About the author

Lauri Hämäläinen has been teaching violin, viola, and orchestral playing in Finland and Sweden for over 30 years. He is playing viola in various orchestras and chamber music ensembles, duos and string quartets.

Lauri published the first versions of the violin books and viola books for beginner and intermediate students in 2016. The repertoire in the violin books had to be as motivating for the students as possible. Exercises in violin technique, short pieces, easy chamber music and concertinos got their place in the same music book. In 2018 ergonomic exercises was included after studies with Ulla Magnusson in Sweden.

Lauri is a Finnish-Swedish musician with a love for sport, music, arts in general and the Mediterranean way of life. Violin Friends is a family of music books. The purpose is to share musical moments with friends. Sharing moments with friends is very close to Lauri.

The purpose of Violin Friends and Viola Friends is to give joy and happy moments with music to all students. The aim is also to make teaching easy and more effective with the help of the music books, play-along videos, simplified piano parts and mp3 backing tracks.

The author Lauri Hämäläinen is an active member in the Finnish String Teachers Association (SJO), The Finnish Viola Society (SAS) and The European string Teachers Union (ESTA).

The next Violin Friends workshop and presentation will be held 5.4.2013 in Cardiff with the topic "Exploring the Joy in Violin Playing". Welcome to Cardiff!

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Violin Friends by Lauri Hämäläinen is a lovely series of violin books for beginners. You will find innovative teaching methods for the basics of violin playing for young students. The books come with instrument-specific preparatory exercises, familiar songs, scales and small etudes as well as arrangements of masterpieces by great composers. Most of the pieces are arranged for a duo or trio, so the young beginners can enjoy playing together right from the start. Additionally there is a Violin Friends – YouTube channel, where you can find engaging play alongs to all the pieces in the books. This series is really a great resource for young violin players and their teachers!
Andrea Holzer-Rhomberg (author of the Fiedel-Max-series)

Lauri Hämäläinen's Violin Friends is an excellent violin school! The layout with colorful pages is really well done, and the traditional songs combined with insightful exercises are a great combination with the repertoire. Extra pluses also from the use of new technology with notebooks. One of my students excitedly told me in the first lesson of the fall that he had received €600 by playing Violin Friends notebooks in the summer at the local market! Markus Tyrväinen, Violin teacher and lecturer at the Tampere Music Concservatory, Finland.

Violin Friends series by Lauri Hämäläinen are fun and useful books for beginners and children to learn violin. The books are colourful with lots of interesting drawings. There are lots of duets and ensembles that players can play and enjoy music together. Violin Friends is an inspiring material for teachers and students to have! Dr.Heng-Ching Fang, Musician, Teacher, Academic Researcher & Translator (BMus, PGDip, MMus, PhD)

Lauri Hämäläinen's Violin Friends - opuses provide an opportunity to combine teaching and playfulness. Fun exercises and well-known themes get students excited without forgetting the basics. Mervi Myllyoja, violin pedagogue

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