We're really excited to share today's launch of @myVPM's new podcast: Making Menuhin. Take a break from the news and be delighted and inspired by the music and stories of the world's best young violinists: https://vpm.org/making-menuhin 

Our debut episode profiles Maya Anjali Buchanan, who grew up in the Black Hills of South Dakota - still her favorite place to perform: https://vpm.org/articles/13295/a-musician-shaped-by-the-hills-of-south-dakota

“I definitely loved the violin because it was something for me to really put my time and passions into. And then when I finally started getting the social side of it, it really just opened up everything for me.” Listen to the full episode, subscribe and leave a review!

Have you subscribed to @myVPM's Making Menuhin? Listen to the wisdom & music of @CurtisInstitute student Matthew Hakkarainen: “There are so many more emotions that can be expressed through music than I could ever hope to achieve with my words." https://vpm.org/articles/13258/discovering-the-violins-emotional-vocabulary

14 year old @MenuhinComp competitor Keila Wakao is featured in this beautiful episode produced by @VPM_IanStewart: “I always feel like the violin is almost like a replica of the human voice. So I thought that I could bring that into the violin.” https://vpm.org/articles/13251/her-violin-sings-and-heals

And our latest episode tracks the long journey of Tianyu Liu from Wuhan, China to @CofC in South Carolina to @MenuhinComp Richmond 2021. @rvasymphony @VCUnews @urichmond Please share, subscribe & leave a review :) https://vpm.org/articles/13634/distance-sacrifice-and-empathy-color-journey-from-wuhan-to-menuhin