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VideoHilary Hahn singing and playing violin
A short clip of the American violinist accompanying herself on the violin by singing. Read: Hilary Hahn begins year-long sabbatical Read: Advice I’d give my younger self: violinist Hilary Hahn
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How did David Oistrakh’s interpretations evolve over his lifetime?
The development of the great violinists from fresh young artists to profound musical thinkers can be charted through their recorded interpretations. Nathaniel Vallois uses his time in lockdown to examine changes in the playing style of some of the best-known names
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Augustin Hadelich: ‘as a violinist you never run out of great music to discover’
The violinist explains how he went about discovering neglected gems by several black composers - and the satisfaction he got from it
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‘I was too scared to touch it until recently’ – Frank Peter Zimmermann on Bartók’s Solo Violin Sonata
To tie in with his new recording, the violinist explains why he was so terrified at the prospect of playing Bartók’s Solo Violin Sonata
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Anne-Sophie Mutter plays John Williams at the OPUS KLASSIK 2020 awards
The violinist plays John Williams’s ‘Nice to be around’ from ‘Cinderella Liberty’ at this year’s socially-distanced Opus Klassik Awards. Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter calls on German government to help musicians Watch: Anne-Sophie Mutter gives a socially-distanced Beethoven performance Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter has tested positive for coronavirus
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Yo-Yo Ma pays tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Vocalise
The American cellist plays Rachmaninov’s Vocalise in memory of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Watch: Juilliard students ‘do’ Bolero with guests including Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma Read: Yo-Yo Ma plays cello at US-Mexico border Read: Yo-Yo Ma and ...
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‘I go through the process of learning a piece a few times’ – Midori
The Japanese-American violinist speaks to Toby Deller about getting to the core of new works
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Philharmonia Sessions: Nicola Benedetti plays The Lark Ascending
The violinist plays Vaughan Williams’s classic in this latest instalment of the Philharmonia Sessions, a series of performances recorded specially for online broadcast during the pandemic. The video finishes with a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No 1 conducted by Paavo Järvi. Read: The fear of making mistakes stops violinists ...
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Anne-Sophie Mutter gives a socially-distanced Beethoven performance
In this concert, broadcast by Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen on 13 September, Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Beethoven’s Romance No.2 for violin and orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter on Herbert von Karajan and John Williams Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter has tested positive for coronavirus Read: Sentimental Work: Anne-Sophie ...
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Yehudi Menuhin plays Paganini in 1947
The violinist plays Paganini’s Caprice No.24 with pianist Adolph Baller in this video recorded in 1947. Read: Violinist Yehudi Menuhin’s first appearance in The Strad, aged 10 Watch: Violinist Yehudi Menuhin on the importance of practice Watch: Great violinists of the 20th century
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Advice I'd give my younger self: violinist Hilary Hahn
Identify your own instincts and find ways to bring those ideas across effectively, says the American musician
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Never practise for more than five hours per day, says violinist Itzhak Perlman
Marking the violinist's 75th birthday, we republish this feature from our archive in which Perlman warns against the dangers of over-practising
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Ida Haendel plays Bach’s Chaconne in 2002
In this video from 2002, Ida Haendel plays JS Bach’s Chaconne from Partita No.2 in D minor. Her dog was called Decca. Read: ‘ She was a strong woman when there were comparatively few great women soloists’ – Tasmin Little on Ida Haendel Read: Ida ...
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Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Hoe-down
Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Lambert Orkis play the Hoe-down from Copland’s Ballet ’Rodeo’ (1943). Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter on fine and contemporary instruments Read: Sentimental Work: Anne-Sophie Mutter on Penderecki’s Metamorphosen Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter has tested positive for coronavirus
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A comparison: Itzhak Perlman plays Mendelssohn in 1983 and 2011
In this video, which cuts between live performances filmed in 1983 and 2011, violinist Itzhak Perlman plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor with the New York Philharmonic under David Zinman (1983) and the San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas (2011). Watch : Juilliard students ‘do’ Bolero with ...
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‘Ida Haendel was not a natural collaborator’
Tully Potter shares his insights into the late violinist’s distinctive personality
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Vadim Repin plays Tchaikovsky’s Méditation
The Russian violinist plays Tchaikovsky’s Méditation in D minor from Souvenir d’un lieu cher (Memory of a Dear Place), Op. 42 (1878) with the Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra conducted by Yuri Bashmet. Read about Repin’s Sentimental Work in our August issue .
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Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Kreisler’s Caprice Viennois
The violinist plays Kreisler’s Caprcie Viennois, Op.2, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta.
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Documentary about Ida Haendel
In a special tribute to Ida Haendel, we are republishing archive content related to the late violinist, who died last week
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Ida Haendel making her first appearance in The Strad in 1937
In a special tribute to Ida Haendel, we are re-publishing content related to the late violinist. Here, in our March 1937 issue, our correspondent predicts great things for a 14-year-old violinist who may have actually only been 9 at the time
