"Navarra" - Jeffrey Lee & Lizzy Pedersen at TEDxOverlake

Young virtuoso violin players Jeffrey Lee and Lizzy Pedersen performing 'Navarra', a piece by the famous Spanish Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués. Quite impressive!

Hi! I'm Lizzy!

And I've been playing violin
since I was about 3 years old.

This is Jeffrey
and he's been playing violin

since he was about 6.

So, I would say that we both
have a love of violin,

and that love has been fed
by our dedication,

and we've had to practice
about one to three hours a day

for all these years,

and I'd say
that that's taught me

a lot about self-motivation
and perseverance.

But, most importantly, it taught me
to teach myself

because, when I'm practising,
there's no one in the room with me

saying, "You're doing this wrong",

"You need to do this differently."

I only see a teacher once a week,
so it's mostly me figuring out for myself.

Anyway, the piece
that we'll be playing today

is called "Navarra".

It shares a name
with a Spanish province,

but it's not a very well-known piece.

However, the composer is very well-known,
his name is Pablo de Sarasate,

and he was a very famous
Spanish violonist and composer.

This piece features very virtuousic
and difficult violin work

and [works] with the piano
as harmonic and rhythmic backup.

Without further ado
we'll play "Navarra".

(Piano and violin music)

(Applause)