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ArticleGreat teachers on film: Josef Gingold
The pedagogue leads a student through Brahms's Sonata no.1
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ArticleTeaching association honour for violin pedagogue Kató Havas
Hungarian-born violin teacher Kató Havas is to receive a lifetime achievement award from the British branch of the European String Teachers Association (ESTA). The 92-year-old pedagogue is known for developing innovative ways of string teaching, which she wrote up as the New Approach. A particular focus of ...
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ArticleBoston museum launches musical instruments e-book
Boston's Museum of Fine Arts has launched an e-book showcasing 100 musical instruments from its collection. The e-book is an electronic version of a 2004 MFA Highlights book, but includes 23 new video clips and 25 audio samples, so that users can see and hear some of ...
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Comedy moments: Charlie Chaplin plays violin
The great comedian is accompanied by Buster Keaton
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ArticleCanada's National Arts Centre displays 'toothpick orchestra'
A Canadian artist has unveiled a model of the Ottawa-based National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra made entirely out of toothpicks. Go Sato, a scientific illustrator, took three years to craft the 61-piece ensemble, using 12,500 separate pieces of wood in the model. As well as sculpting ...
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ArticleCarnegie Hall makes first 50 years of performance history available for online research
New York's Carnegie Hall has made records of the first 50 years of its performance history freely available to the public for the first time. The venue's website now includes a search feature, giving access to details of more than 12,500 events, spanning the years 1891 to ...
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ArticleBack to Bach: Anner Bylsma
In our article on playing Bach in Baroque style in the July issue, Claudio Bohórquez explains the impact Anner Bylsma had on his playing: 'He's an absolute hero for me because of his knowledge of scores and of early music in general.' Here Bylsma plays Bach. Download the ...
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ArticleUK conservatoires to collaborate on four-year study of musicians' health
Nine UK conservatoires will take part in a four-year research project investigating the health and well-being of musicians. The study, called Musical Impact, will be funded by an £800,000 grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, together with £200,000 from the participating institutions. Beginning in ...
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ArticleJordi Savall: Balkan Spirit
Trailblazing multi-instrumentalist Jordi Savall is the cover star of our July 2013 issue, in which he discusses his early years, his popularising of long-forgotten repertoire, his work as a conductor and teacher, and his latest project Balkan Spirit, which focuses on the music of the Balkan countries. ...
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ArticleTrailer: The Renaissance of Italian Lutherie
Parma luthier Andrea Zanrè and art historian Paolo Parmiggiani have completed their film about the lives and careers of four of the most respected figures from the older generation of Italian violin makers: Francesco Bissolotti, Gian Carlo Guicciardi, Gio Batta Morassi and Renato Scrollavezza. The film had ...
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ArticleIda Haendel: I Am the Violin
I Am the Violin is a 2004 documentary about violinist Ida Haendel, written and directed by Paul Cohen and produced by IDTV in Amsterdam. Read editor Ariane Todes' thoughts on Ida Haendel and her latest CD The great violinist offers her insights into Bach's Chaconne (from our ...
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ArticleLuthier documentaries focus on Italian tradition and a Catalan's unusual violins
Four contemporary Italian violin makers and a Catalan luthier who created violins with sympathetic strings are the subjects of two new documentaries currently in production. Parma luthier Andrea Zanrè and art historian Paolo Parmiggiani are making a film about the lives and careers of four of ...
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ArticleOnline archive showcases English folk song and fiddle music collections
A new online archive from the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) will make more than 58,000 documents from twelve of England’s most important folk music collections freely available to all, including a wealth of fiddle- and string-related material. The Full English will be the ...
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ArticleIrish violinist and pedagogue Hugh Maguire dies
The Irish-born violinist Hugh Maguire, who led symphony orchestras and chamber groups including the Allegri Quartet and the Melos Ensemble, has died at the age of 86. Maguire (pictured coaching a young piano trio in 1980) grew up in Dublin, where he studied at the College of ...
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ArticleRomanian cellist wins Aram Khachaturian Competition
Andrei Ionita, a 19-year-old cellist from Romania, won first prize at the Aram Khachaturian International Competition for cellists, held in Yerevan, Armenia. Ionita (pictured performing with the State Youth Orchestra of Armenia conducted by Sergey Smbatyan) is a student of Jens Peter Maintz at the Berlin University ...
