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Bling loving, shoe & food obsessed violinist with the @londonsymphonyorchestra Twitter Maxinekwokvln
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The most fabulous of afternoons @thetraitorslive with the best bunch of people!! So much fun! And well done to @ryanbancroftconductor @phlo_jo @kathsparkles @rajeevbmusic & me for beating the #traitors! 💃💃Thanks all for making it such a special time ❤️

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You can't tell but I nearly broke down in tears just before the word 'miracle'. And I was struggling to find a better word than 'outshine', but actually that is perfect. Explosions produce fire with no true warmth and music brings the real light. The kind that outshines oppression.

Huge thanks again to the 94 violinists who made our original video - you were all with me in that basement, especially Valentyn Yembrk who died defending Ukraine.

I will be posting many photos from my trip which could not have happened without an incredible team in Ukraine, with special thanks to Gala, Marina and Anastasia of the NGO 'Creative Sensor' @vymiriuvach and the Zhytomyr City Council and @elenaharpsichord for her beautiful piano playing and translation!
#zhytomyr #ArtForPeace2026
#culturaldiplomacy
#КультурнаДипломатія
Житомир
@illiaviolin

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THANK YOU superconductor @troy__miller and our @londonsymphonyorchestra family for an INCREDIBLE evening.

✨Musical inspiration levels through the roof!!!🤯🎼

@cypresshill

#CypressHill #DjLORD #London #LondonSymphonyOrchestra #RIPMichaelTilsonThomas 🕊️

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And a few of our judges and the @londonsymphonyorchestra in action on day 2!

📸 @mark.allan.photos

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Join us this Sunday at 12 pm for a special brainstorming session with the fabulous @maxinekwok 🧠 💨🎵🎶🎵
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Find out everything about auditions, preparation, touring, life in an orchestra and maintaining your inner piece when under pressure.
#zoom #letstalk #classicalmusic #musicians #audition

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Wondering how it is to be a member of the @londonsymphonyorchestra for 25 years? All that and thriving, not merely surviving.
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What is the secret to a successful audition and how to crack down on nerves and jitters?
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How to find the balance between constant travel and home and personal routine?
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Travelling with instruments, survival kits and coping mechanisms?

📣 Join us this Saturday, March 26 at 12 o’clock UK time (GMT +0) with @maxinekwok and get ready for a fabulous brainstorming session!

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Revealing our fourth guest, the incredible @maxinekwok who has been a member of the 1st violin section for 25 years in the @londonsymphonyorchestra 🤩
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Join us on Saturday, the 26th of April at 12 o’clock UK time (GMT +0) for a casual conversation about auditions, life in an orchestra, touring, sight reading and Star Wars!
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Maxine is one of the kindest and most generous people I know, grab your seat at the table and fire away with questions.
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As always, concessions available, just email us with requests.
#lso #orchestra #violinist #violin #zoom

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My latest track, produced by me with Sam Storey, and featuring Manu Delago, is here tomorrow! So excited to share it! #newmusic

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I’ve been thinking. (Never a great sign.) I go to so many classical concerts these days that I’ve decided to rebrand myself as a “skilled listener”. I just sit there basking in a wash of unamplified sonic splendour, and apparently that has turned into a personality. So, I thought I’d start sharing some of my thoughts here.

I’ve been to 3 excellent concerts in the last 4 days, but last night felt like the one:

Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 (1938)
Bartók: Five Hungarian Folk Songs, Sz.101 (1933)
De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat (1919)

The big draw here was astonishing violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja (Pat Kop to you and me). She gave a truly special performance of Bartók’s violin concerto (written in 1938 as an expression of Bartók’s anti-fascist convictions). It’s an austere work, one I’ve previously struggled to love. I enjoyed it here, however, more than any performance of any violin concerto I’ve seen. Gnarly, percussive sounds everywhere, from both Kop and the LSO. Primal and literally barefoot, Kop seemed more demonic than Led Zeppelin.

She, Rattle, and the LSO felt in conversation, Kop at times bending her whole body to find the strength necessary for some awkward accent she wanted to place on a shrieking glissando. She’d then lift her violin while swinging around, twisting her back to face a specific orchestra member as she and that musician locked into a moment of harmony. This was the kind of hair-raising virtuosity only a very small number of performers on the planet have access to. Everything was contrast: prehistoric ugliness giving way, without warning, to unexpected, fleeting moments of lyricism. My cup overfloweth.

The second half had a lot to live up to. De Falla is a sadly neglected composer who had a real talent for orchestration. As with his famous El Amor Brujo, Three-Cornered Hat is a true orchestral showpiece: fun and full of Spanish colour. It builds to a very exciting final dance where the LSO entered what I think of as their “extra gear” more than once; but ultimately, De Falla’s breezy festivity was overshadowed by the demented grunge of the “next level” first half.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#kopatchinskaja #londonsymphonyorchestra

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We’re continuing our celebration of the musicians who’ve been part of the LSO family for many years. 💙

Today, we’re marking 25 years with the LSO for our First Violin Maxine Kwok 🎻✨
Hear her story, how she found her way to the Orchestra, and some of her favourite memories along the journey.

Happy 25 years, Maxine! 🎉 Watch the full video on our YouTube.
#LondonSymphonyOrchestra

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22.09.2025 - @londonsymphonyorchestra
@philharmoniedeparis

Direction de @antoniopappanoconductor
Avec @janinejansenviolinist

Dmitri Chostakovitch : Symphonie n° 9
Benjamin Britten : Concerto pour violon
Ludwig van Beethoven : Symphonie n°5

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Make a song with Gaiga! Follow for more music or DM me with sounds you’d like to hear in a song! #create #newmusic

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