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ArticleAir Canada wins International Federation of Musicians Airline of Choice Award 2017
The award has been launched 'with the aim of improving airlines’ policies so that musicians travelling with their instrument are treated fairly and are fully informed'
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ArticleFrank Peter Zimmermann performs Bartók's Second Violin Concerto in 2016
In this short extract Frank Peter Zimmermann performs the first movement of Bartók's Violin Concerto no. 2 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert at the Berlin Philharmonie. The performance was recorded live for broadcast via the Berlin Phil's Digital Concert Hall on 4 December ...
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ArticleThe Juilliard School appoints Damian Woetzel as its new president
Woetzel, a former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, will replace Joseph W. Polisi as head of the New York music, dance, and drama school in July 2018
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ArticleBritish Transport Police recover stolen 300-year-old Goffriller violin
The 1700 instrument, belonging to London violinist Carol Slater, was stolen from a Gatwick Express train at the end of March
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ArticlePinchas Zukerman performs Elgar's Violin Concerto in 2017
In this short excerpt violinist Pinchas Zukerman performs Elgar's Violin Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta at Berlin's Philharmonie. The performance was recorded live for the Berlin Phil's Digital Concert Hall on 12 March 2017. Read: ‘Playing the viola is greatly beneficial to ...
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ArticleBeethoven: String Quartet in F major op.59 no.1 ‘Rasumovsky’; Shostakovich: String Quartet no.10 in A flat major op.118
The Strad Issue: May 2017Description: Polarised choice of repertoire yields wide-ranging resultsMusicians: Armida QuartetComposer: Beethoven, ShostakovichCatalogue Number: AVI-MUSIC 8553368Having made crisp and freshly minted recordings of Mozart, Ligeti and Bartók, this young German ensemble (winner of the ARD Competition in 2012) has turned to pillars of the ...
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ArticleBritish cellist Keith Harvey has died, aged 79
The English musician was principal cellist of the London Philharmonic and English Chamber orchestras, and later formed the Gabrieli String Quartet
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ArticleLeonidas Kavakos performs Brahms's Violin Concerto in 2017
Leonidas Kavakos performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fabio Luisi in celebration of his Léonie Sonning Music Prize win. The recording was made for Danmarks Radio in January 2017. Worth €100,000, the award is Denmark’s highest musical honour and has been ...
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ArticleZakhar Bron on rhythm in Brahms's Violin Concerto
There are always problems with how to allocate the rhythm in this passage. It is quite useful to find a word that has the same rhythm - for example Rimsky-Korsakov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rimsky-Korsakov...' Zakhar Bron gives a masterclass on Brahms's Violin Concerto at the Verbier Festival Academy. The ...
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ArticleBach: Cello Suites
The Strad Issue: May 2017Description: A worthy if over-careful journey down a road well travelledMusicians: István Várdai (cello)Composer: BachCatalogue Number: BRILLIANT CLASSICS 95392 (2CDs)It seems to be every cellist’s dream to record the Bach Suites, but it is a route lined with peril. István Várdai’s well-recorded version ...
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ArticleFrom the Archive: a violin by Daniel Parker
This illustration of a violin by Daniel Parker was published in The Strad, December 1986. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Although most writers on the violin have taken Daniel Parker to heart, waxing euphoric about this most individual of makers, he has remained an enigma, ...
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ArticleLorenz Chen wins International Henri Marteau Violin Competition 2017
The 23-year-old Taiwanese-German violinist receives €10,000 and a recording produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk
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ArticleSphinx Organization awards over $180,000 in MPower Artist Grants
The Detroit-based body has awarded amounts ranging from $1,000 to over $38,000 to 15 alumni of Sphinx programmes
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ArticlePlayers favour new violins over old in largest ever blind testing experiment
Five years after the 2012 blind test of old Italian and new violins in Paris and New York, fresh analysis has found that new instruments project more effectively
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ArticleBow maker Benoît Rolland named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
The achetier has been honoured by the French government for his contribution to stringed instrument making and playing
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Article$100,000 M-Prize Chamber Music Competition names winners
The grand prize goes to Russian Renaissance, while the Argus Quartet takes home the top prize in the Senior Strings category
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ArticleBel Canto: The Voice of the Viola - Vieuxtemps: Sonata op.36; Élégie op.30; Capriccio op.55, Mazas: Le songe, Casimir-Mey: Prélude no.15, Bellini: Casta diva, Donizetti: Il faut partir; Ô mon Fernand
The Strad Issue: May 2017Description: Proving the viola can be a match for any operatic tenorMusicians: Antoine Tamestit (viola), Cédric Tiberghien (piano)Composer: Vieuxtemps, Mazas, Casimir-Mey, Bellini, DonizettiCatalogue Number: HARMONIA MUNDI HMM 902277 The past few years have seen several viola players – Kim Kashkashian and Nils Mönkemeyer ...
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ArticleDouble bass neck badly damaged on Southwest Airlines flight
Philadelphia freelance bassist Dan Turkos has published images on Facebook of his instrument, which he says was smashed on a recent flight to San Francisco
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ArticleTibor Varga International Violin Competition Sion Valais names 28 shortlisted candidates
The selected violinists will compete for a top prize of CHF15,000 over several live rounds taking place from 22 to 29 August in Sion, Switzerland
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ArticleFricker: String Quartets nos.1–3; Adagio and Scherzo
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: May 2017Description: Compelling, challenging and deeply satisfying British musicMusicians: Villiers QuartetComposer: FrickerCatalogue Number: NAXOS 8.571374 (2CDs)Any Bartók or Shostakovich aficionado should enjoy getting to grips with the quartets of Peter Racine Fricker (1920–90), which here receive magnificently assured, mostly premiere recordings. The ...