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ArticleFrench violinist scoops five prizes at Louis Spohr Violin Competition
David Castro-Balbi of France has won a clutch of awards at the recent International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists held at The Liszt School of Music in Weimar, Germany. The 19-year-old violinist (pictured) was awarded the first prize in category 3 of the competition, for players born between 1995 ...
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ArticleBeethoven Cello Sonatas on film: Leonard Rose and Glenn Gould
Cellist Leonard Rose and pianist Glenn Gould perform the Sonata no.3 In A major op.69. Listen to how other great cellists tackled the Beethoven Cello Sonatas: Rostropovich and Richter Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax Jean-Guihen Queyras and Ichiro Nodaira Natalia Gutman and Viacheslav Poprugin Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...
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ArticleBeethoven Cello Sonatas on film: Rostropovich and Richter
In this legendary concert Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter perform the complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas at Usher Hall, Edinburgh, during the Edinburgh Festival of 1964.Listen to how other great cellists tackled the Beethoven Cello Sonatas:Pierre Fournier and Wilhelm KempffYo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel AxLeonard Rose and pianist Glenn GouldMiklós ...
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ArticleAmati first online auction top ten sales
Eleven weeks after launching its online auction division, Amati has announced the results of its first sale. Among the highlights was the sale of a cello (pictured) by Carlo Giuseppe Testore, c.1820, which sold for £124,000, just above its estimate. A silver-mounted cello bow by Nicolas Simon, presented to Amati ...
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ArticleMasterclass: jazz violinist Tim Kliphuis on ghost notes
In our November issue Tim Kliphuis offers tips and tricks for playing in the manner of the great jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli – and gives a masterclass on how to play Grappelli's easy-going waltz Tournesol. Here he demonstrates how to play ghost notes.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ArticleElectric violinist Mark Wood rock violin solo
Electric violinist Mark Wood is the subject – alongside his cellist brother, Gregory Wood – of our Double Acts back-page interview in the November issue of The Strad. Here he demonstrates his rock violin style in concert. Mark Wood's Masterclass on rock string technique was published in ...
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Article2013 ARD Music Competition winner Yura Lee – video portrait
This year only one first prize was awarded at the ARD Music Competition in Munich, Germany – to South Korean Yura Lee in the viola division. Lee, a 28-year-old violinist and violist, discusses her life and music making in this video portrait, which includes excerpts of the ...
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ArticleTop lots from London and New York October sales
Bonhams, Brompton’s, Ingles & Hayday and Tarisio have released the results of their October auctions. At Ingles & Hayday’s London sale a violin owned by the violinist Leila Josefovicz and catalogued as ‘probably by Michele Angelo Bergonzi’ fetched £156,000, and a Storioni viola with an estimate of £100,000–£150,000 ...
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ArticleThe Musical Art Quintet performs El Viejito
The Musical Art Quintet are one of the featured ensembles in our article 'Gateway to Inspiration', about San Francisco's alternative chamber music scene, published in the November issue of The Strad. Here they perform El Viejito by Sascha Jacobsen. Read Gateway to Inspiration in The Strad, November 2013. Subscribe to The Strad ...
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ArticleMaxim Vengerov named Oxford Philomusica artist-in-residence
Maxim Vengerov has been named as the Oxford Philomusica’s first artist-in-residence, in the year the orchestra celebrates its 15th anniversary. The Russian violinist first appeared with the orchestra earlier this year in a performance of the Britten and Dvorák concertos at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, conducted by its ...
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ArticleDel Sol Quartet and Garrett+Moulton Productions perform Stringwreck
The Del Sol Quartet and choreographers Janice Garrett and Charles Moulton present Stringwreck, an innovative music-dance collaboration performed live at California Polytechnic State University, on 15 April 2011. The Del Sol Quartet are one of the featured ensembles in our article 'Gateway to Inspiration', about San Francisco's alternative chamber music ...
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ArticleJoshua Bell's busking experiment
In 2007, our November cover star Joshua Bell tried an experiment with the Washington Post. He set up a busking pitch in the Washington D.C. Metro during rush hour, started playing Bach, and waited to see who would listen. The results were surprising, as you will see. ...
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ArticleRevitalised Universal Music Classics label signs string trio Time for Three
Time for Three, the classically trained, multi-genre spanning string trio from the US, is the first signing by the new Universal Music Classics label, recently launched by Universal Music Group.Formerly known as the Decca Label Group, the new label signifies a ‘revitalised commitment’ on the part of Universal Music towards ...
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ArticleSimon Fischer: The Secrets of Tone Production
Simon Fischer, writer of The Strad's long-running Basics column, introduces his teaching film The Secrets of Tone Production on All Bowed String Instruments.Featuring simple but instantly effective exercises for building, improving or maintaining fine and sensitive tone on any bowed string instrument. All demonstrated on the violin by Simon Fischer, ...
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ArticleReal Vocal String Quartet performs an arrangement of ‘Machine’ by Regina Spektor
The Real Vocal String Quartet are one of the featured ensembles in our article 'Gateway to Inspiration', about San Francisco's alternative chamber music scene in the November issue. Here they perform their arrangement of 'Machine' by Regina Spektor.Read Gateway to Inspiration in The Strad, November 2013. Subscribe to ...
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ArticleLeila Josefowicz's violin sells for £156,000 at auction
The violin that Leila Josefowicz used as her main concert instrument for the last twelve years was sold at a London auction yesterday. The violin fetched £156,000 (including buyer's premium) at Ingles & Hayday. The instrument, dated around 1750, was catalogued as 'probably by Michele Angelo Bergonzi' ...
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ArticleRoyal Palace of Madrid decorated Stradivari quartet receives first public performance
The musicians of the Quiroga Quartet from Spain have been named the first artists in residence of the Royal Palace of Madrid, allowing them access to the unique set of decorated Stradivari instruments on display as part of the Royal Collection exhibition.The residency, instigated by the Patrimonio Nacional, which owns ...
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ArticleBeethoven's 'Kreutzer' Sonata on film: Pinchas Zukerman
The violinist performs Beethoven's towering sonata with pianist Marc Neikrug.Listen to how other great violinists tackled Beethoven's great masterwork:Joshua BellDylana JensonGidon KremerNathan MilsteinAnne-Sophie MutterPinchas ZukermanSubscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial.Read about the legendary violin players in our Violin ...
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ArticleEuropean Union Youth Orchestra and Grafenegg Festival launch summer campus for young musicians
The European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO) and Grafenegg Festival have joined forces to create The European Music Campus (EMC), a new summer programme of workshops, seminars, masterclasses and performances for young musicians, situated at the Grafenegg Festival site in Grafenegg, Austria. The Campus will form part of a new EUYO ...
