Exciting News for The Man with the Violin
New editions — Korean and Portuguese coming soon too. But that’s not all that’s been happening with this book lately.
The National Arts Centre has big plans. The multi-talented composer Anne Dudley has been laying the groundwork for a musical treatment of the book — for orchestra, solo violin, and narrator. Normal – an animation/video design company from Montreal (who worked with the NAC on the beautiful and moving “Life Reflected”) will design a single-screen treatment of Dusan Petricic’s artwork as part of the show.
The Manager of Artistic Planning for the NAC Orchestra says, “It is our hope that the piece will be easily produced by other orchestras. I expect that it will have a robust life on children’s concerts for some time!”
The world premiere will be in February 2017 at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the city where the true story of what happened when a world-class violinist (Joshua Bell) performed in a subway station and almost no one listened. (Joshua himself will be the solo violinist for the world premiere.)
The date for the Canadian premiere, which will also feature Joshua Bell, is yet to be announced. You can be sure to find out the details here, as soon as I have them.
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Kathy Stinson is the author of the classic Red Is Best and the award-winning The Man with the Violin. Her wide range of titles includes picture books, non-fiction, young adult fiction, historical fiction, horror, biography, series books, and short stories. She has met with her readers in every province and territory of Canada, in the United States, Britain, Liberia, and Korea. She lives in a small town in Ontario.
It's wonderful to see The Man with the Violin still getting so much attention. Congratulations!
Thanks for sharing in the fun of this news, Janet!
Wow, Kathy! The good news just keeps on happening. I'm thrilled to hear about the NAC project and hope I'll be able to make it to the Canadian premiere. You must be dancing on air! I loved your Washington slideshow, by the way.
The Man with the Violin is providing a pretty fun ride. It would be great if you could make the Canadian premiere. Thanks for reminding me of the fun of my first DC trip. I hope to make it there again in February. Thanks for stopping by and looking around!