josephszigeti (August 17, 2008 at 5:00 am)

I'm very glad to watch a performance of Philippe Hirshhorn for the first time. He suppressed Stoika Milanova and Gidon Kremer and won the 1st place in 1967 Elisabeth Concours. Karajan planned costarring with Philippe, but Philippe canceled it. Yuko Shiokawa (later she married Andras Schiff) played Brahms's Violin Concerto in place of him. Japanese Conductor Hiroyuki Iwaki (1932-2006) conduct with Philippe on this video.

fullargon (July 18, 2008 at 9:46 pm)

I've read many comments about how violinists play and how they are compared with notable violinist like Heifetz. In my opinion, there shouldn't be any comparison at all among violinist. However, if you still want to compare styles, I would say that it's better to leave Heifetz where he is, and start making comparisons newer and higher standards, for example, L. Kavakos. In my opinion, Kavakos surpasses Heifetz's technique in many ways. But as I said before. This is only a matter of abstraction.

sriddhaPath (June 8, 2008 at 12:15 am)

i thought it was just me.

jimhoyl (May 30, 2008 at 8:03 pm)

how does heifetz compare to him?

lovesGenet (March 8, 2008 at 1:02 pm)

wow. Never heard of this guy. Wow marvelous string sound and it is individual . wonderful musicality and characyter abound!

BourneAccident (February 13, 2008 at 12:59 pm)

At 3:01 it sounded like he said that Phillipe had some problem with Smurfs. I too had problem with Smurfs. It was a horrible show...what? What's that? Oh...sorry.. My wife just told me that it isn't a problem with Smurfs... It is a problem with nerves! Sorry... My bad!

fullargon (January 21, 2008 at 3:15 am)

Nope. It's "nerves." That's it!

cello4ever (January 19, 2008 at 2:35 pm)

"...some problems with nurse." not nerves! Listen with the speakers turned up

BonoManolo (January 11, 2008 at 4:35 pm)

nervs

fullargon (December 13, 2007 at 2:16 pm)

"... some problems with nerves."