-2005, 11:28 PM

Excellent. Thanks so much for the link.

Marc Decho · #6 08-22-2005, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by JeremyKurtz

Hi,

I don't know if any of you know Edicson Ruiz--he's the newest and youngest member of Berlin Phil (he won the job two years ago, and he's now only 19).

There's a great video of him playing the Larsson concerto that just went up online. Check it out:

www.marturet.com/Videos.asp

For more info on Edicson, also check out:
http://www.rhythmisit.com/en/php/ind...HM=2&SM=2&CM=3

--Jeremy

Thank you kindly for the link, he's absolutely fabulous....must be the type of player who's been playing since the age of 2!!! as soon as they come out with little itty bitty doublebasses i'm buying one for my 2 year old daughter

Snakewood · #7 05-03-2006, 09:53 AM

Absolutely gorgeous tone.

bassame · #8 05-03-2006, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Snakewood

Absolutely gorgeous tone.

And he looks so cute in his white bow tie!

Christopher · #9 05-03-2006, 12:49 PM

Great technique. The guy looks like he's expending zero effort.

Snakewood · #10 05-03-2006, 04:07 PM

HIS SOUND...it was milky

anthem274 · #11 05-03-2006, 06:44 PM

I want to play that solo. It may cost $40 and take 40 days when I order it from lemur, but hey, it's amazing. I really love the second movement's interesting harmony between the bass and orchestra as if it isn't a bass concerto, but a piece for orchestra and double bass obligato. The accompaniment is one of my favorite parts as it compliments the bass playing in the same way basses compliment other parts of the orchestra.

This concerto is apparently becoming widely popular, and some day, hopefully, it will be among the standard concertos that we all have come to love... except Dittersdorf.

Tbeers · #12 05-03-2006, 07:27 PM

Interesting story about this bassist. Apparently when he joined Berlin, he arrived there with no money and no tuxedo, just his bass. Simon Rattle had to lend him a tux for a while until he could afford one of his own.

ClassicalBass · #13 05-04-2006, 12:02 AM

Wow, amazing playing. 19 and already in the Berlin Phil? That's inspiring! But I really didn't care much for this concerto. It's a little too boring, and I thought it lacked character.

But the playing was great. One question though: why didn't he memorize it? I thought memorization was standard practice, especially when performing with such a prestigious group.

dannbass · #14 05-04-2006, 08:20 AM

However, he was not perfoming with the Berlin Phil, he was playing with the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar... and I think it was prior his job with the Berlin Phil.

Snakewood · #15 05-04-2006, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ClassicalBass

Wow, amazing playing. 19 and already in the Berlin Phil? That's inspiring! But I really didn't care much for this concerto. It's a little too boring, and I thought it lacked character.

But the playing was great. One question though: why didn't he memorize it? I thought memorization was standard practice, especially when performing with such a prestigious group.

Joel Quarrington didn't memorize the Harbison Concerto when he premiered it with the TSO, and Enrique Dindo didn't either when he played both Shostakovich Cello Concerto's with the TSO...Perhaps times are changing.

jtlownds · #16 05-04-2006, 11:18 AM

Wow, that is amazing. He appears to be playing a laminated bass! I can't imagine how he draws such tone out of plywood.

Snakewood · #17 05-04-2006, 02:03 PM

He's playing very on the string and relatively near the bridge. He probably has on some dominants. I find dominants give you a very clear and crisp tone.

anthem274 · #18 05-04-2006, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by jtlownds
He appears to be playing a laminated bass!

No no no! Absolutely no laminated bass can get that brilliant, clear sound. His bass looks like a German bass probably made within the 20th century. There are countless basses from Germany that look just like the one he's playing.

anthem274 · #19 05-04-2006, 02:18 PM

Nor could he get into the Berlin Phil with a laminated bass.

Tbeers · #20 05-04-2006, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by anthem274

Nor could he get into the Berlin Phil with a laminated bass.

I dunno about that.... He seems to have gotten into Berlin beyond circumstances that most people never have to deal with.