Joseph Tang and his symphonies are real masterpieces; his passion for the violin was just as Pablo
Casals’s passion for the cello. This is because Joseph also follows the principle of giving a special
meaning to the notes instead of just giving notes. When he was a stage performer, his listeners always
witnessed him at his best. The only trait that worked for him and left many of his listeners with wide-
open eyes was his passion for violin.
1. Endeavors of a Music Man - Joseph Tang
Joseph Tang and his symphonies are real masterpieces; his passion for the violin was just as Pablo
Casals’s passion for the cello. This is because Joseph also follows the principle of giving a special
meaning to the notes instead of just giving notes. When he was a stage performer, his listeners always
witnessed him at his best. The only trait that worked for him and left many of his listeners with wide-
open eyes was his passion for violin.
According to some violin connoisseurs, a fiddler must have long fingers to master this instrument.
However, according to listeners and friends of Joseph Tang, his fingers were not that long and still, he
mastered this instrument and people addressed him as a magician with miraculous fingers.
He inherited his musical passion from his family, his mother and both his brothers were musicians.
Perhaps he had his first music lesson in the cradle. Though he was inclined towards both piano and
violin, he chose the violin to pave his road to glory.
When his friends were busy floating paper-boats in the artificial ponds, Joseph was more into
developing his skills in piano and violin. Some of the web-portals say that according to Tang, the
“Violin is like a painter's palette to him, and the rosined bow is like a brush which he always uses to paint
the silence of his listener's heart.”
His recital attendees ornamented Joseph Tang with the medallions of a music therapist; a curer to
cure depressed souls and dispirited personalities; a divine healer and an illusionist. Even his listeners
when interviewed stated that during his show, they felt like a journey of mountains, lakes, waterfalls,
gardens of dew-dipped flower petals and subtle green grass. Some of them even stated that his
spiritual sonatas were like a bridge between a materialistic and spiritual world; a complete curtain
raiser and an eye-opening experience.
Joseph Tang is just like a violin encyclopedia, he was born with an instinct for rhythms, and he has
devoted a significant period of his life mastering this four-string instrument. To date, many web-
portals claim that he is returning everything he learned about the violin by shaping newcomers and
preparing them to keep his name alive, in the violin fraternity.