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ArticleFrom the Archive: a violin by Alessandro Gagliano, 'Rotondo', 1710
This illustration of a violin by Alessandro Gagliano was published in The Strad, May 1987. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: Alessandro Gagliano worked in Naples from about 1700 to 1735. He is the first recorded Neapolitan violin maker, his work is relatively rare and ...
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How the sale of a rediscovered Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin is helping to promote female composers
Pianist Diana Ambache explains how she came to set up the Ambache Charitable Trust with proceeds from the sale of a 1735 Guarneri del Gesù violin, discovered in her late father's collection
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Manchester orchestras unite for performance in support of bombing victims and families
The Hallé, BBC Philharmonic and Manchester Camerata will perform under conductors Sir Mark Elder and Stephen Bell at the free event at Bridgewater Hall
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Stringed instrument collector and tropical fish expert Herbert Axelrod has died, aged 89
Axelrod was a violinist and philanthropist who was accused of misrepresenting the value and lineage of instruments in his collection
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Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C major, Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, Tchaikovsky: Romance; Meditation
The Strad Issue: May 2017 Description: Rich and reflective interpretations of Russian cello repertoire Musicians: Nina Kotova (cello), Fabio Bidini (piano) Composer: Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky Catalogue Number: WARNER CLASSICS 0190295924607 Nina Kotova brings a full, rich cantabile to the broad and masculine melody that opens Prokofiev’s C ...
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Public outpouring of support for Venezuelan violinist whose instrument was broken during protest
Wuilly Arteaga has become known in Venezuela for performing his violin as a method of peaceful protest at the country's street demonstrations
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Violinist Hilary Hahn performs Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending
US violinist Hilary Hahn performs Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending with Camerata Salzburg at the George Enescu Festival in October 2013. Read: Violinist Hilary Hahn on practice and interpretation Watch: Violinist Hilary Hahn on owning the stage
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Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor op.56 ‘Voces intimae’
The Strad Issue: May 2017 Description: Delicious moments in the ‘boosted’ string quartet sound Musicians: Orchestra of the Auvergne/Roberto Forés Veses APARTE AP139 Composer: Tchaikovsky, Sibelius Catalogue Number: APARTE AP139 In an age when Sibelius’s op.56 String Quartet is so often played without anything like the intimacy ...
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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major op.35; Lalo: Symphonie espagnole op.21
The Strad Issue: May 2017 Description: Two virtuoso concertos given immaculate live performances Musicians: Augustin Hadelich (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko, Omer Meir Wellber Composer: Tchaikovsky, Lalo Catalogue Number: LPO 0094 This CD is curiously compiled from two live concerts given nearly a year apart in London’s ...
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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor op.33; Cello Sonatas: no.2 in F major op.123, no.3 in D major op. posth. (first recording)
The Strad Issue: May 2017 Description: Poetic and well-balanced playing that’s full of colour Musicians: Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello) Pascal Amoyel (piano) Lucerne Symphony Orchestra/James Gaffigan Composer: Saint-Saëns Catalogue Number: HARMONIA MUNDI HMM 902210 This cellist-orchestra-conductor-label collaboration has brought us Shostakovich, Dutilleux, Rihm and Dvorák, and it’s fascinating ...
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Skog: Violin Concerto no.1; Nilsson: Violin Concerto no.1
The Strad Issue: May 2017 Description: Making the best case for ultimately undemonstrative music Musicians: Cecilia Zilliacus (violin) Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra/Anna-Maria Helsing, VästerŠs Sinfonietta/Fredrik Burstedt Composer: Skog, Nilsson Catalogue Number: 1 DB PRODUCTIONS dBCD179 Two accessible contemporary violin concertos by Swedish composers, given persuasive performances by their ...
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Violinist Nicola Benedetti receives Queen's Medal for Music
Established in 2005, the UK medal is awarded annually to 'an outstanding individual or group of musicians who have had a major influence on the musical life of the nation'
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Ulysses Quartet violist told his instrument is too large to be stowed in ANA flight cabin
Violist Colin Brookes says his violinist colleagues were told their instruments could be stowed in the cabin on the ANA flight, but that his viola should be checked into the hold
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Aizuri Quartet takes top string quartet prize at Osaka International Chamber Music Competition
The US group, which won third prize at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, receives JPY 3m (£20,700) for its Osaka win
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Cellist Steven Isserlis receives €25,000 Glashütte Original Music Festival Award
The artist will donate his cash prize to the International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove, London Music Masters and Rhapsody in School programmes
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Violinist Janine Jansen performs Kreisler's Marche Miniature Viennoise
Violinist Janine Jansen performs Kreisler's Marche Miniature Viennoise with pianist Magda Amara on Podium Witteman in May 2016. Read: Janine Jansen receives 1707 Stradivarius violin on ten-year loan Watch: Violinist Janine Jansen performs Brahms aged 13 Watch: Janine Jansen performs Brahms Violin Concerto
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How to balance the left-hand when playing chords and double stops
The Berlin University of the Arts and London Royal Academy of Music viola professor speaks about left arm set-up when playing multiple notes simultaneously
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Nicola Benedetti performs Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto in 2017
UK violinist Nicola Benedetti performs Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto with the Gothenburg Symphony conducted by Thomas SøndergŠrd in April 2017. Watch: Violinist Nicola Benedetti on the physicality of playing Watch: Violinist Nicola Benedetti gives Ysaÿe masterclass
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From the Archive: a violin by Carlo Bergonzi, 'ex Kreisler'
This illustration of a violin by Carlo Bergonzi was published in The Strad, January 1987. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: Hill's record of this Carlo Bergonzi violin places it first in the collection of Count Cozio di Salabue, the first great violin collector and ...
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Russian cellist Natalia Shakhovskaya has died, aged 81
The artist won First Prize and the Gold Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in1962 and was a long-term professor at the Moscow Conservatory
