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ArticleAnne-Sophie Mutter performs Bach's Sarabande in D minor BWV1004
Anne-Sophie Mutter, The Strad's December issue cover star, has spent 37 years on the concert stage, having made her performing debut in 1976 at the Lucerne Festival, playing Mozart’s D major Violin Concerto. To mark nearly four decades of music-making, The Strad has brought together some of ...
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ArticleGothenburg Symphony airport pop-up performance
Travellers passing through Göteborg Landvetter Airport in Sweden got more than surround-sound when they tried out four new ‘music chairs’ installed in the airport’s terminal building. The chairs, which have been commissioned by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO), contain a sound system and screen, allowing passengers to ...
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ArticleGothenburg Symphony airport pop-up performance
Travellers passing through Göteborg Landvetter Airport in Sweden got more than surround-sound when they tried out four new ‘music chairs’ installed in the airport’s terminal building. The chairs, which have been commissioned by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO), contain a sound system and screen, allowing passengers to ...
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ArticleDoes violin music help bread to taste better?
A German baker is testing the theory that playing string music while making bread can improve its flavour. Manfred Pilger, who has run his bakery in Passau, Bavaria, for over 25 years, is convinced that playing a CD of violinist David Garrett changes the taste of his ...
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ArticleComedy moments: Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor are 'Fit as a Fiddle'
The two great hoofers sing, dance and play violin (well, pretend to) all at the same time in Fit as a Fiddle, from Singin' in the Rain.
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ArticleIMG Artists forges new partnership with China Arts and Entertainment Group
IMG Artists performing arts management and China Arts and Entertainment Group have launched a new business venture called Sino America Global Entertainment (SAGE), described by IMG Artists as the largest private performing arts partnership between the US and China. The new US-Sino organisation will invest ‘several hundred million ...
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ArticleBritten Centenary: Yuri Bashmet performs Lachrymae
To mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, The Strad has put together a series of videos exploring the composer's string works. Here, Yuri Bashmet and pianist Sviatoslav Richter perform Lachrymae for solo viola and strings.Other performances of Britten's string works:Janine Jansen performs the Violin ConcertoKim Kashkashian performs ...
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ArticleSpektral Quartet commissions micro-compositions for mobile phones
Chicago’s Spektral Quartet has teamed up with 40 composers in the US on an initiative to replace mobile phone default ringtones and alarms with performances of original contemporary music. The project, called Mobile Miniatures: New Music for Your Phone, was launched through the Kickstarter project funding ...
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ArticleModel players – how the Aurora Orchestra was made miniature
Not all new season brochures make headlines, but the cover shoot for the Aurora Orchestra’s 2014 booklet is so startlingly original as to deserve not only the attention it has already received, but a bit of further explanation. Tired of the usual aerial shots and action pictures, ...
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ArticleBritten Centenary: Rostropovich and the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
Mstislav Rostropovich and the English Chamber Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations under the baton of Benjamin Britten.To mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, The Strad has put together a series of videos exploring the composer's string works. Click on the links below to watch:Janine Jansen performs the ...
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ArticleSwiss violin maker identifies rare Bergonzi violin
A violin maker and dealer based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, has identified the only known full-size violin by Zosimo Bergonzi (1724–79). Zosimo was the son of the great Cremonese luthier Carlo Bergonzi, and the brother of Michel Angelo Bergonzi. Up until now the only evidence of Zosimo's ...
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ArticleNew competition aims to invigorate interest in the viola
A new competition with a mission to inspire a future generation of viola players will launch at Birmingham Conservatoire, UK, in October 2014. The Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition, named after the 20th century British violist and pedagogue (pictured), is open to players under the age of ...
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ArticleCanadian violinist Mark Fewer joins St. Lawrence String Quartet
Violinist Mark Fewer is to succeed Scott St. John as second violinist of the Canadian chamber ensemble the St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ) from 1 January 2014. Fewer (pictured) has already substituted for St. John and also for first violin and quartet co-founder Geoff Nuttall. He will ...
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ArticleBritten Centenary: Janine Jansen performs the Violin Concerto
To mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, The Strad has put together a series of videos exploring the composer's string works. Here, violinist Janine Jansen performs the Violin Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Daniel Harding. Read our interview with Janine Jansen discussing Britten's Violin Concerto.Other ...
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ArticleDaniel Müller-Schott stars in new cello documentary
Cellist Daniel Müller-Schott stars in a new documentary film about the cello, directed by Anne Schiltz. The film centres around the story of Pierre Gerbaud's stolen Testore cello, but is really a meditation on stringed instruments in general, and the makers, dealers, collectors and musicians who all ...
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ArticleFive hundred string students attend mass performance in Catalonia
More than 500 young string players from 39 schools across Catalonia attended a mass public lesson and performance at the municipal sports centre in Martorell on 17 November. The event, called Trobada Fiddle (Fiddle Camp), was part of the Barcelona Fiddle Congress, which took place at the ...
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ArticleBeyond classical: Time for Three
Classically trained, multi-genre spanning US string trio Time for Three and rapper Oreo Jones perform on stage at TEDxIndianapolis. For more choice videos selected by The Strad, click here Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial.
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ArticleBritten Centenary: Kim Kashkashian performs Lachrymae
To mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, The Strad has put together a series of videos exploring the composer's string works. Here, violist Kim Kashkashian and the New York Classical Players perform Lachrymae op.48a. Other performances of Britten's string works: Janine Jansen performs the Violin Concerto ...
