Kevin Sylvester says that when other people see a 6 -foot 2 -inch black boy and 260 pounds, they do not expect him to also be a vintage violin. A recent exchange with a woguy in an elevator, when he had his tool with him in his case, brought this point to home.

“She tells herself:” What do you play? “” He remembers. “I tell myself:” I am a violinist. “And she told herself:” Well, with shame, you don’t play classic, so what kind of taste do you play? “

Sylvester says he explained that he has a title in classical music, touches all kinds of styles. “She didn’t think about it malicious,” he says, “but I hope he can see us in combination and we can replace his perception. “

Moments like this encouraged Sylvester and his partner, the aloculte Wilner Baptiste, calling his new stereotype album. This is the newest edition of its black violin duo, whose seeds were planted years ago when the two met the best academics in Florida.

The two men say that when they were children, reading chain tools was not exactly that A. Sylvester’s plan was driven in music classes through his mother in fifth year, and the violin was informed despite the initial rejection as not leather. Baptiste, on the other hand, sought to be informed of the saxophone, but when he enrolled for a summer group, he was put on strings with another teacher. At least you think.

“I did not realize this before 2012, that the explanation of why they put me in their elegance was because he and the Tevery Oneer organization had a bet,” Baptiste said. “They basically said to each other:” Listen, play golf, and the one who wins gets this child in his elegance. “It was not a turn of destiny, it was made on purpose. “

Cut in the string class, Baptiste looked around the classroom until he discovered a tool that no one else desired.

“No one would pick up the viola,” he said. “Literally, I is the only user who needs to play the viola. So I choose that, and 20 years later, I still play it. “

Before being presented to the strings, Baptiste and Sylvester were young people who enjoyed hip-hop. They met in their orchestra class at the Higher School, where they began reading classical music and learned to love wonderful composers. “He started for me with Bach, because Bach is the draw, you know?” Sylvester said. “For me, Bach is the best you can play, because he exposes everything about you. He exhibits your weaknesses and makes you paint harder. I think of Bach as, like the composer closest to divinity. “

Baptiste and Sylvester say that if classical music and hip-hop may seem separate worlds, the two intend to unite other people.

Baptiste says that way: “They had small pranks at that time, right? They are music. So they think of it. As I am this guy, I have this wonderful palace:” Mozart, listen, what can you throw, boy? I want new songs. “

“Therefore, it is the same type of things with hip-hop,” says Sylvester. “It’s like, I want Grandmaster Flash for my birthday. You know, hip-hop and classic, in many ways, are festive music for other times. “

And, says Sylvester, the music of the black violin is helping to provide the hip to other people who may not be in a different way there: “I do not forget that this woman arrived here for me, will have to be like a white woman of 60, 65 years, and it is like” Guy, I don’t even like Hibbit -Hop, but you are incredible! “

The two musicians expect verbal exchange to circulate in any of the instructions and that their music will help classical music for the next generation.