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ArticleApplications now open for $50,000 Singapore International Violin Competition 2018
Held in concert halls throughout Singapore from 28 January to 8 February 2018, the contest is open to international violinists under the age of 30
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ArticleJian Wang named International Chair in Cello at Birmingham Conservatoire
The Chinese cellist will visit the Conservatoire on a regular basis, where he will lead a class of undergraduate and postgraduate students
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ArticleJoshua Bell performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in 2016
Joshua Bell performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Jirí BÄ›lohlávek in 2016. Read: Joshua Bell on performing and directing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto for the first time Watch: Joshua Bell performs Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto no. 3 Read: ‘I often have to battle negative thoughts ...
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ArticleViolinist William Shaub named Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concertmaster
The 24-year-old musician will take up the position from the beginning of next season
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ArticleViolinist Kevin Lin named London Philharmonic Orchestra co-leader
The 24-year-old musician, who is due to graduate from the Curtis Institute this summer, will take up the post in August
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ArticleViolinist Austin Hartman and violist Guy Ben-Ziony to join Pacifica Quartet
The two performers will replace second violinist Sibbi Bernhardsson and violist Masumi Per Rostad, who will leave their posts at the end of the 2016-17 season
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ArticleTrondheim International Chamber Music Competition 2017 names 10 shortlisted quartets
Whittled down from 100 musicians from 26 countries, the ten shortlisted ensembles will compete for a top prize of €15,000 and concert engagements
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ArticleHow I manage my nerves on stage: violist Tabea Zimmermann
The German violist reflects on managing self-doubt, concentrating on the positive and breathing
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ArticlePinchas Zukerman performs Brahms and Bach violin concertos
Pinchas Zukerman performs Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor followed by Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in celebration of Zubin Mehta's birthday in April 2016. Zukerman conducts from the violin for the Bach, while Mehta takes to the podium to conduct the Brahms. Read: ...
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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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ArticleHow 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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ArticleManchester 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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ArticleStringed 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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ArticleProkofiev: Cello Sonata in C major, Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, Tchaikovsky: Romance; Meditation
The Strad Issue: May 2017Description: Rich and reflective interpretations of Russian cello repertoireMusicians: Nina Kotova (cello), Fabio Bidini (piano)Composer: Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, TchaikovskyCatalogue Number: WARNER CLASSICS 0190295924607 Nina Kotova brings a full, rich cantabile to the broad and masculine melody that opens Prokofiev’s C major Sonata. Her C-string ...
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ArticlePublic 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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ArticleViolinist 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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ArticleTchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor op.56 ‘Voces intimae’
The Strad Issue: May 2017Description: Delicious moments in the ‘boosted’ string quartet soundMusicians: Orchestra of the Auvergne/Roberto Forés Veses APARTE AP139Composer: Tchaikovsky, SibeliusCatalogue Number: APARTE AP139In an age when Sibelius’s op.56 String Quartet is so often played without anything like the intimacy its title speaks of, you ...
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ArticleTchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major op.35; Lalo: Symphonie espagnole op.21
The Strad Issue: May 2017Description: Two virtuoso concertos given immaculate live performancesMusicians: Augustin Hadelich (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko, Omer Meir WellberComposer: Tchaikovsky, LaloCatalogue Number: LPO 0094This CD is curiously compiled from two live concerts given nearly a year apart in London’s Royal Festival Hall. The link, ...
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ArticleSaint-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 2017Description: Poetic and well-balanced playing that’s full of colourMusicians: Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello) Pascal Amoyel (piano) Lucerne Symphony Orchestra/James GaffiganComposer: Saint-SaënsCatalogue Number: HARMONIA MUNDI HMM 902210This cellist-orchestra-conductor-label collaboration has brought us Shostakovich, Dutilleux, Rihm and Dvorák, and it’s fascinating how the established dynamic throws ...
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ArticleSkog: Violin Concerto no.1; Nilsson: Violin Concerto no.1
The Strad Issue: May 2017Description: Making the best case for ultimately undemonstrative musicMusicians: Cecilia Zilliacus (violin) Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra/Anna-Maria Helsing, VästerŠs Sinfonietta/Fredrik BurstedtComposer: Skog, NilssonCatalogue Number: 1 DB PRODUCTIONS dBCD179Two accessible contemporary violin concertos by Swedish composers, given persuasive performances by their compatriot Cecilia Zilliacus, make for ...
