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ArticleViolinist and Juilliard School dean Stephen Clapp dies
Stephen Clapp, who had a long affiliation with The Juilliard School and was a founding member of the Oberlin Trio, died on 26 January at the age of 74. Clapp joined Juilliard as a student, studying with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay and gaining his Masters degree ...
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ArticleViolinist Midori and the Minnesota Orchestra receive 2014 Grammy Awards
The 56th annual Grammys were held in Los Angeles on 26 January
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ArticleApollon Musagète Quartet performs Haydn's Emperor Quartet
The Apollon Musagète Quartet, which has been awarded a 2014 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award worth £30,000, performs the first movement from Haydn's Emperor Quartet no.62 at the Vienna Konzerthaus in 2006.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back ...
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Article100 stringed instruments stolen from a property in Bremen, Germany
The collection, worth €150,000, includes violins, violas, cellos and viols by such luthiers as Leopold Widhalm, Emile Laurent and Emile Germain
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ArticleThe Borletti-Buitoni Trust announces 2014 award winners
The Apollon Musagète Quartet from Poland, Israeli violinist Itamar Zorman and American violinist Benjamin Beilman are among the recipients of Borletti-Buitoni Trust (BBT) Awards and Fellowships for 2014. BBT Awards of up to £30,000 went to the Apollon Musagète Quartet (pictured) and Itamar Zorman, while Benjamin Beilman ...
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ArticleNearly a century after her death, Maud Powell finally receives a Grammy
Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr may have stolen the limelight at the 56th Grammy Awards over the weekend when they collected The Beatles’ Lifetime Achievement Award, but another Lifetime Achievement recipient has waited even longer to receive the accolade. Some 94 years after her ...
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ArticleRachel Barton Pine performs Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Deep River arr. Maud Powell
American violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Deep River arranged by her compatriot, violinist Maud Powell (1867-1920), with pianist Matthew Hagle on Chicago Tonight. Pine paid tribute to Powell at the 56th Grammy Awards ceremony on 25 January 2014 as the Recording Academy honoured the great ...
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ArticleThe Ysaÿe Quartet performs Ravel's String Quartet
The Ysaÿe Quartet, which brings its 30-year career to an end this week, performs the first movement (Allegro Moderato. Très doux) from Ravel's String Quartet in November 2012. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase ...
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ArticleYsaÿe Quartet says adieu after 30 years
The quartet performs a special farewell concert in Paris on Friday night
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ArticleA day in the life of cellist Raphael Wallfisch — a son's birthday tribute
A 60th birthday tribute to cellist Raphael Wallfisch by his son — Simon Wallfisch recounts his childhood memories of his father's relentless daily practice schedule to great comic effect. Recorded in the Bechstein room of London's Wigmore Hall in June 2013.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital ...
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ArticleItalian cellist Miriam Prandi wins Rahn Musikpreis in Switzerland
No first prizes are awarded in the violin, viola and double bass categories
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ArticleStudy finds long-term goals are as important to musical achievement as instrumental practice
Australian university researchers arrive at results following ten-year investigation
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ArticleStolen Poggi violin recovered in Bologna
A 1924 violin by Ansaldo Poggi that was stolen more than five years ago has been recovered by Italian police. The instrument was taken in November 2008 when thieves broke into the safe of Bologna luthier and dealer Roberto Regazzi. Police recovered the violin (pictured) after a ...
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ArticleSergey Khachatryan performs Ysaÿe's Les furies
Violinist Sergey Khachatryan, who this week was awarded the £50,000 Credit Suisse Young Artist Award, performs Les furies, the final movement from Ysaÿe's Violin Sonata no. 2. 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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ArticleArmenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan wins £50,000 Credit Suisse Young Artist Award
String players continue to dominate the list of winners of the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award, with Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan receiving this year's accolade, which carries a cash prize of CHF75,000 (£50,000). Khachatryan also received a concerto performance with the Vienna Philharmonic at Lucerne Festival on ...
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ArticleDouble bassist Richard Davis receives NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
The American double bassist has performed with Igor Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein and Bruce Springsteen
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ArticleClassic Ivry Gitlis
In honour of The Strad's new gallery, 'The hands of violinist Ivry Gitlis' — the first in a series focusing on the hands of famous string players — here are the violinist's hands in action, performing Saint-Saëns's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso. Subscribe to The Strad or download ...
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ArticleAugustin Hadelich performs Paganini's Caprice no. 24
Violinist Augustin Hadelich, who has blogged for The Strad on performing Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the LA Philharmonic with only a few days' notice, performs Paganini's Caprice no. 24 on 10 December 2010 in Saarbrücken, Germany. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part ...
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ArticleLeonidas Kavakos takes on dual role of violin soloist and conductor at Vienna Philharmonic Ball
The violinist replaces Riccardo Chailly, marking the first time in the history of the Ball that a conductor will also play
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ArticleStudy suggests orchestral first violins experience highest stress levels
Mood also plays a role in reducing anxiety levels during performance
