Recent content by matthewv789

This is a good point and I'm down with that, but I'm not down with the deception. One example is that the most popular audio on YouTube of Beethoven's Moonlight sonata is a programmed MIDI sampler, not a real pianist playing a real piano. Which kind of sucks that that's the most popular one...

How on earth has nobody mentioned Mikyung Sung yet?? (Ok to be fair only a few comments have been recent enough to know about her.)

Mikyung Sung's "The Colburn Sessions" has excellent recordings of the Hindemith and Montag sonatas, and stunning performances of a few short Bottesini pieces and some violin and cello sonatas. Definitely a must-listen for any bassist. Her recording and video of the Bottesini Concerto No. 2 is...

Some classical female double bassists: Mikyung Sung Maria Krykov Phoebe Russell Nina DeCesare Nina Bernat Christine Hoock Chi-chi Nwanoku Uxía Martínez Botana Patricia Weitzel Orin O'Brien Ju-fang Liu Valerie Schatz Alexandra Scott Yung-Chaio Wei Susan Wulff Lauren Pierce

Yeah if you slow down the video you can see he's not on the right strings, not in the right positions, going down when he should be going up, sliding when it should be articulated, etc.

I don't think he's ever played in an orchestra in his life, even an amateur one, performed live on the bass as a classical soloist or chamber musician, or taught a student. I don't think he even knows how to play the instrument. Slow down the video and you'll see what I mean. He's just miming to...

If you slow down the videos you'll see that he's all over the place, not only not in sync but showing no signs of actually being able to play the instrument or knowing the pieces, other than miming air-guitar style. He's on the wrong strings, in the wrong positions, going down when he should be...

Yeah except even in that one he's not actually playing. I mean the recording may be live, but it's not him playing, he's just miming along. Play back at half speed and you'll see what I mean. This guy doesn't even know how to play the bass properly.

Lev Weksler is a total fraud. I carefully examined all his videos, and none of them are real. I don't believe he even knows how to properly play the bass, has ever performed in public even in an amateur orchestra, or ever taught a student. Certainly he's literally the only online classical...

I spent some time examining a number of his videos pretty closely, and I concluded the following: He doesn't actually know how to play the bass, or at least not at all well, but he does take some effort to mime it. As such, he's probably never performed live on bass in his life, at least not...

She's also doing an Instagram Live concert with a bass quartet of her friends this coming Wednesday, 2020.06.24 at 8pm Seoul time (7am NYC / noon London) on the @mcmkorea_official Instagram channel.

For bowed solo classical, Mikyung Sung. Bottesini Elegy #2 and Monti Czardas: Gliere Tarantella:

Mikyung Sung

He also now has Double Bass Goes Brahms

Sonata for Gamba and Harpsichord: