Demetrios Constantine Dounis

The purpose of this book is to describe, investigate, and confirm the recognition of a violin pedagogue who was a major influence to those who studied with him, those who came in contact with those who had studied with him, and even those who came to know his printed works. His published works covering all aspects of violin technique are acclaimed as some of the most advanced and as a breakthrough in violin technique literature. All agreed that he excelled in the diagnostic area and possessed astonishing powers of observation, analysis, and application of scientific principles to problem solving in both the areas of teaching and performance. Dounis' method was based on individual prescription, was a thinking, «Socratic» approach offering an organized and unified purpose to violin technique which included the development of the mind and its observational capacities.