place_of_birth petteri iivonen
Petteri Iivonen ( b . August 14 , 1987 ) is a Finnish violinist . He has studied at the Sibelius Academy , University ___MASK15___ Southern California and the Tel Aviv University with Hagai Shaham . In 2005 he won the National Violin Competition in Kuopio , Finland and in 2010 he got 2nd Prize in the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition . Iivonen ' s debut album called Art ___MASK15___ the Violin was released by Linn Records in 2009 . In 2010 his Israeli debut took place at the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv with maestro Zubin Mehta . Mr . Iivonen plays a Carlo Bergonzi ( Villa Gyllenberg ) violin made in the year 1732 . The violin has previously been owned by Isaac Stern and Paavo Berglund . His special hobby is aerobatics flying with glider plane . The violino piccolo ( also called the " Diskantgeige ", " Terzgeige ", " Quartgeige " or " Violino alla francese ") is a stringed instrument ___MASK15___ the baroque period . Most examples are similar to a child ' s size violin in size , and are tuned a third or a fourth higher . Probably the most famous work featuring violino piccolo is the first Brandenburg Concerto ___MASK15___ Johann Sebastian Bach . The kit violin , dancing master ' s kit , or kit , is a stringed instrument . It is essentially a very small violin , designed to fit in a pocket  hence its other common name , the pochette ( French for " small pocket "). It was used by dance masters in royal courts and other places ___MASK15___ nobility , as well as by street musicians until around the 18th century . Occasionally , the rebec was used in the same way . Several are called for ( as " violini piccoli alla francese " - small French violins ) in Monteverdi ' s 1607 " Orfeo ". Country music is a genre ___MASK15___ United States popular music that originated in the southern United States in the 1920s . It takes its roots from the southeastern genre ___MASK15___ United States , such as folk music ( especially Appalachian folk music ), and blues music . Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history . Country music often consists ___MASK15___ ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos , electric and acoustic guitars , dobros and fiddles as well as harmonicas . According to Lindsey Starnes , the term " country music " gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term " hillbilly music "; it came to encompass Western music , which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots , in the mid - 20th century . The term " country music " is used today to describe many styles and subgenres . The origins ___MASK15___ country music are the folk music ___MASK15___ working - class Americans , who blended popular songs , Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes , traditional English ballads , and cowboy songs , and various musical traditions from European immigrant communities . In 2009 country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute , and second most popular in the morning commute in the United States . In music theory , a perfect fifth is the musical interval corresponding to a pair ___MASK15___ pitches with a frequency ratio ___MASK15___ 3 : 2 , or very nearly so . A virtuoso ( from Italian " virtuoso " or , " virtuous ", Late Latin " virtuosus ", Latin " virtus ", " virtue ", " excellence ", " skill ", or " manliness ") is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability in a particular art or field such as fine arts , music , singing , playing a musical instrument , or composition . This word also refers to a person who has cultivated appreciation ___MASK15___ artistic excellence , either as a connoisseur or collector . Virtuoso ' s plural form is either virtuosi or the Anglicisation , virtuosos , and the feminine forms are virtuosa and virtuose . Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival . The term originated in the 19th century but is often applied to music that is older than that . Some types ___MASK15___ folk music are also called world music . " Traditional folk music " has been defined in several ways : as music transmitted orally , music with unknown composers , or music performed by custom over a long period ___MASK15___ time . It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles . ___MASK53___ , officially the ___MASK76___ ___MASK15___ ___MASK53___ , is a sovereign state in Northern Europe . A peninsula with the Gulf ___MASK15___ ___MASK53___ to the south and the Gulf ___MASK15___ Bothnia to the west , the country has land borders with Sweden to the northwest , Norway to the north , and Russia to the east . Estonia is south ___MASK15___ the country across the Gulf ___MASK15___ ___MASK53___ . ___MASK53___ is a Nordic country situated in the geographical region ___MASK15___ Fennoscandia , which also includes Scandinavia . ___MASK53___ ' s population is 5 . 5 million ( 2014 ), staying roughly on the same level over the past two decades . The majority ___MASK15___ the population is concentrated in the southern region . In terms ___MASK15___ area , it is the eighth largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union . ___MASK4___ is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots ___MASK15___ trees , and other woody plants . It is an organic material , a natural composite ___MASK15___ cellulose fibers which are ___MASK29___ in tension embedded in a matrix ___MASK15___ lignin which resists compression . ___MASK4___ is sometimes defined as only the secondary xylem in the stems ___MASK15___ trees , or it is defined more broadly to include the same type ___MASK15___ tissue elsewhere such as in the roots ___MASK15___ trees or shrubs . In a living tree it performs a support function , enabling woody plants to grow large or to stand up by themselves . It also conveys water and nutrients between the leaves , other growing tissues , and the roots . ___MASK4___ may also refer to other plant materials with comparable properties , and to material engineered from wood , or wood chips or fiber . Hagai Shaham ( born July 8 , 1966 ) is an acclaimed Israeli violin virtuoso . He began studying the violin at the age ___MASK15___ six and was the last student ___MASK15___ the late Professor Ilona Feher . He is also a violin teacher , and a professor at the Buchmann - Mehta School ___MASK15___ Music ( formerly the Samuel Rubin Israel Academy ___MASK15___ Music ), in the Faculty ___MASK15___ Arts at Tel Aviv University . ___MASK75___ is the capital and largest city of Finland . It is in the region of Uusimaa , in southern Finland , on the shore of the Gulf of Finland . ___MASK75___ has a population of , an urban population of 1 , 214 , 210 , and a metropolitan population of over 1 . 4 million , making it the most populous municipality and urban area in Finland . ___MASK75___ is located some north of Tallinn , Estonia , east of Stockholm , Sweden , and west of Saint Petersburg , Russia . ___MASK75___ has close historical connections with these three cities . The violin is a wooden string instrument in the violin family . It is the smallest and highest - pitched instrument in the family in regular use . Smaller violin - type instruments are known , including the violino piccolo and the kit violin , but these are virtually unused in the 2010s . The violin typically has four strings tuned in perfect fifths , and is ___MASK90___ commonly played by drawing a ___MASK5___ across its strings , though it can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers ( pizzicato ). Violins are important instruments in a wide variety ___MASK15___ musical genres . They are ___MASK90___ prominent in the Western classical tradition and in many varieties ___MASK15___ folk music . They are also frequently used in genres ___MASK15___ folk including country music and bluegrass music and in jazz . Electric violins are used in some forms ___MASK15___ rock music ; further , the violin has come to be played in many non - Western music cultures , including Indian music and Iranian music . The violin is sometimes informally called a fiddle , particularly in Irish traditional music and bluegrass , but this nickname is also used regardless ___MASK15___ the type ___MASK15___ music played on it . Pizzicato ( translated as " pinched ", and sometimes roughly as " plucked ") is a playing technique that involves plucking the strings ___MASK15___ a string instrument . The exact technique varies somewhat depending on the type ___MASK15___ stringed instrument . Jean Sibelius , born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius ( 8 December 186520 September 1957 ), was a Finnish composer and violinist ___MASK15___ the late Romantic and early - modern periods . He is widely recognized as his country ' s greatest composer and , through his music , is often credited with having helped Finland to develop a national identity during its struggle for independence from Russia . Fiddle is another name for the bowed string musical instrument more often called a violin . It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres , including classical music . Fiddle playing , or fiddling , refers to various styles ___MASK15___ music . Fiddle is also a common term among musicians who play folk music on the violin . The fiddle is part ___MASK15___ many traditional ( folk ) styles ___MASK15___ music which are aural traditions , taught ' by ear ' rather than via written music . Fiddle is normally the term used for Irish Traditional Music . ___MASK95___ University ( TAU ) (" Universitat ___MASK95___ ") is a public research university in the neighborhood ___MASK15___ Ramat Aviv in ___MASK95___ , Israel . With over 30 , 000 students , the University is the largest in the country . The Sibelius Academy is part ___MASK15___ the University ___MASK15___ the Arts ___MASK75___ and a university - level music school which operates in ___MASK75___ and Kuopio , Finland . It also has an adult education centre in Järvenpää and a training centre in Seinäjoki . The Academy is the only music university in Finland . It is among the biggest European music universities with roughly 1 , 700 enrolled students . Professor ( commonly abbreviated as " prof .") is an academic rank at universities and other post - secondary education and research institutions in ___MASK90___ countries . Literally , " professor " derives from Latin as a " person who professes " being usually an expert in arts or sciences , a teacher ___MASK15___ the highest rank . An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output ___MASK15___ its sound . The term most properly refers to an instrument intentionally made to be electrified with built - in pickups , usually with a solid body . It can also refer to a violin fitted with an electric pickup ___MASK15___ some type , although " amplified violin " or " electro - acoustic violin " are more accurate in that case . The violin family ___MASK15___ musical instruments was developed in Italy in the 16th century . At the time the name ___MASK15___ this family ___MASK15___ instruments was violas da braccio which was used to distinguish them from the viol family ( violas " da gamba "). The standard modern violin family consists ___MASK15___ the violin , viola , cello , and double bass . The International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition , named after Finnish composer Jean Sibelius , is a competition for violinists up to age 30 . It is held every five years (- 00 and - 05 ) in ___MASK75___ and is considered to be one of the most prestigious violin competitions in the world . The first competition took place in year 1965 , eight years after the death of the composer . The competition is arranged by the Sibelius Society of Finland and the Sibelius Academy . Bluegrass music is a form ___MASK15___ American roots music , and a related genre ___MASK15___ country music . Influenced by the music ___MASK15___ Appalachia , bluegrass has mixed roots in Irish , Scottish and English traditional music , and was also later influenced by the music ___MASK15___ African - Americans through incorporation ___MASK15___ jazz elements . Rock music is a genre ___MASK15___ popular music that originated as " rock and roll " in the United States in the 1950s , and developed into a range ___MASK15___ different styles in the 1960s and later , particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States . It has its roots in 1940s ' and 1950s ' rock and roll , itself heavily influenced by blues , rhythm and blues and country music . Rock music also drew strongly on a number ___MASK15___ other genres such as electric blues and folk , and incorporated influences from jazz , classical and other musical sources . Jazz is a music genre that originated amongst African Americans in New ___MASK99___ , United States , in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . Since the 1920s jazz age , jazz has become recognized as a major form ___MASK15___ musical expression . It emerged in the form ___MASK15___ independent traditional and popular musical styles , all linked by the common bonds ___MASK15___ African American and European American musical parentage with a performance orientation . Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes , call and response vocals , polyrhythms and improvisation . Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression , and in African - American music traditions including blues and ragtime , as well as European military band music . Although the foundation ___MASK15___ jazz is deeply rooted within the Black experience ___MASK15___ the United States , different cultures have contributed their own experience and styles to the art form as well . Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as " one ___MASK15___ America ' s original art forms ".