Violin Sonata in G Minor (known popularly as the Devil’s Trill Sonata) by Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770). It is said that Tartini had a vision of the devil playing a section of this piece and scrambled to write it down. Though Tartini is quoted as saying that the piece is only a poor representation of what he actually heard, its virtuosity and creativity have inspired and challenged countless musicians throughout the centuries.

Gregory Gelman, violinist, is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and the Novosibirsk State Conservatory of Music. His teachers include David Oistrakh, Alexander Uriev, Tossy Spivakovsky, Paul Doctor, Valery Shevchenko, and Felix Galimir. He has held faculty positions at Odessa Music College (USSR), Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Greenwhich House Music School and Woodbridge Academy of Music. Gelman has performed in concerts throughout the former USSR and the United States and on recordings for Ornette Coleman and Engelbert Humperdinck. He is a first-prize winner of Artist International Competition in New York. He can be reached via email at gregorygelman@yahoo.com

Steven Clark, organist, is the music director at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in organ performance at The University of Montana where he studied with Nancy Cooper. He later studied privately with Antonius Bittmann.

This video is dedicated to singer and song-writer Natalie Gelman; daughter of Gregory Gelman in honor of her talent, creativity, and loving spirit. To learn more about Natalie, visit nataliegelman.com.

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