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ArticleViolinist 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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ArticleShlomo 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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ArticleViolinist 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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ArticleViolinist 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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ArticleShadow, 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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Article11-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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Article11-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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ArticleClarke: 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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ArticleViolinist 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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ArticleCrossroads: 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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ArticleReflections - 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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Article2016 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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ArticleAlaska 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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ArticleNikolaj 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
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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 ...
