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ArticleThomas Gould performs Shardad Rohani's Violin Adagio
British violinist Thomas Gould, who has recently signed a four-album deal with Edition Classics, performs Shardad Rohani's Adagio for Violin and Orchestra with the Orion Orchestra at London's Cadogan Hall in 2010. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...
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ArticleLeoGroup purchases multi-million dollar Stradivarius violin with digital currency bitcoin
The violin was sold by New York firm Carpenter Fine Violins in the landmark deal
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ArticleBritish violinist Thomas Gould signs to Edition Classics
The 30-year-old has signed a four-album deal, with his first release due out in 2015
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ArticleVienna Philharmonic to receive $1m Birgit Nilsson Prize
The orchestra will perform at the award ceremony in Stockholm in October
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ArticleViktoria Mullova performs Bach's Chaconne
Violinist Viktoria Mullova, who selects some of her 'Favourite Things', in The Strad's April 2014 issue, performs Bach's Chaconne from Bach's Solo Partita no.2.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleViolinist Renaud Capuçon appointed to the UK's Royal Northern College of Music
He joins a number of new staff members in 2014 including violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, violist Vicci Wardman, and violist and conductor Henk Guittart
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ArticleTop lots from the March London stringed instrument auctions
Highlights included an English double bass believed to have been made in the capital, an Italian violin by Francesco Ruggeri from 1694 and an Italian cello by Nicolò Gagliano, 1767
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ArticleSir Neville Marriner conducts Mozart's Figaro Overture
Violinist and conductor Sir Neville Marriner, who is interviewed in The Strad's April 2014 issue for his 90th birthday, leads the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in the Overture to Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1994. Subscribe to ...
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The Strad launches free online Degrees Hub
Everything you need to help you make the right choice for your further education
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ArticleBlind-tested soloists unable to tell Stradivarius violins from modern instruments
Following a controversial 2010 study in Indianapolis, researchers in Paris invited ten professional musicians to compare twelve instruments, in this investigation from 2014
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ArticleJack Liebeck performs Brahms's Third Violin Sonata
Jack Liebeck, who has written a blog for The Strad on recording a disc of Kreisler encores on Hyperion, performs the Presto agitato from Brahms's Third Violin Sonata with pianist Katya Apekisheva. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman publishes statement about his mistreatment at Toronto airport
The disabled virtuoso was abandoned by a member of staff and forced to make his way through customs with his luggage and violin
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ArticleNew vs old: follow-up to the Indianapolis 'blind testing' experiment
In 2012 a controversial study pitting modern violins against old Italians generated heated debate among string lovers. On 7 April the results of a follow-up experiment are due to be published. Here, researchers Claudia Fritz and Joseph Curtin explain the thinking behind the second study, in which ...
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ArticleUnfinished Dvorák manuscript to be presented in New York
Early version of the Cello Concerto's solo part may reveal clues to composer's thought process
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ArticleJános Starker performs Bach's Cello Suite No 3
János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue, performs the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no.3 in Tokyo in 1988.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleAnker Buch, ‘the Victor Borge of the violin', has died aged 74
The Danish violinist became famous for mixing music and comedy
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ArticleVideo: Violinist Itzhak Perlman speaks about his mistreatment at Toronto's Pearson Airport
The disabled virtuoso was abandoned by a member of staff and forced to make his way through customs with his luggage and violin
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ArticleItzhak Perlman performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
Virtuoso violinist Itzhak Perlman, who this week was mistreated at Toronto airport, performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen, conducted by James Levine.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman abandoned by disability staff at Toronto airport
The disabled performer was forced to make his own way through customs with his luggage and violin
