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ReviewLaura van der Heijden: Path to the Moon
Fine musicianship can’t quite overcome a flawed programme concept
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Cellist Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman on recording ‘Path to the Moon’
Cellist Laura van der Heijden and pianist Jâms Coleman speak to Tom Stewart about the imaginative programming behind their new album Path to the Moon – their second recording together as a duo – which features an eclectic selection of lunar-inspired repertoire
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ReviewFrancesca Dego, Timothy Ridout, Laura van der Heijden, Federico Colli: Mozart
Powerfully characterful performances, full of panache
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ReviewBrodsky Quartet, Laura van der Heijden: Golden Oldies – More Favourite Encores
A joyous jumble of encores from an ever-youthful quartet
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News‘We cannot sit and wave goodbye’: Young Musician winners condemn BBC music cuts
Artists including Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Nicola Benedetti and Jennifer Pike have condemned the move to close the BBC Singers and cut 20% of salaried orchestral posts
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ReviewBrodsky Quartet, Laura van der Heijden: Schubert
Cross-generational magic from the Brodskys and Laura van der Heijden
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Focus‘Slightly grotesque but always so full of colour’- Laura van der Heijden on her latest recording
Cellist Laura van der Heijden speaks to Tom Stewart about her latest recording of Czech and Hungarian music
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Landscape of shadows
Cellist Laura van der Heijden talks to Tom Stewart about the subtle, often other-worldly atmosphere inhabited by Czech and Hungarian music in her new recording with pianist Jâms Coleman
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ReviewLaura van der Heijden: Pohádka: Tales from Prague to Budapest
Vivid playing and a rapport between duo partners in a delightful programme
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NewsCellist Laura van der Heijden signs with Chandos Records
The 2012 BBC Young Musician winner will release her first album for the label in February 2022
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DebateOpinion: Touching a nerve
Although nervous energy can lead to inspired playing, it can also result in performance anxiety – unless we find ways to control it, writes cellist Laura van der Heijden
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FocusNew UK artist management agency launched
String players including Francesca Dego (pictured), Henning Kraggerud and Laura van der Heijden will be represented by the new firm
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VideoCellist Laura van der Heijden talks about performance nerves
The British musician discusses how best to tackle and overcome a difficult issue for so many players
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ArticleLife Lessons: Laura van der Heijden
Seven years after winning the BBC Young Musician competition, the British cellist discusses how different forms of music making inspire her
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VideoLaura van der Heijden & Petr Limonov: 3 Morceaux by Anatoli Ljadov
In this video from Dutch broadcaster NTR, cellist Laura van der Heijden performs at the Edison Klassiek Award ceremony with pianist Petr Limonov. They play the first of the 3 Morceaux by Anatoli Ljadov from their album ‘1948’, Van der Heijden’s debut recording, which focuses on music for cello and ...
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NewsLaura van der Heijden has won an Edison Klassiek Award
The cellist joins a roster of previous winners of the Dutch music prize, including Pierre Boulez and Daniel Barenboim
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VideoAll four BBC Young Musician winning cellists on stage together
In this video filmed at this year’s BBC Proms, Giovanni Sollima’s Violoncelles, vibrez! is performed by the four cellist past winners of the BBC Young Musician competition, Natalie Clein (1994), Guy Johnston (2000), Laura van der Heijden (2012) and Sheku Kanneh-Mason (2016). The performance took place as part of a ...
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VideoLaura van der Heijden on why 1948 is the focus of her CD of Russian music
In this mini documentary, cellist Laura van der Heijden, pianist Petr Limonov and music historian Marina Frolova-Walker talk about why 1948 was such a watershed moment in Russian music, and why it became the focus of Van der Heijden’s debut CD Read: CD review – ‘Outstanding, original Russian recital from ...
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ReviewLaura van der Heijden, Petr Limonov: 1948 – Russian works for cello and piano
Outstanding, original Russian recital from a BBC Young Musician