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ArticleRudolf Haken performs Bach's Third Cello Suite on five-string viola
University of Illinois professor of viola Rudolf Haken performs his own arrangement of the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No 3 on a five-string viola made by David Rivinus. To find out more about making a five-string viola click here. Subscribe to The Strad or download ...
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ArticleViolinist Tatiana Samouil and violist Yuri Bashmet to perform at Winter Olympics closing ceremony
St Petersburg-born violinist Tatiana Samouil is to perform alongside her compatriot Yuri Bashmet in a concert at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi this Sunday, 23 February.The details of the concert are being kept secret, save for the fact that the programme will include ...
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ArticleBBC Radio 2 Folk Awards honour The Full English and fiddler Aidan O'Rourke
The Full English, including fiddlers Seth Lakeman and Sam Sweeney, takes two awards, while Aidan O'Rourke is named Musician of the Year
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ArticleSeth Lakeman performs Kitty Jay
Folk fiddler Seth Lakeman, who has just won two 2014 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards as part of The Full English, performs Kitty Jay at the University of London Union. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. ...
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ArticleNew string appointments at London's Royal Academy of Music
Dominic Seldis, Giovanni Guzzo and Richard Ireland to join in 2014
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ArticleVadim Repin performs Chausson's Poème
Violinist Vadim Repin, who has written 6 pieces of advice for performers for The Strad, performs Chausson's Poème, op.25 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Zubin Mehta in 2011. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To ...
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ArticleViolinist Vanessa-Mae happy despite finishing last on Olympic debut
Singapore-born British violinist Vanessa-Mae was all smiles after finishing last in the women's giant slalom at the Winter Olympics in Sochi earlier this morning. Despite being placed 74th and last at the end of the opening slalom run, and 67th out of 67 at the end of ...
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ArticleMusica Aeterna performs Corelli's Trio Sonata op.1 no.3
Members of period ensemble Music Aeterna — violins Peter ZajíÄek and Peter Zelenka, cello Tomáš Kardoš and harpsichord Jana DzurŠˆáková — perform Corelli's Trio Sonata op.1 no.3. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues ...
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ArticleStudy finds emotional intelligence is key to achieving ‘flow' in musical performance
‘Flow' is a psychological state associated with extreme fulfilment, optimised performance, health and well-being
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ArticleRenaud Capuçon performs Beethoven's Second Violin Romance
Renaud Capuçon performs Beethoven's Romance for Violin and Orchestra no.2 with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conducted by Kurt Masur.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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ArticleNovus Quartet wins €20,000 prize at International Mozart Competition
The Korean string quartet will undertake an extensive European tour organised by Impresariat Simmenauer
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ArticleAuschwitz violinist Violette Jacquet-Silberstein has died
The former member of Alma Rosé's Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz was 88 years old
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ArticleThe Novus Quartet performs Tchaikovsky's First String Quartet
The Novus Quartet from South Korea, which has triumphed in the string section of the Eleventh International Mozart Competition in Salzburg, performs the third movement Scherzo of Tchaikovsky's First String Quartet. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free ...
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ArticleAbbado's Orchestra Mozart performs Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto
Members of Orchestra Mozart, conducted by the late Claudio Abbado, perform Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no.3. Orchestra Mozart will be revived to perform at the Ravenna Festival in June 2014 under the baton of Riccardo Muti, following a temporary shutdown. Subscribe to The Strad or download our ...
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ArticleSchumann Quartet wins €60,000 Jürgen Ponto Foundation chamber award
The prize is awarded every two years to a young professional ensemble
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ArticleThe Schumann Quartet performs Beethoven's Third String Quartet
The Schumann Quartet, which has recently been awarded the €60,000 Jürgen Ponto Foundation chamber prize, performs the first movement Allegro from Beethoven's String Quartet no.3 The members of the quartet are brothers Erik, Ken (violin) and Mark Schumann (cello), along with violist Liisa Randalu. Subscribe to ...
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ArticleRiccardo Muti to revive Abbado's Orchestra Mozart for Ravenna Festival concert
The ensemble will come out of its ‘temporary' shutdown following the death of its music director and the cancellation of its autumn season
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ArticleDouble bassist Ying Lai Green and friends perform China Boy
Double bassist Ying Lai Green, who features in The Strad's February 2014 double bass special, joins clarinettist Julien Hervé, violinist Maud Lovett and pianist Jean Sugitani to perform China Boy by Phil Boutelje and Dick Winfree. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ArticleEuropean Parliament votes in favour of regulation for instruments on planes
The proposal, which would bring uniformity to the sector, must now go before the European Council
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ArticleMilwaukee Police confirm safe recovery of $5m ‘Lipinski' Stradivarius violin
Instrument found inside a suitcase, hidden in the attic, at a property in Milwaukee
