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Premium ❘ FeatureMaud Powell and Sibelius: how the violinist championed the composer's Violin Concerto
Violin virtuoso Maud Powell was the first American performer to recognise and champion the genius of Sibelius’s epic Violin Concerto in D minor, in spite of the initial scepticism of some US critics. Karen A. Shaffer reveals the mutual respect and friendship that made it possible
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FocusMy violin heroine Maud Powell, by Rachel Barton Pine
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine examines why Powell's pioneering contribution to the art of violin recording so richly deserved the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 56th Grammy Awards in 2014
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FocusWas Maud Powell's famous Guadagnini violin actually a modern instrument?
Joseph Curtin examines the evidence – and the violin itself – to discover whether the American luthier George Gemünder was its actual maker
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ArticleViolinist Midori and the Minnesota Orchestra receive 2014 Grammy Awards
The 56th annual Grammys were held in Los Angeles on 26 January
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ArticleRachel Barton Pine performs Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Deep River arr. Maud Powell
American violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Deep River arranged by her compatriot, violinist Maud Powell (1867-1920), with pianist Matthew Hagle on Chicago Tonight. Pine paid tribute to Powell at the 56th Grammy Awards ceremony on 25 January 2014 as the Recording Academy honoured the great ...
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ArticleNearly a century after her death, Maud Powell finally receives a Grammy
Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr may have stolen the limelight at the 56th Grammy Awards over the weekend when they collected The Beatles’ Lifetime Achievement Award, but another Lifetime Achievement recipient has waited even longer to receive the accolade. Some 94 years after her ...
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FocusA lifetime of achievements: pioneering American violinist Maud Powell
Karen Shaffer celebrates the groundbreaking US performer, whose consummate skill and communicative abilities impressed aficionados and the general public alike
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ArticleAmerican violinist Maud Powell to receive posthumous lifetime achievement Grammy
The great American violinist Maud Powell (1867–1920) will be awarded a posthumous lifetime achievement award by the Recording Academy at a ceremony the night before the 56th Grammys in January. Powell is credited with being a groundbreaking pioneer, whose consummate skill and communicative abilities impressed aficionados and the ...