Notes from the studio and the road.

This is where I write in my own voice, between concerts and lessons - short notes on what's actually occupying me.

How to play consciously and without pain.  What I keep finding in the music of composers the world overlooked.  The projects I’m in the middle of, doubts and discoveries left in.

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Violin Technique

Why good violin technique follows the body.

Why good violin technique isn't a set of arbitrary rules but something that follows from how the body is built to move - and what that changes for your tone, your freedom and your playing life.

By Agata Kawa-Cajler

LATEST NOTES

From the Journal.

For violinists at every stage, for teachers, and for anyone who likes to look over an artist's shoulder.

Violin Technique

Why good violin technique follows the body.

Why good violin technique isn't a set of arbitrary rules but something that follows from how the body is built to move - and what that changes for your tone, your freedom and your playing life.

Violin Technique

The Most Misunderstood Part of Violin Technique.

The shoulder region - the collarbone, the shoulder blade and the muscles around them - is where every bow stroke really begins.

Body Awareness

Pain is not part of the job.

Why aching and strain aren't the cost of playing but a sign that technique is fighting the body - and how playing in agreement with your anatomy makes them mostly avoidable.

Rediscovered music

Recording Netzel.

How a chance encounter with Laura Netzel’s music grew into a recording project-and a journey through scores, research, performance, and, in a few cases, original manuscripts.

Teaching

The body plays first.

The story behind my educational project on body awareness and injury prevention for violinists - what it is, who I built it with, and why I wanted it to be free.

NEWSLETTER

Notes on playing.

An occasional letter on music, performing, the ergonomics of violin playing, and the artistic projects I’m working on - the kind of letter I’d send a colleague.

@agatakawacajler

Violinist · Educator · Researcher

Music, beyond the stage.

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