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Soundpost: Letters to the Strad
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: September 2019 issue
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Soundpost: Letters to the Strad
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: August 2019 issue
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Pavel Berman at Stradfest 2019: how to prepare for competitions
Russian violinist and teacher Pavel Berman talks to iClassical Academy’s Irma de Jong during Stradfest 2019 at the Royal Institution in London on 24 March 2019. Berman, who came to prominence when he won the first prize at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 1990, discusses how to prepare ...
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Sentimental Work: Gary Hoffman
For the American cellist, Brahms’s op.99 Sonata in F major is the alpha and omega of cello playing, allowing for every possible feeling and a vast array of interpretations
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Tchaikovsky Competition names violin and cello semi-finalists
Twelve musicians in each category will give hour-long recitals before six are chosen for the concerto finals
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Sendai Violin Competition names 12 semi-finalists
The Japanese competition offers a $27,000 first prize plus a package of concerts and other benefits
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Zoë Martlew bow explosion during performance
Cellist Zoë Martlew suffers what she describes as a ‘major bow dysfuntion’ about a minute into Juliana Hodkinson’s ‘amazing noise piece’ Scrape, for cello with metal plate, playback track and sound diffusion at the Dark Music Days festival in Reykjavik, Iceland. The complete performance is below: Video: Zoë ...
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Hao Zhou wins Montreal violin competition
American takes first prize at the Concours musical international de Montréal with performance of Shostakovich Violin Concerto no.1
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Life lessons: Maxim Rysanov
The Ukrainian violist on long pedagogical relationships and the surprises of concert life
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Soundpost – Letters to The Strad
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world
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Cello finalists announced at Markneukirchen
Three cellists will each play the Schumann concerto in the final for a share of €15,000 cash and other prizes
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TwoSet Violin learn how bows are rehaired
Brett and Eddy visit the Violin Studio in Brisbane, Australia, where luthier Olaf Grawert shoes them what goes in to reharing a bow
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Gallery: A violin made out of shredded money
‘The Value of a Violin’ is on exhibition at the Design Museum Ghent during the Queen Elisabeth competition
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Less space, more bass: the Travel Bass
An answer to the logistical hassle of double-bass playing
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Paul Tortelier gives Dvorák Cello Concerto masterclass
‘I give you a little trick because I like you! My second finger is the leader – like Mrs Thatcher, it’s an Iron Finger’ French cellist Paul Tortelier gives a masterclass at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester for the BBC in 1987. Performing the concerto is 20-year-old ...