Augustin Dumay

Interview with “The Violin Channel”

Augustin Dumay spoke to The Violin Channel about five recordings that have been instrumental in his musical development:

“The 5 recordings I have chosen here have been amongst what I would think have been the most instrumental in my musical development … for me these interpretations represent the highest level of expressive intensity, imagination and conviction. When I do listen to them though, it often highlights how many lukewarm and pseudo-politically correct performances we hear today on the concert stage …. often almost like ‘sound photocopies’ of Bärenreiter editions – with some superb exceptions of course. With anything I play or listen to, and hopefully you’ll hear here, I try to remember what Pablo Casals famously said ‘… Don’t focus on the trees but make us dream of the forest.’” READ THE ARTICLE