Warming up with a crazy passage from Ligeti violin concerto

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I had such a great time playing the Ligeti concerto in São Paulo with Osesp - Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo and Thierry Fischer!
Here is a short video of me warming up and practicing the rhythm of a passage in the Ligeti concerto before a performance in São Paulo.
This is a passage that is not only difficult to play because of the harmonics, but also to hear in the performance, because there are several other layers going on at the same time in the orchestra that are equally complicated and difficult!

The difference between dotted 8th-note and regular 8th-note is very small at this fast tempo, and it should not sound like triplets. Stylistically, this rhythmic pattern is a much more extreme version of the kinds of folklorist rhythms that can be found in Bartók's music.
The harmonics are very hard to pull off at this speed as well, but I love how the feeling of dance that this rhythm creates!