Violin player Julia Kuhn explores the sticky issue of when and when not to use vibrato.
See a modern orchestra and you’ll notice they’re all using vibrato. Come and see us and things might not be quite the same. What is vibrato? Why use it? And why do we only use it sometimes?
Taking a break from rehearsing for Rossini’s Semiramide at the BBC Proms, violin player Julia Kuhn explains…
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