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Article2Cellos perform Smooth Criminal live in Tokyo
2Cellos - Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser - perform their cover of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal at Suntory Hall in Tokyo in July 2015. Watch: 2Cellos, Mischa Maisky and Giovanni Sollima perform AC/DC’s Thunderstruck
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ArticleDouble bassist Dan Styffe performs Piazzolla
Double bassist Dan Styffe performs an arrangement of Piazzolla's Tango Etude no.4 - originally composed for flute.Read Styffe's Technique article on back muscles, weight and flexibility in the right hand in The Strad's November issue, out now - download on desktop computer or through The Strad App.
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ArticleDavid Garrett performs on the 'Cannon' Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin
David Garrett performs on the 1743 'Cannon' Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin, formerly owned by Paganini and the known as the famous 18th century violinist's favourite instrument. Garrett was preparing to perform at a concert at Teatro Carlo Felice, in Genoa, Italy earlier this year. Read: Paganini, the ...
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Article10-year-old cellist Sunghyun Park performs Paganini
Cellist Sunghyun Park, aged 10, performs Paganini's Variations on a Theme from Rossini's 'Mose' in South Korea's Kumho Art Hall as part of the venue's 'Prodigy Concert Series'. Park was recently named a prize winner at the Golden Classical Music Awards in New York.Watch: Cellist Gautier Capuçon performs ...
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Article2016 Wieniawski Violin Competition winner Veriko Tchumburidze performs in the final
Veriko Tchumburidze, who won the 2016 International Wieniawski Violin Competition last week, performs Wieniawski's Second Violin Concerto in the final.Watch: Luke Hsu performs at International Wieniawski Violin Competition 2016
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ArticleMontreal Symphony Orchestra acquires a rare octobass
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra will debut its newly-acquired octobass at a concert this evening - making it the first orchestra in the world to have the the rare instrument in its ranks. Standing 12 feet 8 inches tall, the giant bass is a faithful reproduction of the original ...
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ArticleThe Strad Masterclass: Pieter Wispelwey on Brahms Cello Sonata op.99
We need to look at this awesome, great, powerful and heroic movement with fresh eyes' Pieter Wispelwey talks about performing the first movement of Brahms's Cello Sonata op.99 and provides demonstrations in the video above. Wispelwey continues The Strad’s marked-up sheet music series in association with Henle Verlag with the ...
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ArticleLuke Hsu performs at International Wieniawski Violin Competition 2016
Luk Hsu performs the first movements of Mozart’s Violin Concerto in G and Sinfonia Concertante followed by the Largo from Bach’s Solo Sonata no.3 in the semi-final of the International Wieniawski Violin Competition 2016. The performance also features violist Katarzyna Budnik-GaŠ‚Ä…zka and the Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra Amadeus ...
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ArticleJennifer Koh performs at Tchaikovsky Competition 1994
In this short excerpt from the finals of the 1994 Tchaikovsky Competition, violinists Jennifer Koh and Anastasia Chebotareva each perform the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. Second prize was shared between the two violinists in a year when no first prize was awarded.US violinist Jennifer Koh speaks about recording the ...
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ArticleMone Hattori performs at International Wieniawski Violin Competition 2016
Mone Hattori performs Wieniawski's Legende, Kreisler's La Gitana and Grieg's Third Violin Sonata in the second round of the International Wieniawski Violin Competition 2016.Read: 15th International Wieniawski Violin Competition announces 52 candidatesRead: Mone Hattori wins inaugural Boris Goldstein International Violin Competition in Switzerland
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ArticleCommon cello problems
You wouldn't be hiding a dead body in there would you...'Juilliard School students Esther Yang and Rachel Yin produce a series of fun skits, featuring cellist Nathan Chan, focusing on common problems faced by cellists - from slipping endpins to the monotony of Pachelbel's Canon.Watch: Shostakovich cello tailpiece ...
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ArticleViolinist Vadim Repin performs Tchaikovsky at Museo del Violino, Cremona
Violinist Vadim Repin and pianist Andrei Korobeinikov performs the Méditation from Tchaikovsky's Souvenir d'un lieu cher, op.42 at the Museo del Violino in Cremona, Italy as part of the Stradivari Festival 2016. Read: 6 pieces of advice for performers by violinist Vadim Repin Watch: Vadim Repin plays ...
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma performs 'Song of the Birds' as BBC Proms encore
Yo-Yo Ma performs the Catalan ‘Song of the Birds’, arranged by Pablo Casals, as an encore at the 2015 BBC Proms. Watch: Cellist Bernard Greenhouse performs Song of the Birds aged 95
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen gives masterclass on smooth bow changes
Imagine that the paper is the instrument, the brush is the bow, and your musical line is the ink' Ray Chen continues his video masterclass series by analysing, with the aid of a paint brush, exactly what happens at the moment of a bow change. Watch: Violinist ...
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ArticleViolinist Sarah Chang performs Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy aged 11
Sarah Chang cements her reputation as a child prodigy, performing Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy at the age of 11 with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by John Williams. Read: Divide your practice into hour-long chunks, says violinist Sarah Chang Watch: Violinist Sarah Chang performs Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen
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ArticlePing-pong playing violinist demonstrates serious coordination skills
The first violinist of comedy string quartet the MozART Group demonstrates seriously impressive coordination and rhythmic control in a performance incorporating left-hand pizzicato, singing and ping-pong.Watch: Ray Chen's violin swapping Bach Double Concerto encore
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ArticleSir Neville Marriner conducts Academy of St Martin in the Fields aged 90
Sir Neville Marriner conducts the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, which he founded in 1958, in the opening to Mozart's Piano Concerto no.20 for his 90th birthday in 2014.The British musician, who began his career as a violinist in the London Symphony Orchestra, has this week ...
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ArticleLisa Batiashvili performs Sibelius Violin Concerto
Lisa Batiashvili performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto with Orchestra Sinfonica Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Antonio Pappano in January 2015. The violinist speaks about her long association with the work in The Strad’s October 2016 issue – download on desktop computer or through The Strad App ...
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ArticleViolinist Kyung Wha Chung plays Bach
Kyung Wha Chung performs Bach's Chaconne in the above video. The violinist speaks in The Strad's October 2016 issue about her long-awaited recording of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas, fifty years after she began playing the works.Read: 6 opinions on performance and interpretation by violinist Kyung Wha Chung