CONCERTO

CONCERTO

Concerto is your luxurious, super-premium rosin for intense soloistic playing. Designed for the soloist, power, focus and projection are prominent with minimal dust and sound deterioration.

After years of rosin recipe refinement for string players all over the world, the Leatherwood Bespoke Rosin team have worked to create the ultimate rosin recipe for the Concerto Soloist and International Competition Performer. 

When performing in these settings, there are even  more demands on the rosin such as projecting the sound to all corners of the concert hall, conveying warmth of sound up close and far away, and the ability of the rosin to endure a long performance with minimal deterioration to the sound quality right through to the last note!

The result is a rosin that offers a very powerful and clear attack on the string, with the string vibrating at it’s maximum capability from the very beginning of the bow movement. This rosin improves sound endurance, overall projection, power, with a warm undertone.

This rosin is created for:

• Concerto repertoire
• late classical period and beyond
• Performance in large concert halls and large scale concerts
• Performance in International Competitions and Auditions
• Strong projection of clarity, warmth, and nuance of tone colour
• Reducing sound deterioration through rosin build up

HOW WILL CONCERTO HELP MY PLAYING?

"The concerto was designed for performing solo concertos and large recital repertoire in large performing spaces. This can also include auditions, recitals and college exams.

The first experience of Concerto rosin is the extremely strong attack on the string, allowing powerful double and triple stopping. This also helps with bright and clear spiccato and sautille.

Overall, the sound of the recipe is on the bright and crisp side, however we tried to allow nuance and depth of sound colour, particularly in soft playing, to be conveyed clearly to the back of the concert hall. We achieved this by discovering ingredients that allowed a crisp and focused recipe that wasn't narrow in colour, and offered strong brilliance with without too narrow a focus.

The sound becomes rounder and clearer the further back you go in the concert hall. It has a deep colour range and a strong traction to the string but with a smooth, gliding feel.

I hope all our clients can enjoy Concerto, in all playing situations. I am very proud of what we have created!"

- From Andrew Baker, Director and Founder.

WHY DID WE CREATE CONCERTO?

Our rosin makers have spent years refining sound and response characteristics through our Bespoke Range, string players have been able to adjust the Attack, Clarity, Traction, Texture to suit their playing. We wanted to explore our enhancements further to create something perhaps less versatile, and more attuned for Concerto playing.

To create Concerto, we searched, experimented, examined, and found new and unique combination of resins and waxes. We have worked to maximise the sound potential of this rosin with our partners in Japan, including renowned soloists Mayu Kishima (laureate Isaac Stern,Cologne, Queen Elizabeth, Wieniawski Competitions) and Minami Yoshida (laureate of Joachim, Sibelius and Montréal Competitions).

Concerto rosin deserves no less than the most luxurious materials, craftsmanship and presentation. Having developed this recipe with a team of Japanese soloists, we have been inspired to weave artistic Japanese styles into the presentation of this rosin, including the burnt timber technique of Yakisugi, or Shou Sugi Ban.

Leather: Deep Charcoal Premium Australian Leather
Wood: Yakisugi - Australian Cypress Pine
Rosin:Concerto - Soloistic Intensity

Leatherwood Bespoke Rosin is grateful to the support and input from our Japanese Partner Hiroaki Yura, who collaborated with us to produce this rosin.