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3D imaging: Stradivarius 'Benvenuti' violin, 1727
This short video shows a visualisation of the inside of the 'Benvenuti' violin made by Antonio Stradivari in Cremona, Italy, in 1727. The 360-degree rendering of the instrument's interior was made using scans taken at the Vienna Micro-CT Lab. Andrea Zanrè tells the story of the ‘Benvenuti’ violin, while Rudolf ...
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Hilary Hahn performs Beethoven Violin Concerto cadenza
Hilary Hahn gives a consummate performance of Kreisler's first movement cadenza to Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin. The performance opened the orchestra's 2016-17 season. Watch: Violinist Hilary Hahn on owning the stage Read: Violinist Hilary Hahn on practice and interpretation
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9-year-old violinist Leia Zhu performs Sibelius Humoresque
In the video above violinist Leia Zhu, aged 9, makes her debut at London's Barbican Centre, performing Sibelius Humoresque op.87 no.2 with the London Schools Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Ash on 21 September 2016.Watch the young violinist performing the second and third movements of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto ...
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Benjamin Zander gives Prokofiev cello masterclass
You're a great musician and a great cellist, but you're not yet a great storyteller. That's because you are more interested in your instrument than you are in your audience' - Benjamin ZanderBoston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra conductor and cellist Benjamin Zander gives a masterclass on Prokofiev's Cello Sonata ...
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A lesson with violinist Pinchas Zukerman
Don't be afraid to express yourself in any language - whether it's poetry or dance or music. Speak, speak, speak!' Pinchas Zukerman gives a violin lesson to Jaram Kim, including discussions on bowing, vibrato and sound quality. The lesson took place in Ottawa, Canada in 2002. Read: ...
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Violinist Anne Luisa Kramb performs Bruch at Louis Spohr competition
German violinist Anne Luisa Kramb performs Bruch's First Violin Concerto in the Category II final (for 15 to 17-year-olds) of the 2016 Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists - which she won. Performing with Kramb is the Orchestra of the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar conducted by ...
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Shlomo Mintz plays the 'Vesuvius' Stradivarius violin
Israeli violinist Shlomo Mintz tries out the 1727 'Vesuvius' Stradivarius for the first time before performing on the instrument at the prize giving ceremony of the Cremona Musica Award 2016 - which he won in October. The violin forms part of the collection of the Museo del Violino ...
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Violinist Uto Ughi performs Paganini's La Campanella
Italian violinist Uto Ughi performs Paganini's La Campanella from the composer's Second Violin Concerto at the age of 64 in 2008 - showcasing a remarkable technique.Read: Paganini, the great violinist, is taught a lessonWatch: Violinist Leila Josefowicz performs Paganini aged 13
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Violinist Joshua Bell performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
Joshua Bell performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra conducted by Joshua Weilerstein at the Verbier Festival in August 2016.Read: ‘I often have to battle negative thoughts on stage,’ says violinist Joshua BellRead: 'Josef Gingold and Jascha Heifetz are my violin heroes,' says Joshua Bell
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Shadow, Echo, Memory - Fauré: Après un rêve; Kernis: Ballad; Ligeti: Lux aeterna; Mahler: Adagietto (Symphony no.5); Rachmaninoff: Vocalise; Thomalla: Intermezzo (from Fremd); Van Der Sloot: Shadow, E
The Strad Issue: November 2016Description: Massed Chicago cellos in a range of 20th- and 21st-century musicMusicians: Northwestern University Cello Ensemble/Hans Jørgen JensenComposer: Fauré, Kernis, Ligeti, Mahler, Rachmaninoff, Thomalla, Van Der Sloot, WadsworthCatalogue number: SONO LUMINUS SLE70004 Can the sumptuousness of a cello ensemble be too much of ...
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11-year-old violinist Shihan Wang performs Mozart and Wieniawski
11-year-old Chinese violinist Shihan Wang performs Mozart's Violin Concerto no. 3 and Wieniawski's Polonaise in D major, op.4 for the preselection round of the 8th International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists 2016.This week Wang won his category for candidates born in or after 2002 and received a ...
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11-year-old cellist Luis Aracama Alonso wins Dotzauer and Janigro competitions
11-year-old Spanish cellist Luis Aracama Alonso won his categories at both the International Dotzauer Competition for Young Cellists in Dresden, Germany and the Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition in PoreÄ, Croatia last month.In the above video, the young cellist performs works by Haydn, Boccherini, Rossini, Paganini and R. ...
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Clarke: Viola Concerto (orch. Ruth Lomon); Dale: Romance in D minor; Walthew: A Mosaic H.W.; Warner: Suite in D minor (orch. Tim Seddon)
The Strad Issue: November 2016Description: Four premieres for viola and orchestra, played with characterMusicians: Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola), Hallé/Stephen BellComposer: Clarke, Dale, Walthew, WernerCatalogue number: DUTTON CDLX 7329 (SACD) In this first recording of Benjamin Dale’s Romance in its luxuriant orchestral garb, Sarah-Jane Bradley is fully immersed in ...
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Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs Saint-Saëns with Berlin Philharmonic
Anne-Sophie Mutter performs Saint-Saëns' Introduction et Rondo capriccioso with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle on 31 December 2015. Read: ‘Extremes of constant vibrato or none at all do not solve musical problems,’ says violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter Watch: Anne-Sophie Mutter performs Sibelius Violin Concerto
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Crossroads: A Journey from Strauss to Szymanowski - Chausson: Poème op.25; Messiaen: Thème et variations; Strauss: Violin Sonata op.18; Szymanowski :Nocturne and Tarantella op.28
The Strad Issue: November 2016Description: A conjunction of late-Romantic works for violin and pianoMusicians: Yuuki Wong (violin), Elizavetha Touliankina (piano)Composer: Cichard Strauss, Szymanowski, Chausson, MessiaenCatalogue number: ARS PRODUKTION 38 215 (SACD) There might be some confusion between the title and subtitle of this disc, which can’t agree ...
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Reflections - Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge; Stravinsky: Apollon musagète; Vaughan Williams: Fantasy on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
The Strad Issue: November 2016Description: Small-scale performances fail to ignite VW’s glowing FantasiaMusicians: Trondheim SoloistsComposer: Britten, Stravinsky, Vaughan WilliamsCatalogue number: 2L 125 (SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO) In Britten’s Frank Bridge Variations the sheer brilliance of the writing is matched at every level by the virtuosic Trondheim Soloists ...
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2016 Wieniawski Violin Competition finalists and jury perform together
To conclude the International Wieniawski Violin Competition 2016, the seven finalists and jury members came together to perform the second movement Romance from Wieniawski's Violin Concerto no.2.The performance, recorded live on 23 October 2016 at the competition's Gala Concert, features 2016 winner Veriko Tchumburidze and finalists Bomsori Kim, ...
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Alaska students create 900ft 'cello-o-lantern' for Halloween
Young cellists used their bikes to create a 900ft image of a cello embellished with a jack-o'-lantern face in the snow last weekend for Halloween.The 'cell-o-lantern' was created by students of the Alaska Cello Intensive in Fairbanks as a greeting to Zuill Bailey, who is performing Dvorák's Cello ...
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Nikolaj Znaider performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto
Nikolaj Znaider performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Yuri Temirkanov for the International Music Festival 'Stars on the Baikal' in September 2016. Read: Violinist Nikolaj Znaider on the importance of practising basics