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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 ...
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ArticleKLM airline breaks double bass and offers minimal compensation, says musician
Pablo Escobar, a student at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence, was offered a sum which did not cover the cost of repairing his badly damaged instrument
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ArticleRussian violinist Grigori Zhislin has died, aged 71
A prolific soloist and noted pedagogue, Zhislin forged a close partnership with composer Krzysztof Penderecki, premiering several of his works
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Article$300,000 double bass cracked during British Airways flight
Double bassist Barry Chan has claimed that his 150-year-old instrument and case were badly damaged during the flight from Vienna to Hong Kong
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ArticleMy father Slava - by Elena Rostropovich
Accompanist, assistant, daughter: Elena Rostropovich saw her father Mstislav from a uniquely intimate perspective. Marking what would have been the great cellist's 90th birthday in March, she shares some enduring memories with Peter Quantrill
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ArticleViolinists Ilya and Olga Kaler join Cleveland Institute of Music string faculty
The Russian husband and wife will join the US institution from the start of the 2018-19 academic year
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov on being flexible in Bach
The phrase can be more flexible; you can be the creator on Bach's frame' Maxim Vengerov gives a violin masterclass on Bach’s Solo Sonata No.1, recorded at the Royal Academy of Music in London. The student is Nasrin Rashidova. The full 45-minute video is available to buy as a download ...
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ArticleBartók String Quartet first violinist Péter Komlós has died, aged 81
The Hungarian musician founded the quartet in 1957 and was also a longtime concertmaster of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
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ArticleBeethoven: String Quartets in G major op.18 no.2, in C major op.59 no.3 ‘Rasumovsky’
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: May 2017 Description: Fresh interpretations where nothing is taken for grantedMusicians: Cremona QuartetComposer: BeethovenCatalogue number: AUDITE 92.689 (hybrid SACD) Recorded in a warm, open acoustic, the striking range of sonorities created by the Cremona Quartet fall easily on the ear. Technically ...
