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Violinist David Garrett performs Paganini Caprice no.24 at La Scala, Milan
David Garrett performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 with Filarmonica della Scala in Milan, conducted by Riccardo Chailly on 30 May 2015. Watch: David Garrett performs on the ‘Cannon’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin Watch: Violinist David Garrett performs Mozart aged 14
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Augustin Hadelich performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto at Bravo! Vail Festival
Augustin Hadelich performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Stéphane Denève at the Bravo! Vail Festival on 18 July 2015. Watch: Violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Tchaikovsky’s Valse-Scherzo Read: Violinist Augustin Hadelich on performing a concerto with the LA Phil at three days’ notice
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'I can hear it when you smile' - cellist Leonard Elschenbroich on facial expressions
The body believes what the face is doing...I can hear it when you smile' Leonard Elschenbroich gives a masterclass on Beethoven's Piano Trio no.3 at the Carole Nash Recital Room at the Royal Northern College of Music in November 2016. In this clip, Elschenbroich explains the importance ...
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'Being Pat' - stream of consciousness by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja
I play the violin by coincidence. Everything is out of my control and that is magic - like falling in love. We need to remember us as we were children - pure and daring!'In this lighthearted, stream of consciousness video violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja - The Strad's May 2017 ...
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Violinist performs at Mosul shrine - where music was banned under ISIS rule
Musician Ameen Mukdad has given a public performance in the Iraqi city of Mosul, where so-called Islamic State banned music and seized instruments.The violinist performed for around 20 people at the Nebi Yunus shrine - containing what Muslims and Christians believe to be the tomb of Jonah, as ...
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Truls Mørk performs Elgar's Cello Concerto
Truls Mørk performs Elgar's Cello Concerto with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne conducted by James Gaffigan. The concert took place at the Kölner Philharmonie on the 15 March 2016. Read: 'I prioritise sound over virtuosity,’ says cellist Truls Mørk Watch: Yo-Yo Ma performs Elgar’s Cello Concerto
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Renaud Capuçon and Martha Argerich perform Beethoven's Eighth Violin Sonata
Violinist Renaud Capuçon joins pianist Martha Argerich to perform the Allegro Vivace from Beethoven's Eighth Violin Sonata on French television programme 'Fauteuils d'orchestre' in January 2017.Watch: Renaud Capuçon rehearses Beethoven’s Violin Concerto 2017Watch: Renaud Capuçon plays the Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ ‘Panette’ violin, 1737Watch: Capuçon brothers – violinist Renaud ...
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Violinist Janine Jansen performs Tchaikovsky's Melodie 2017
Violinist Janine Jansen performs Tchaikovsky's Melodie, op.42 as an encore at a concert on 30 March 2017 with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Thomas SøndergŠrd. Watch: violinist Janine Jansen performs Brahms aged 13 Watch: Janine Jansen rehearses Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with Orchestre de Paris in 2015 ...
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Maxwell Davies: Sonata for Violin Alone; Dances from The Two Fiddlers; Violin Sonata; A Voyage to Fair Isle
The Strad Issue: April 2017Description: A compelling and expressive musical portrait of the composer's final yearsMusicians: Duccio Ceccanti (violin), Vittorio Ceccanti (cello), Bruno Canino, Matteo Fossi (pianos)Composer: Peter Maxwell DaviesCatalogue number: NAXOS 8.573599 This rewarding disc already serves a valuable function in bringing together a clutch of ...
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Haydn: String Quartets opp.54 & 55
The Strad Issue: April 2017Description: The rough and smooth go hand in hand in this London Haydn Quartet releaseMusicians: London Haydn QuartetComposer: HaydnCatalogue number: HYPERION CDA 68160 (2CDs) With this sixth double-disc release in its Haydn survey for Hyperion, the London Haydn Quartet, with its period instruments, ...
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ViolinoDigitale's 3D-printed violin hybrid - made using wood filament
ViolinoDigitale's 3D-printed violin hybrid is based on the 'Sunrise' Stradivari violin of 1677.It was printed in more than 40 parts using wood filament with a Reprap FDM 3D printer. The parts were then assembled using traditional lutherie techniques by Harris Matzaridis. The printing and assembly of the instrument ...
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Violinist Ray Chen breaks his string mid-performance
In the video above Ray Chen demonstrates exactly how to react when breaking a string mid-performance. The violinist is performing with the Taiwan Philharmonic on a recent tour of Brussels when his string breaks. Coolly he turns to the orchestral leader and swaps instruments before continuing to ...
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Guretzky: Cello Concertos - in A minor, G major, F major, D major; Violin Concerto in D major, ÄŒernohorský: Fugue in A minor
The Strad Issue: April 2017Description: Charming Czech string concertos cast in the Italian Baroque mouldMusicians: Rodolfo Richter (violin), Kinga Gáborjáni (cello), Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen/Robert RawsonComposer: Guretzky, ÄŒernohorskýCatalogue number: CHANDOS CHACONNE CHAN 0816 No, me neither, but Josef Antonín Guretzky (1709–69) hailed from KromÄ›ríž (now in ...
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10-year-old Leia Zhu performs Paganini's First Violin Concerto
10-year-old British violinist Leia Zhu performs Paganini's First Violin Concerto at the Leonidas Kavakos masterclass in Athens, Greece in April 2017. Her piano accompanist is Ai Motohashi.Zhu is currently studying with Professor Itzhak Rashkovsky and is a regular participant in Zakhar Bron’s violin masterclasses in Switzerland.Watch: 8-year-old Leia ...
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Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs at London's Wigmore Hall, 2017
Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja gives a humorous and characterful performance of Giya Kancheli's Rag-Gidon-Time at London's Wigmore Hall on 27 March 2017 with pianist Polina Leschenko. The concert was captured by medici.tv - the full performance of Webern, Schumann, Bartók and Ravel can be viewed here. Watch: Patricia ...
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Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor op.85, Martinů: Cello Concerto no.11
The Strad Issue: April 2017Description: Gabetta's exhilarating Martinů and melancholy Elgar concertos, captured liveMusicians: Sol Gabetta (cello), Berlin Philharmonic/Simon Rattle; Krzysztof UrbańskiComposer: Elgar, MartinůCatalogue number: SONY CLASSICAL 8898530792 Sol Gabetta’s vividly recorded live performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto with Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic offers ...
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Cariwthen: Violin Sonata, Pitfield: Sonata no.1 in A major, Berkeley; Elegy and Toccata op.33 nos. 2 and 3, Delius: Légende, Ireland: Berceuse; Bagatelle, Orr: Minuet; Serenade, Scott: Two Sonnets, Yo
The Strad Issue: April 2017Description: Unfairly neglected British composers are at last given their place in the sunMusicians: Fenella Humphreys (violin), Nathan Williamson (piano)Composer: Cariwthen, Pitfield, Berkeley, Delius, Ireland, Orr, Scott, YoungCatalogue number: LYRITA SRCD 359 Pride of place in this recital, which features several premiere recordings, ...
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Brahms: String Sextets no.1 in B flat major op.18; no.2 in G major op.36
The Strad Issue: April 2017Description: Valedictory, live-recorded memento of a quartet's 20-year partnershipMusicians: Cypress Quartet, Barry Shiffman (viola) Zuill Bailey (cello)Composer: BrahmsCatalogue number: AVIE AV 2294 Formed in 1996, the San Francisco-based Cypress Quartet decided to call it a day in 2016 after two decades together. As ...
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Violist Yuri Bashmet shares his dream about Vladimir Putin
I dreamed that my president Vladimir Putin was wearing a suit and white sports shoes - and he was very angry with me...' In a lighthearted interlude during his masterclass on Shostakovich's Sonata for Viola and Piano at the Verbier Festival Academy, Yuri Bashmet shares a dream ...