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Patrick Cohen, is a French violinist and conductor which came to do an art class and play with the Baroque Israeli Ensemble. It was taking place  in the Jerusalem theater.A great  musical event.( photographed in a rehearsal).

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Pnina, This is wonderful. Composition with the geometrical elements of violin and bow, the facial expression the light etc are great. Only if you could dodge on the face to light it up more.

Very good capture Pnina..

I can see how he works hard to get the beautiful sounds out of the instrument, well posed and composed with nice subdued colors and technically very well done especially for the lighting circumstances!

Cheers Pnina

PDE

Beautiful work with very nice lighting, Pnina!

a fine pov and composition, a precious moment... perfect exposure in the available light... his concentration and immersion in his music communicates...

I love the intensity of his expression and the slight motion blur of his hand and bow!

Pnina, I like that he is also a conductor as the position of the hand and the way the light is striking the bow it also resembles a conductors baton. The black background is perfect for the wood tone of the instrument and his silvery hair. 

Wonderful portrait, Pnina...lovely expression and light...my best

Expressive dynamic portrait!

To all of you for your nice comments and reffering to his devotion to his art which  is felt according to my point of view.

Apurva, thanks for your remark, but on my monitor it is as it was on stage, rehearsing.(but it took me a second look... and it is good).

Very nice, Pnina. The mixture of crisp clarity (the left hand) and motion blur (the right) together with the intensity of his concentration gives this picture the feeling that time has been temporarily suspended and that any moment now he will resume his playing and music will come bursting from my monitor.

Pnina, I love this because of his focus and the subject matter, the lighting and small details like the motion, and most of all because there is a human quality to him -- a shirt that's too big, an imperfect nose, -- a clunkiness that makes him seem accessible.    A suggestion of a life beyond that of music

 Thanks both of you ! Patrik Cohen is a very good looking  elegant musician,(Donna it is a rehearsal, you should see him in the concert...;-)) but especially as you felt  Jack, he is a great violinist and musician . It was a great experience to hear his music  with the  ensemble, a real pleasure.

Perfect portrait of musician! Another great use of light to present an artist with a dark background.

An outstanding portrait of this 1st class musician Pnina! I like the fact you used a slow enough shutterspeed to allow the viewer to see movement, but not blur the facial features. Superb use of available light.

All the best,
Neil

Perfect... as expected of you.

Very good composition even under those circumstances.

Did he play Bach, whom I adore?

Guunar, I'm glad you like this one, great musician this man is.

Nail, glad to see you here,I always try to use available light if I can, thanks

Bulent, yes it was Bach, Remo ,Vivaldi, and some others. A great pleasure.

I like this portrait...though his face is in shadow...it does not matter...the focus is on the violin and the action of the muscian as he plays...I really like the highlights on the instrument and the slight blur to his right arm and hand. 

Wonderful shot!  Although I also like the blur, the thing I like most is his intense expression.   When I play I must look like that, because often my eyes will dry out from not blinking enough.  There is an intense concentration required to play any instrument, but especially the detailed and transparent baroque repertoire.  I'm intrigued by his position and wonder if he uses a chin rest on his instrument.  You may not know the answer to that, but if you see him again you might ask him.  Just curious.....  :-)    Pnina, I wish you were here to photograph me!!!  :-)  Believe it or not, I've never had a professional picture done of myself playing....with my instrument, yes, but not playing.  They're difficult to pull off well, but you've done a nice job with this one.

Thanks for your nice impressions, being a musician yourself it is  more interesting for me, and  appreciated. I really don't heve an answer for your question about his chin rest,he is from France so  came for a very short visit, but I will ask. Also he is a great violinist.

BTW where do you live I may come to hear your music and photograph you on the same time ! ;-))

Beautiful capture of the violinist. Love the slight blur in his left hand against the sharp face and instrument. Well done Pnina.

I was surprised to see in your portfolio a folder with shots taken in Malta and thanks for your comment. Congrats.