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ArticleNew York Philharmonic announces four-year partnership with Music Academy of the West
Music Academy fellows will benefit from training opportunities with New York Phil musicians
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ArticleName dispute continues between Netherlands Philharmonic and Netherlands Symphony orchestras
In what sounds like an April Fools' Day joke, the Netherlands Symphony is currently the ***** Symphony, writes Heather Kurzbauer
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ArticleJános Starker performs Kodály's Solo Cello Sonata
János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue, performs the First Movement of Kodály's Solo Cello Sonata 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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ArticleHeifetz plays Wieniawski
To mark the 134th anniversary of Henryk Wieniawski's death, here's Jascha Heifetz performing the composer's Polonaise no.1 in D major op.4, accompanied by pianist Emanuel Bay. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial.
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ArticleViolinist Hilary Hahn to receive €25,000 Dresden Music Festival Prize
The US violinist Hilary Hahn has been awarded the Dresden Music Festival Prize for 2014. Worth €25,000, the award will be presented at a concert at the Dresden Semperoper on 4 June. In its citation, the festival award committee said, ‘Through her authentic, contemporary musical language, ...
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ArticleRare 1719 Stradivarius viola to go on sale
The 1719 ‘Macdonald’ Stradivarius viola is to go on the market. One of only ten surviving violas made by the master luthier, the instrument will be offered for sale in a sealed bid process by auctioneers Sotheby’s and Ingles & Hayday. Made during Stradivarius’s so-called ‘golden ...
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ArticleThe Strad April 2014 issue is on sale now
Tributes to János Starker, 40 years of the Arditti Quartet and a beautifully decorated bow are among this month's features
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ArticleMinnesota Orchestra president to step down in August
The Minnesota Orchestra has announced that Michael Henson, president and chief executive since 2007, is to step down from both roles in August. A statement from the orchestra’s board said that Henson would remain to ‘lead the organisation through a transition period over the next five months’ ...
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma to receive the inaugural Fred Rogers Legacy Award
US cellist Yo-Yo Ma has been named the recipient of the inaugural Fred Rogers Legacy Award. The 58-year-old (pictured) will receive the honour at a ceremony on 23 May at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, location of the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media.In ...
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ArticleLeonidas Kavakos plays Beethoven's 'Spring' Sonata
To celebrate the arrival of spring, here's a video of Leonidas Kavakos performing the Rondo from Beethoven's Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5 'Spring', as part of a promotion for his recent recording of Beethoven's complete violin sonatas.Click here to find out what our reviewer Tim Homfray ...
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ArticleViolist Dimitri Murrath and Calder Quartet to receive Avery Fisher career grants
The Los Angeles-based Calder Quartet and the Belgian violist Dimitri Murrath have each been named as recipients of Avery Fisher Career Grants for 2014. Worth $25,000, the grants give professional assistance to instrumentalists judged to have exceptional career potential. Formed in 1998 at the Thornton School ...
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ArticleYuri Bashmet loses honorary professorship at Lviv music academy
The violist, violinist and conductor Yuri Bashmet has been stripped of his title as honorary professor at the Lviv National Music Academy (LNMA) in Lviv, Ukraine. Bashmet, 61, was granted the title in 2012. According to a statement from the LNMA, the decision was taken in response ...
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ArticleToronto Symphony Orchestra cellists to give 22 ‘pop-up' performances
The performances will take place daily in unexpected locations as part of the Keep Toronto Reading festival
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ArticleCellophony performs the Prelude to Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
Cello octet Cellophony perform the Prelude from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, arranged by Richard Birchall, who has written a blog on travelling with cellos for The Strad. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back ...
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ArticleIvry Gitlis performs Paganini's Caprice no.24
Ivry Gitlis, who has contributed 8 opinions on performance and career, performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 with pianist Tasso Janopoulo in 1967. 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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ArticleLondon's Royal College of Music launches postgraduate string quartet programme
The new Artist Diploma provides an intense year of study for a pre-formed quartet
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ArticleStudy finds orchestras are judged more on what audiences see than what they hear
Research conducted at University College London pitted world-ranking orchestras against regional and university ensembles
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ArticleBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra performs Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra performs 'Nimrod' from Elgar's Enigma Variations conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in February 2012. 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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ArticlePacem in Terris competition awards cellist Valentino Worlitzsch €10,000 first prize
The event for young violinists and cellists takes place for the first time in seven years in Bayreuth
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ArticleViolinist Nicola Benedetti named Cheltenham Music Festival artist-in-residence
The UK festival celebrates its 70th birthday in July this year
