[ ClassicalX ] David Garrett crosses over in Anaheim

David Garrett, the young crossover violinist seen on PBS and elsewhere around TV-land these days, gives classical music a beat. Not that it doesn’t already have one, but Garrett makes it explicit, performing with a rock band. His show Friday night at the Grove Theater in Anaheim brought together the music of Metallica and AC/DC and Rimsky-Korsakov and Bach, no small feat in itself.

Virtuosity is part of the package. Garrett can fiddle. A student of Itzhak Perlman and Ida Haendel, and a graduate of Juilliard, the 28-year-old musician from Aachen, Germany, plays fast, plays clean, plays in tune. In terms of technique, at least in the short pieces he played Friday, he can do it.

Source : The Orange County Register

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