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ArticleDouble bassist François Rabbath performs Reitba
Double bassist François Rabbath, who features in The Strad's February 2014 double bass special, performs his own Reitba, a portrait of the African desert. 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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ArticleCremona's Museum of the Violin begins ‘Legacy of Nicolò Amati' concert series
Project looks at key period in the history of Cremonese violin making
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ArticleThree arrested in connection with ‘Lipinski' Stradivarius violin theft
The suspects, all from Milwaukee, are currently in custody, although the violin has not been recovered
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ArticleDouble bassist Joel Quarrington performs Korngold's Garden Scene
London Symphony Orchestra principal double bassist Joel Quarrington and pianist Jean Desmarais perform a transcription of Garden Scene from Korngold's Much Ado About Nothing op.11. The performance was recorded live in concert in Montreal at the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur on 24 March 2012. Joel Quarrington features ...
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ArticleStolen ‘Lipinski' Stradivarius violin believed to be recovered
Milwaukee Police will hold a press conference to provide further details
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ArticleNew strings collective challenges session industry obsession with looks
London-based string players aim to make the TV and live session scene less about appearance and more reflective of the diversity of musical talent
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ArticleDouble bassist Roman Patkoló performs Tarantella op.22 no.5 by Vieuxtemps
Double bassist Roman Patkoló and pianist Ayami Ikeba perform Tarantella op.22, no.5 for violin and piano, arranged for double bass in Munich. Patkoló features in The Strad's February 2014 double bass issue.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To ...
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ArticleAnonymous owner of stolen 'Lipinski' Stradivarius violin issues statement
A reward of $100,000 has also been offered for information leading to the instrument's safe return
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ArticleDouble bassist DaXun Zhang performs Dvorák's Cello Concerto
Double bassist DaXun Zhang performs the second movement of Dvorák's Cello Concerto with the Tokyo Symphony, recorded live at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan.Zhang features in The Strad's February 2014 issue 'rise of the double bass' special.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...
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ArticleThe Strad February 2014 issue is on sale now
Double bass issue celebrates the talent and creativity in today's double bass world
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ArticleCellist Alexander Ivashkin has died aged 65
The Russian cellist premiered a large number of works throughout his career by such composers as Schnittke and Penderecki
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ArticleDouble bassist Rick Stotijn performs Piazzolla's Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
Double bassist Rick Stotijn, violinist Cecilia Bernardini and pianist Jeroen Bal perform Otoño Porteño from Piazzolla's Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas, arranged for trio by Marijn van Prooijen. The video was recorded in Bimhuis Amsterdam for VPRO Vrije Geluiden. Stotijn features in The Strad's February 2014 issue, which ...
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ArticleThe Takács Quartet performs Schubert's Death and the Maiden
The Takács Quartet performs the second movement from Schubert's Death and the Maiden String Quartet no.14, filmed at Hopetoun House, Scotland in 1998.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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ArticleEU pledges €200,000 to Sistema Europe and Canada exchange programme
The project will enable 2,000 young Italian, English and Canadian musicians to perform together
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ArticleEmerson String Quartet performs Shostakovich's Quartet no.3
The Emerson String Quartet performs the third movement of Shostakovich's String Quartet no.3 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York. Cellist David Finckel, who stepped down from his post last year, has written a guide on building and maintaining a successful career. ...
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ArticleScientists reveal secrets of string quartet synchrony
Researchers from the UK’s Royal Academy of Music (RAM) and University of Birmingham and the University of Münster in Germany say they have discovered a way of analysing how musicians in a string quartet stay in time. Musicians in a conductorless group continuously make millisecond timing corrections ...
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Article300-year-old ‘Lipinski' Stradivarius violin stolen in armed robbery
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond attacked with a stun gun on the evening of 27 January
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ArticleMilwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond plays the 'Lipinski' Stradivarius
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond discusses and plays selections from Giuseppe Tartini's 'Devil's Trill' Sonata on Tartini's own violin — later to be known as the 1715 'Lipinski' Stradivarius, after Polish violinist Karol Lipinski. The violin was stolen from Almond in an armed robbery this ...
