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ArticleKorngold: Violin Concerto in D major op.35. Dvarionas: Violin Concerto in B minor, Pezzo elegiaco
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Vadim Gluzman (violin) The Hague Residentie Orchestra/Neeme JärviComposer: Korngold, DvarionasVadim Gluzman brings a joyously unaffected approach to Korngold’s Violin Concerto of 1945. His tone from the start is virile and his articulation pointed rather than over-sugared, and even the opening theme of ...
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American violist Emanuel Vardi dies aged 93
Emanuel Vardi, one of the leading violists of the 20th century, has died in Seattle, Washington, at the age of 93. Born in Jerusalem, he was four when his family emigrated to New York. He had violin lessons with Joseph Borisoff and Auer's assistant Khusdo, and then studied with Constance ...
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ArticleViola Transcriptions. Arrangements by Lionel Tertis and William Primrose of works by Haydn, Liszt, C.P.E. Bach, J.S. Bach, Paganini, Fauré, Rameau–Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Boccherini, Schubert, A. Benja
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Yizhak Schotten (viola) Katherine Collier (piano)Composer: Haydn, Liszt, C.P.E. Bach, J.S. Bach, Paganini, Fauré, Rameau–Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Boccherini, Schubert, A. Benjamin, Brahms, Grieg, Kreisler & Saint-SaënsLionel Tertis and William Primrose were the two most influential pioneers of modern viola playing, and a recording ...
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ArticleMéditations. Transcriptions for eight cellos of works by Bloch, Casals, Rachmaninoff, Dvorák, Offenbach, Fauré, Schumann, Wagner, Verdi & Tchaikovsky
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Les Violoncelles FrancaisesComposer: Bloch, Casals, Rachmaninoff, Dvorák, Offenbach, Fauré, Schumann, Wagner, Verdi & Tchaikovsky People usually either love or hate the sound of massed cellos – all that pulsating emotion in every part isn’t for everyone. This disc, with ...
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ArticleWallin: Livets Dans (Life’s Dance)
Musicians: Anette Wallin (violin/vocals) Harald Svensson (piano)Composer: WallinAnette Wallin is a Swedish riksspelman (nationally recognised folk musician) who has brought her fiddle, vocal and song-writing skills together here, alongside pianist Harald Svensson.All but two of the songs are Wallin’s own, and they capture the disarming, bold simplicity of ...
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ArticleVivaldi: The Four Seasons. Piazzolla: Four Seasons
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Daniel Rowland (violin) Stellenbosch University CamerataComposer: Vivaldi, PiazzollaDaniel Rowland and the Stellenbosch University Camerata have been performing this spicy cocktail of eight seasons since the ensemble was formed in 2008. Piazzolla’s Four Seasons, originally written for a small band with the composer ...
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ArticleFreedom
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Stefano Pastor (violin) Giorgio Dini (double bass) George Haslam (baritone saxophone/tarogato) Claudio Lugo (soprano saxophone)Composer: VariousIf the booklet notes for this free-jazz album, which talk of ‘an expression of militancy and belonging’ and ‘disproportion as free search for a further super-proportion’, give ...
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ArticleMeeting of the Spirits
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Matt Haimovitz (cello) John McLaughlin (guitar) Jan Jarczyck (keyboards) Matt Wilson (drums) UccelloComposer: VariousThe shadow of Villa-Lobos, hard to escape when multiple cellos meet exotic rhythms, pops up several times during these 51 minutes of eclectic string-band jazz from cello octet Uccello. ...
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Toronto Symphony Orchestra conductor Peter Oundjian to play violin again
Peter Oundjian, the Toronto Symphony music director whose career as a violinist was cut short in 1995 by focal dystonia, is to pick up his instrument again. In April 2012 he will partner his former teacher Itzhak Perlman in a one-off performance of Bach's Concerto for Two Violins. Oundjian was ...
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Chinese violinist Ying Fu wins Schmidbauer Competition
Chinese violinist Ying Fu has won first prize at the Schmidbauer International Young Artist Strings Competition in Nacogdoches, Texas. The 26-year-old, who is a student at Rice University, where he studied with the late Sergiu Luca, received $7,500 for his first place in the senior division. Violinist Xiaoxiao Qiang, 23, ...
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Endowment honours violinist and teacher Robert Mann
The entrepreneur brother of Juilliard Quartet founding member Robert Mann has given $6m to endow two chairs in the 90-year-old violinist's name. The donation from 85-year-old Alfred Mann and his wife Claude will fund a chair at the Manhattan School of Music, where Robert Mann teaches violin and chamber music, ...
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Ulster Orchestra wins community award for helping elderly
The Ulster Orchestra has been honoured at the Allianz Arts & Business NI Awards for its community work. The orchestra, in partnership with local employer JTI UK, has been operating a ticket-and-transport scheme over the winter called Move to the Music. Aimed at people over 70 who are living alone, ...
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New $10,000 grant for young string players
Online auction specialist Tarisio has launched a scheme to help young string players buy instruments and bows. Its new grant programme will award up to $10,000 of matching funds towards the price of an instrument or bow purchased at a Tarisio auction. Musicians under 30 who are studying or have ...
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French archetier uses gold and diamonds in 100,000-euro bow
French bow maker Jean-Luc Tauziede has fashioned an elaborately decorated cello bow with the help of a team of jewellers. The bow's frog and button incorporate rose gold and white gold, the back plate is set with 66 diamonds, and the button is adorned with an eight-point crown. Named ...
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Columbus Symphony Orchestra concertmaster quits after 16 years
Charles Wetherbee has resigned as concertmaster of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra to focus on his chamber music career with the Carpe Diem Quartet. Wetherbee was appointed concertmaster of the Columbus Symphony in 1994. In December Wetherbee spoke of pay cuts for musicians and the orchestra's financial position as factors in ...
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Violin Suzuki pedagogue John Kendall dies aged 93
John Kendall, the violin pedagogue who brought Suzuki teaching techniques to the US, has died at the age of 93. Kendall, who studied at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and Columbia University Teachers College, was introduced to the Suzuki method in 1958, when he saw a film of 750 Japanese ...
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US instrument trade show sets attendance record
Organisers of the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Show, which ran from 13 to 16 January in Anaheim, California, have reported record attendance figures. The number of registered attendees was 90,114, up three per cent from the 2010 total. The number of non-US visitors also increased from last year ...
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Delhi violinist plays 50 hours non-stop
A Delhi musician has completed a record-breaking public performance in which he played the violin non-stop for 50 hours. Paras Mani Choudhary's marathon recital was certified by officials from the Limca Book of Records, an Indian-based records book. The previous record was a mere 32 hours. Choudhary was already in ...
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YouTube chooses 97 musicians for next orchestra
YouTube has selected the musicians for its next symphony orchestra project, which takes place in Sydney this March. Ninety-seven players from more than 30 countries were chosen after submitting video auditions to the site. The musicians, ranging in age from 14 to 49, will spend a week in Australia working ...
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Musicians Union's no-touching advice attacked
Education secretary Michael Gove has attacked the Musicians' Union (MU) for advising its members to adopt a policy of no touching when teaching pupils. In an open letter to the union, he said that the advice 'plays to a culture of fear among adults and children', and that his department ...
