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ArticleTakács Quartet receives Wigmore Hall Medal
The London venue launched the award for international artists in 2007
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ArticlePhilanthropist donates AUS$510,000 to Australian String Quartet's Guadagnini cello
The instrument is one of a quartet of Guadagninis on loan to the ensemble
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ArticleViolinist Nikolaj Znaider accused of tax evasion by Danish authorities
It has been alleged the violinist overstayed the country's taxation threshold between 2006 and 2007
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ArticleStudy finds musical training increases blood flow to language centres of the brain
Just 30 minutes of musical training can significantly change brain patterns
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ArticleJanine Jansen performs Saint-Saëns's Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso
Janine Jansen, who appears in the Last Night of the Proms 2014, performs Saint-Saëns's Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues ...
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ArticleHilary Hahn performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 and Milstein's Paganiniana
Hilary Hahn, who was guest editor of The Strad's June 2012 issue, performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 and Milstein's Paganiniana at the Verbier Festival in 2007. You can read excerpts from Hahn's interviews in the June 2012 here. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ArticleDallas Symphony Orchestra violinist Arkady Fomin has died
The violinist was also artistic director of the New Conservatory of Dallas
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ArticleChicago Symphony Orchestra appoints two new violas
Wei-Ting Kuo from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Danny Lai from the Colorado Symphony Orchestra join the CSO on 19 May
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ArticleThe Kronos Quartet performs on Sesame Street
The Kronos Quartet, which celebrates 40 years of performing in The Strad's May 2014 issue, appears on Sesame Street in 1987. See selected pictures from the magazine feature in our online Kronos Quartet gallery. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part ...
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ArticleStudy finds professional musicians are four times more likely to develop hearing loss
The research has also found that musicians are 57 per cent more likely to develop tinnitus
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ArticleNadja Salerno-Sonnenberg performs Rachmaninoff's Vocalise
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, who appears on the cover of The Strad's May 2014 issue, performs Rachmaninoff's Vocalise with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott in the lobby of San Francisco's Classical 102.1 KDFC-FM. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To ...
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ArticleCellist Dane Johansen performs Bach's Cello Suite no.3
Cellist Dane Johansen, who has made a video demonstrating 'blurred' string-crossing for The Strad to accompany his Practice Diary in the May issue, performs the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no.3. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...
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ArticleNorwegian orchestras hit by pension increases
The Oslo and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestras are each experiencing financial issues due to wage increases and longer life expectancies
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ArticleStephen Miahky named first violinist of the Blair String Quartet
The musician and pedagogue is also named Blair School of Music Joachim Professor of Violin
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ArticleColorado Symphony launches cannabis-friendly concert series
Classically Cannabis' is sponsored by pro-marijuana promoter Edible Events
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ArticleThe Kronos Quartet performs Lullaby from Floodplain
The Kronos Quartet, which celebrates its 40th anniversary with pictures of career highlights in the May issue of The Strad, performs Lullaby from its 2009 album Floodplain at London's Barbican. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. ...
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ArticleNadja Salerno-Sonnenberg performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, who appears on the cover of The Strad's May 2014 issue, performs the Third Movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase ...
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ArticlePhilharmonia Orchestra launches iOrchestra to encourage instrumental tuition
The project targets the South West of the UK, where in some areas over a third of children do not learn an instrument
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ArticleCellist Julian Lloyd Webber announces forced retirement from playing
The British musician is suffering from a herniated disc in his neck
