Kató Havas
Kató Havas
Early life and education
Kató Havas was born in
Her musical education took place at a time when Waldbauer,
Career
At the age of eighteen she made her debut in America at Carnegie Hall and was acclaimed by the critics.
In the early sixties, a series of articles about her method by Noel Hale, F.R.A.M., appeared in The Strad. "I was privileged", wrote Hale, "to witness the teaching of a method of violin playing entirely new to me, which I believe is capable of revolutionizing the technique of playing… writing as a personal witness, I must say that I have been amazed at the results of this unusual approach." These articles started a heated debate.
In 1961, her first book, A New Approach to Violin Playing, was published, with a laudatory foreword by violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin.
Havas was invited to lecture at
In 1992 the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) conferred upon her its prestigious Isaac Stern International Award in recognition of her "unparalleled achievements".[1]
In 2002 Havas was appointed
Publications
- A New Approach to Violin Playing – 1961
- The Twelve Lesson Course in a New Approach to Violin Playing – 1964
- The Violin and I – An Autobiographical Account with Seven Years of Controversial Correspondence over the New Approach – 1968
- Stage Fright – Its Causes and Cures with Special Reference to Violin Playing – 1973
- Freedom to Play, Alexander Broude, 1981
- A New Approach on the Causes and Cures of Physical Injuries in Violin and Viola Playing, teaching video, 1991
Her books A New Approach, The Twelve Lesson Course and Stage Fright have been translated into Chinese, Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish. Havas's method has also inspired publications such as The Cellist's Inner Voice, a book by cello player and teacher at the Royal Manchester College of Music (later becoming the Royal Northern College of Music) Ian Bewley, on the application of the New Approach principles to cello playing.
References
- ^ American String Teacher's Association List of Awards Archived 2008-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pilot heads up MBE high-fliers. Kató Havas in the Queen's Birthday Honours List[permanent dead link], Oxford Mail, 15 June 2002
- ^ 98 éves korában elhunyt Havas Kató hegedűművész
- ^ Kató Havas has died aged 98
- Intervista con Kató Havas, in 'A tutto arco', (official magazine of ESTA – European String Teacher's Association – Italia), Year I Number I, May 2008
Bibliography
- A New Approach to Violin Playing, Kató Havas, Bosworth & Co., 1961
- The Twelve Lesson Course in a New Approach to Violin Playing, Kató Havas, Bosworth & Co., 1964
- The Violin and I – An Autobiographical Account with Seven Years of Controversial Correspondence over the New Approach, Kató Havas, Bosworth & Co., 1968
- Stage Fright – Its Causes and Cures with Special Reference to Violin Playing, Kató Havas, Bosworth & Co., 1973
- A New Approach on the Causes and Cures of Physical Injuries in Violin and Viola Playing, teaching video, Kató Havas, Lakeland Home music, 1991
- The Cellist's Inner Voice, by Ian Bewley, Da Capo Press, 1994
- A comparison of violin playing techniques: Kato Havas, Paul Rolland, and Shinichi Suzuki. Perkins, Marianne Murray, 1995. Reston, VA, American String Teachers Association.
- Il Violino Nella Storia, by Enzo Porta, EDT, 2000. ISBN 88-7063-400-0
External links
- Kató Havas Official website.
- Kató Havas on the New Approach on YouTubeVideos of Kató Havas at ESTA Italy.
- Videos of Kató Havas workshop.