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    Review

    Book review: Top Secrets for Cellists: An Organized Method of String Playing

    2023-01-25T09:38:40.007Z

    Janet Banks reviews a new edition of János Starker’s treatise on cello performance

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    Focus

    Cello journey: the best recordings of Ernest Bloch's Schelomo

    2018-02-01T16:33:00Z

    Intended to be played as a seamless integrated whole, with an equality between the cellist and the orchestra, rather than as a concertante piece, Bloch’s Hebraic rhapsody Schelomo has been recorded by many cellists in numerous ways – and it seems that there is something special about almost all ...

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    News

    Cellist Taeguk Mun wins $25,000 János Starker Foundation Award

    2016-12-12T00:00:00Z

    The prize is granted to cellists under the age of 30 'who have already begun a significant career in music'

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    Cellist János Starker on interpretation

    2015-10-21T00:00:00Z

    I try to represent the composer as best I can - but I am a 20th century artist, and I view Bach and Beethoven from a 20th century perspective'Cellist János Starker talks with Paul Katz about interpreting the works of great composers from the perspective of his own ...

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    Cellist János Starker on vibrato

    2015-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Vibrato is tension and release. I had an argument with Paul Rolland, who claimed I was rolling above the note and back, but I don't think so. I am in the middle of the note and then releasing' Cellist János Starker speaks about vibrato in an interview with Paul Katz ...

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    Debate

    No sex please - we're classical musicians

    2015-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Does ‘sexing up’ classical music increase accessibility or is it merely crass exhibitionism? Two well-known string players debate one of the hot topics of the industry in The Strad's March 2006 issue

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    János Starker performs The Swan by Saint-Saëns

    2014-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Cellist János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue, performs The Swan by Saint-Saëns and Popper's Tarantella in a 1976 television broadcast.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.

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    János Starker speaks about humility

    2014-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Cellist János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue, speaks in 2010 at the Indiana University Summer String Academy about the importance of humility for a successful music career.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free ...

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    János Starker performs Bach's Cello Suite No 3

    2014-04-01T00:00:00Z

    János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue, performs the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no.3 in Tokyo in 1988.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.

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    János Starker performs Kodály's Solo Cello Sonata

    2014-03-31T00:00:00Z

    János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue, performs the First Movement of Kodály's Solo Cello Sonata in Tokyo in 1988.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.

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    The Strad April 2014 issue is on sale now

    2014-03-25T00:00:00Z

    Tributes to János Starker, 40 years of the Arditti Quartet and a beautifully decorated bow are among this month's features