Videos
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Roman Totenberg plays Szymanowski
11 May 2012
The late violinist and pedagogue Roman Totenberg celebrated his 90th birthday in 2001 with this performance of Szymanowski's Violin Concerto no.1.
Zvi Zeitlin plays Falla's Asturiana
11 May 2012
Violinist and teacher Zvi Zeitlin died on 2 May at the age of 90. Here he is playing the Asturiana from Falla's Suite populaire espagnole back in January 2010.
Roman Totenberg: A Tribute
11 May 2012
Violinist and educator Roman Totenberg, who died on 8 May aged 101, taught at Boston University for 50 years. Here's a concert given by BU students in his honour, from 2011.
Bartók Sonata for Solo Violin
04 May 2012
James Ehnes takes us through 'one of the most difficult works in the entire violin repertoire' in this month's Masterclass. Here's Ivry Gitlis's rendition.
Teenage Stefan Milenkovich
27 April 2012
In the May issue, Stefan Milenkovich and others discuss whether or not past competition success really helped their career. Here's young Milenkovich playing Paganini.
The Tokyo Quartet play Beethoven
27 April 2012
The Tokyo Quartet recently announced that it will disband at the end of the 2012-13 season. Here is the group playing Beethoven.
Gil Shaham plays Bach
20 April 2012
Gil Shaham, one of the violinists discussing parenthood in our May issue, performs the Gavotte en Rondeau from Bach's Third Partita.
Lisa Batiashvili and Francois Leleux
20 April 2012
In the May issue, Lisa Batiashvili and other soloists discuss parenthood. Here, she plays an arrangement of Papageno's aria 'Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja' from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.
Paul Silverthorne plays Bridge
20 April 2012
Here's the London Symphony Orchestra's principal viola player Paul Silverthorne playing two pieces by Frank Bridge, with pianist Aglaia Tarantino.
James Ehnes plays Wieniawski
13 April 2012
Coming up in the May issue of The Strad, James Ehnes offers his advice on playing Bartók's Sonata for Solo Violin. Here he is performing something rather different – a Wieniawski Etude–Caprice.
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