Videos
We've scoured the web to bring you footage of the world's finest players, from legends of yesteryear to today's young dynamos
Weiss-Kaplan-Newman Piano Trio
02 February 2012
Violinist Mark Kaplan and his wife Yael Weiss feature in the February issue's Double Acts interview. Here they are playing Beethoven, with cellist Clancy Newman.
Andrea Amati 'Kurtz' c.1559
30 January 2012
In the February issue of The Strad we find out why five Amati instruments could be more closely related than first thought. This video shows one, the c.1559 'Kurtz' violin, in performance.
c.1560 Amati
30 January 2012
In the February issue of The Strad we find out why five Andrea Amati instruments could be more closely related than first thought. This recent video shows one, the c.1559 'Kurtz' violin, in performanc...
3D Analysis of Bowing Motion
13 January 2012
As reported in the January issue, researchers are using motion capture technology to record string players' bowing movements. Here's how Rachmaninoff's Vocalise came out on a viola.
Nicolas Altstaedt plays Killmayer
12 January 2012
In the January issue's People section, German cellist Nicolas Altstaedt takes us through his busy schedule. Here he is playing Killmayer with Jose Gallardo.
2Cellos perform with Elton John
12 January 2012
2Cellos joined Elton John on his 2011 European tour. You can read about their unusual success story in the January issue of The Strad.
2Cellos play Shostakovich
12 January 2012
The Croatian duo show off some more traditional playing with their arrangement of a Shostakovich Prelude.
Itzhak Perlman reveals his practice secrets
14 December 2011
'If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly.'
Beatboxing string trio
08 December 2011
Just came across this Canadian trio, and to be honest, they're actually rather good!
Valeriy Sokolov plays Shostakovich
08 December 2011
Valeriy Sokolov's new CD is reviewed in the December issue of The Strad. Here he is playing Shostakovich with Khatia Buniatishvili and a silken-shirted Mischa Maisky.
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