All Artists articles – Page 21
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VideoRay Chen's practice challenge: Paganini Sauret Cadenza
The violinist lays bare his practice process, beginning from scratch on one of the steepest technical challenges in the repertoire – the Émile Sauret cadenza for Paganini’s First Violin Concerto.
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BlogsJennifer Pike on getting to the heart of The Lark Ascending
An encounter with the manuscript leads the British violinist to a new appreciation of how meticulously the composer worked to achieve its natural flow
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ReviewYo-Yo Ma: Six Evolutions – the Bach Cello Suites
Consistently absorbing readings from this most questing of musicians
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FocusViolinist Jascha Heifetz's first appearance in The Strad, October 1912
The legendary artist was first mentioned in The Strad at the age of eleven following several well-received performances
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ReviewJoshua Bell, Academy of St Martin in the Fields: Bruch
Scottish Fantasy and Violin Concerto no.1 in one of Bell’s most captivatingly inspired releases
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VideoAnne-Sophie Mutter plays Gershwin's 'Summertime'
From ABC Classic FM comes this video of Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska performing ‘Summertime’ from George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.
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FocusHilary Hahn on recording a second instalment of solo Bach – 20 years after the first
The violinist recorded her first disc of Bach when she was a teenager. Now, two decades on, she returns to complete the set. Pauline Harding talks to her about constancy and change, and new meanings given to music through experience and memory
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VideoYo-Yo Ma: Why Bach is relevant in the 21st century
Yo-Yo Ma appears on The Andrew Marr Show, the BBC’s Sunday morning current events programme.
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NewsJanine Jansen wins €100,000 Vermeer Award
The Dutch violinist has been chosen as the 2018 recipient of the Netherlands’ annual state prize for the arts
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NewsHundreds of children to join Nicola Benedetti on stage
The Super String events mark the 10th birthday of the Sistema Big Noise Venture
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NewsDavid Garrett returns following slipped disc recuperation
The crossover violinist has announced a new CD and tour following a six month absence
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FocusRemembering Henryk Szeryng
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Polish-Mexican virtuoso’s birth, Henryk Szeryng’s widow Waltraud shares her memories of a man who dedicated all aspects of his life to exactitude. Interview by Julian Haylock
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VideoAugustin Hadelich: Britten Violin Concerto, Detroit Symphony, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Recorded live on 24 March 2018 at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit. Augustin Hadelich performs the Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Click here to view Hadelich’s encore from the same concert, the Sarabande from Bach’s Partita no.2 in D ...
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VideoAugustin Hadelich plays the Sarabande from Bach Partita no.2
Augustin Hadelich plays the Sarabande from Bach’s Partita no.2 in D minor as an encore following a performance of the Britten Violin Concerto with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (click here to view). The video was recorded at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit on 24 March 2018. ...
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VideoThe Hagen Quartet plays the second movement of the Ravel quartet
The Hagen Quartet (Lukas Hagen and Rainer Schmidt, violins, Veronika Hagen, viola, Clemens Hagen, cello) perform the second movement of Ravel’s String Quartet in F at the Salzburg Mozarteum in 2000.
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VideoClara-Jumi Kang: Ysaÿe Sonata no.3 in D minor
In this video from the the prize-winners concert of the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition, German-Korean violinist Clara-Jumi Kang plays Ysaÿe’s Sonata no.3 in the Mariinsky Theatre.
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VideoFantasia dei Gatti - Augustin Hadelich | Paganini Caprice no.17
A short animated film featuring Augustin Hadelich’s recording of the Paganini Caprice no.17 from his upcoming album for Warner of the 24 Caprices. Fantasia dei Gatti is produced by Augustin Hadelich, and created by director Paul Glickman and animator Tam King.
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VideoBach Double Violin Concerto - Yehudi Menuhin And David Oistrakh.
Legendary violinists Yehudi Menuhin and David Oistrakh perform Bach’s Double Concerto in 1958 at the Salle Pleyel with the Orchestre national de la Radio-télévision française (RTF)
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VideoAmit Peled on 'A Cello Named Pablo'
This video from Washington DC based WDCW news features cellist Amit Peled talking about a new children’s book about him and the Goffriller cello once played by Pablo Casals Watch: Video: how I came to play Pablo Casals’s 1733 Goffriller cello, by Amit Peled
