Nathan Milstein, Django Reinhardt, Playing with Only Two Fingers, and More, w/ Clayton Haslop

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

Joshua Weilerstein

Clarinet, Timpani, Performing, Trombone, Cello, Trumpet, Bassoon, Classicalmusic, Performing Arts, Arts, Violin, Flute, Piano, Conductor, Music, Weilerstein

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🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Clayton Haslop might not be a name that is familiar to all of you, but I bet you anything that you've heard his playing. He has appeared as concertmaster on over 1000 TV Shows and Movies, such as Titanic, A Beautiful Mind, The Matrix, Ratatouille, Star Trek, The incredibles, UP, and others. His story took on an extra resonance when he began suffering from Focal Dystonia. Taking a cue from the guitarist Django Reinhardt, Haslop relearned the violin with just two fingers. In this conversation, we talk about studying with Nathan Milstein, Neville Marriner, and Haslop's journey back to playing.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Sticky Notes, the Classical Music Podcast. My name is Joshua Weilerstein,
0:12.1	I'm a conductor, and I'm the artistic director of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra in Lausanne,
0:16.0	Switzerland. This podcast is for anyone who loves classical music, works in the field,
0:20.6	or is just getting ready to dive into this amazing world of incredible music. Before we get started,
0:25.5	I want to thank my new Patreon sponsors, Michael, Sarah, Yanaka, Petra, Amelia, Nola, Rachel,
0:32.9	Bill, Christian, and all of my other Patreon sponsors for making Season 7 and the show possible.
0:39.3	If you would like to help out the show monetarily, please check out our Patreon page
0:42.7	at patreon.com slash Sticky Notes Podcast. And one more thing if you are a fan of the show,
0:47.6	please just give us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts. Every rating or review helps more people
0:52.4	find the show, and it is greatly appreciated. So I'm recording this on a Tuesday as I'm going
0:59.6	to be pending a negative COVID test, flying off to Finland on Thursday to begin a quarantine
1:05.2	before our concert with the Tumpet Ray Philharmonic. I can't wait to get back to conducting again,
1:09.4	but as it was last summer, the sort of grounding of most musicians has allowed me to interview
1:16.1	some artists that I'm really excited to share with you, and today is no exception. Clayton Haslep
1:22.0	might not be a name that is familiar to all of you, but I bet you've heard his playing.
1:26.4	He's a soloist, chamber musician, and concertmaster who has appeared on over 1,000 TV shows and movies.
1:32.9	And has played concertmaster on some of the world's most beloved film scores, like Titanic,
1:37.4	A Beautiful Mind, The Matrix, Ratatouille, Star Trek, The Incredibles, Up, and many, many more.
1:44.3	His story took on an extra resonance when he contracted focal dystonia, which made it extremely
1:50.0	difficult or impossible to use the third and fourth fingers on his left hand.
1:55.2	Taking a cue from the guitarist, Django Reinhardt, Haslep relearned the violin with just two
2:00.8	fingers. A video of him playing the Tchaikovsky violin concerto swept the world over the pandemic
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