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ArticleBerlin Philharmonic masterclass by violinist Helmut Mebert
It's important we play these accents with energy and increased speed of bowing, and then withdraw at the end so that the sound resonates' Berlin Philharmonic violinist Helmut Mebert gives a masterclass for the 2011 YouTube Symphony Orchestra on the first violin part of Mendelssohn's Symphony no.4, ...
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ArticleThe great cellist Pablo Casals in conversation
I am still learning every day. Every day I complete the same practice routine that I completed at 18 - scales, arpeggios, thirds and finishing with a Bach suite'Cellist Pablo Casals speaks about his life and career as his head is sculpted at the age of 94.Watch: Great ...
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ArticleViolinist Hilary Hahn on dealing with performance nerves
Violinist Hilary Hahn talks about harnessing performance nerves in an interview conducted by YouTube Symphony member Ben Chan.
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ArticleCellist Mischa Maisky performs Rachmaninoff's Vocalise
Cellist Mischa Maisky performs Rachmaninoff's Vocalise with his daughter Lily Maisky at the Moscow Conservatory in 2008. Read: Cellist Mischa Maisky on studying with Piatigorsky and Rostropovich
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ArticleHow effective is a modern violin and Baroque bow in period performance?
Dr Tomas Cotik, violin soloist, Amernet String Quartet member and professor at the University of Miami, performs the Largo from Bach's Violin Sonata no.3 on his modern violin and a Baroque bow. He describes his decision to use this combination for the recording below:'I usually play a modern ...
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ArticleTabea Zimmermann performs Bartók's Viola Concerto
Tabea Zimmermann performs Bartók's Viola Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Semyon Bychkov in June 2010. Read: Violist Tabea Zimmermann on technique, teaching and competitions
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ArticleThe Strad Masterclass: violinist James Ehnes on Beethoven's Spring Sonata
Sometimes people seem to think it's more important that their interpretations be defensible than beautiful, and that's absurd' James Ehnes speaks about interpreting Beethoven to The Strad, and performs the composer's Romance no.1 with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop (above). The violinist continues The Strad’s new ...
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ArticleCigar box violin with guitar strings
A violin made from a cigar box is sound tested. The neck is made of pear wood, and the fingerboard of beech. The instrument is strung with standard guitar strings.Watch: Violin made from 16,000 matchsticks is performed in concertWatch: Glenn Donnellan plays his electric baseball bat violin
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ArticleViolinist Augustin Hadelich performs Tchaikovsky's Valse-Scherzo
Violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Tchaikovsky's Valse-Scherzo, op.34 with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra on 2 December 2015 at Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, University of California, Davis. Read: Violinist Augustin Hadelich on performing a concerto with the LA Phil at three days’ notice Read: Violinist Augustin Hadelich ...
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ArticleBerlin Philharmonic masterclass by principal double bass Klaus Stoll
The fingering here has to be more economical, ensuring fewer string changes and a clearer line'Berlin Philharmonic principal double bass Klaus Stoll gives a masterclass for the 2011 YouTube Symphony Orchestra on Dittersdorf's Double Bass Concerto no.2.Watch: Sydney Symphony double bass masterclass † Beethoven Symphony no.9
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ArticleCellist Karine Georgian performs Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations
Russian cellist Karine Georgian performs Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yuri Simonov.Georgian offers advice and suggests exercises for gaining confidence in cello thumb position in the Technique section of The Strad's March 2016 issue, out now - download on desktop computer or through ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on the importance of singing
When you play a stringed instrument, breathing and phrasing are so important' Violinist Itzhak Perlman and his wife Toby Perlman discuss why it's important for string players studying on the Perlman Music Program to sing in a WYNC radio interview. Read: More string players of today should ...
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Article12-year-old Veronika Mona Bogic gives winning de Falla performance at Grumiaux Violin Competition
Serbian violinist Veronika Mona Bogic gives a winning performance of Manuel de Falla's Danse Espagnole. The 12-year-old shared first place with 11-year-old Aliaksandra Arbuzava in the 13 years and under category at the International Grumiaux Violin Competition 2016 .Winner of the 10 years and under category was 9-year-old ...
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ArticleViolinist Isaac Stern on what makes an artist
It takes a very peculiar combination of humility and arrogance. You need arrogance to believe in ideas of your own and humility enough to know you will never find the final answer' The great violinist Isaac Stern talks about musicianship and what it takes to be an ...
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ArticleViolinist Augustin Hadelich performs Sarasate's Zapateado
Violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Sarasate's Spanish Dance, op.23 no.2 'Zapateado' with pianist Akira Eguchi. The violinist has won the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category at the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles - his first Grammy.
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ArticleViolinist Midori on practising
The build up of skills is very exciting and motivating...' Violinist Midori speaks about practising for Classical Chops Watch: Violinist Midori on coping with stage fright Read: Never practise for more than five hours per day, says violinist Itzhak Perlman Read: 12 ways to encourage children to ...
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ArticleAn inside view of Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra with 12 GoPro cameras
The Cleveland Institute of Music has launched CIM Perspectives, a series of videos to be published on YouTube, in which student performers wear GoPro cameras during concerts to give viewers an idea of what it feels like to perform with an orchestra.In the first video the Cleveland Institute ...
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ArticleGautier Capuçon performs Thaïs Meditation at the Eiffel Tower
Cellist Gautier Capuçon performs Massenet's Meditation from Thaïs with Orchestre National de France conducted Daniele Gatti at the Eiffel Tower in Paris in July 2015. Read: ‘As a musician you never finish learning,’ says cellist Gautier Capuçon Capuçon is interviewed about his Classe d’Excellence in The Strad’s ...
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Article15-year-old violinist Ziyu He performs Bartók at 2014 Eurovision Young Musicians Final
Chinese violinist Ziyu He, a student at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, performs the first movement of Bartók's Second Concerto at the Eurovision Young Musicians competition Grand Final in 2014, which he won.The young musician, now aged 16, has recently won the International Mozart Competition Salzburg 2016.
