Professional musicians are often short of time and playing a musical instrument is not always ergonomic, violin especially. Efficiency in practice is needed to achieve desired results in a relatively  short timeframe. I tried to go deeper into this subject with help of prof. Milan Vitek, who is known for his focus on practicing while teaching students. 

In the thesis I wrote a biography of prof. Milan Vitek to summarize what made him the great interpret and pedagogue he is. He was influenced by violin methodology of Otakar Sevcik, therefore this thesis also contains Sevcik's biography and a description of his teaching methods. I also interviewed prof. Milan Vitek's former students. Later I described a lesson with Milan Vitek, where I played the first movement of Poulenc violin sonata. With help of this collected information I tried to define how to practise efficiently and stay motivated as a violinist.