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QUAN GE: Hi, my name's Quan Ge, and I'm a violinist in New York
Philharmonic.
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Personal favorite is French music,
especially Ravel's pieces.
His music is just very dreamy, fanciful.
Also, it has Asian influences, Spanish influences,
and some jazz elements.
So it's just very delightful to play.
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I like being on tours.
It's always so fun to play in different beautiful concert
halls and play for the local audience.
I still remember my first tour.
It was 2009, Asian tour.
And last stop was Abu Dhabi.
And that was someplace I would probably never go by myself.
We were surrounded by desert sand.
And we also went for a camel ride during the day.
It was it was such a fun trip.
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Dogs, West Side, Guarneri, Asian and spicy,
to make everybody happy.
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When I was around 12 my teacher used
to call me fingerboard maniac.
I think because I didn't use my right arm and finger right
to grab the string tightly.
I was physically weaker.
Skinny arm.
So one of my friends suggested me to eat more beef.
I did.
It became one of my habits.
Whenever I feel like I should practice more,
I start to eat more beef.
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When I was at Shanghai Conservatory, that's actually
the first time I heard Philharmonic playing videotape
I watched Toscanini first time and [INAUDIBLE] conduct.
By then I wasn't familiar with orchestral playing at all.
But I was like, oh my god, so many people
play at the same time.
And they created such a big rage sound,
that was my first impression of New York Philharmonic.
And that was just fun to watch them play.
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SPEAKER: Bravo!
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