Peter Purich Part 1: Luthier, Innovator, Multi-Instrumentalist, Educator

Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman

09/17/22

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Peter Purich is an innovative violin maker known for his unique personalized chinrest design. He’s also a multi-instrumentalist who plays in many different styles, and a dedicated violin and viola pedagogue. Because this conversation was extra-long it has been divided into two episodes. Part 1 delves into his development as an instrument maker and innovator, and as a creative musician. He shows and describes some of his innovations with chinrest design. The episode ends with some improvisation and some great parenting advice! Part 2 will continue with a lot of specifics about playing and teaching the violin, and he shows some of his inventive instrument designs, his unique shoulder support, and some great wisdom.

I have added timestamps below, and like all these episodes this is available both as a podcast and a video, and the transcript will be published to this same link: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/peter-purich

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(01:29) Peter’s father and his start making instruments and bows

(06:12) Peter’s trip to Europe, Vienna Philharmonic instruments

(10:17) different kinds of woods, styles of violin bows

(13:44) research on carbon fiber

(19:25) Peter’s custom-made chin rests, vibrato, shifting, how to hold a violin

(46:34) Peter’s pedagogy

(49:30) Peter’s approach to improvisation and experiences with different styles and instruments

(51:30) I Musici chamber orchestra in Montreal, Yuli Turovsky

(54:30) Arthur Garami

(56:27) Gerald Stanick

(57:44) why it’s good to improvise with demonstrations

(01:09:36) teaching students improvisation

(01:11:59) parenting and Peter’s great advice

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In this Inspiring Excerpts short bonus episode, you will hear violinist Aaron Schwebel's reflections on the best environments for learning and growth, on how the pandemic has affected his priorities, and some of the unique benefits and challenges of a life of a professional musician. Aaron Currently holds the positions of Concertmaster with the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra and Associate Concertmaster with the Canadian Opera Company. He is a member of the LARK ensemble and the Rosebud String Quartet, and is the founder and artistic director of Echo Chamber Toronto, a series that merges chamber music and contemporary dance. The full episode is linked here, both podcast and video format, and the transcript can be found through the same link: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/e10-s1-aaron-schwebel-violinist

photo credit: Bo Huang

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Peter Purich Part 2

September 24, 2022

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68m

Peter Purich is an innovative violin maker known for his unique personalized chin rest design. He’s also a multi-instrumentalist who plays in many different styles, and a dedicated violin and viola pedagogue. Because this conversation was extra-long it has been divided into two episodes. Part 2 continues with a lot of specifics about playing and teaching the violin, and he describes some of his innovative instrument designs, his unique shoulder support, and some great wisdom. If you missed Part 1, it delves into his development as an instrument maker and innovator, and as a creative musician. He describes some of his innovations with chin rest design and the episode ends with some improvisation and some great parenting advice! I have added timestamps in the description, and like all these episodes this is available both as a podcast and a video, the link is in the description and the transcript will be published to the same link, where you can also find Part 1: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/peter-purich

Support this series and get access to unique perks! https://ko-fi.com/leahroseman

(00:00) Intro

(01:06) violin and viola pedagogy: bow arm, using imagery, Peter’s devices to help students

(10:43) archery

(14:08) concepts in teaching bowing technique for violin and viola, Galamian

(29:45) Peter’s instruments and instrument innovations

(38:62) shoulder rests, how to hold a violin, Peter’s invention Senza Rest

(52:06) freedom of expression

(53:08) perspectives on orchestra players

(56:46) Peter’s creative process in building and playing