{"id":8474,"date":"2015-04-09T17:06:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T22:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gigsalad.com\/blog\/?p=8474"},"modified":"2016-10-03T14:40:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T19:40:02","slug":"talent-spotlight-alexei-mejouev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gigsalad.com\/blog\/talent-spotlight-alexei-mejouev\/","title":{"rendered":"Talent Spotlight: Alexei Mejouev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"last-updated entry-meta\">Last updated on October 3, 2016<\/p><br><p>Born in St. Petersburg Russia, then moving to the United States, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gigsalad.com\/alexei_mejouev_wilmington\" target=\"_blank\">Alexei Mejouev<\/a> became fascinated with the Violin. Since beginning his musical career\u00a0playing Violin at age 7, Alexei\u00a0has proven to be\u00a0way ahead of the curve.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/108508741\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With inspiration from his Russian heritage, \u00a0Alexei notes Jascha Heifetz and Isaac Stern as some of those who&#8217;ve influenced him since learning to play. Our staff was able to sit down with young Alexei and ask him about his experience playing professionally, and here&#8217;s what he had to say.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GigSalad:<\/strong>\u00a0What was the one piece that changed your life?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexei Mejouev:\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;If there was one piece, it was called &#8220;Humoresque&#8221;. It was in a Suzuki Book, Book 4. And I just, I couldn&#8217;t stop playing it. 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