All cello articles – Page 20
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BlogsHow to build and diversify your music career
British cellist Gabriella Swallow shares her path to forging a unique musical identity and helps fellow musicians to think outside the box
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BlogsPlaying with gut strings and a period bow refines your awareness of sound
Chiaroscuro Quartet second violinist Pablo Hernán Benedí explains why the ensemble chooses to perform entirely on period set-ups
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BlogsFinding your perfect stringed instrument
Jean-Jacques Rampal of Vatelot–Rampal Luthiers, Paris, tells Pauline Harding about the challenges of matching musicians with their ideal musical partners
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NewsWitold LutosŠ‚awski International Cello Competition awards joint first prize
Cellists Maciej KuŠ‚akowski and Zuzanna Sosnowska share the top honour
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NewsCalling Canadian violinists and cellists: applications now open for Musical Instrument Bank
The Canadian organisation loans fine instruments and bows to musicians every three years
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NewsCellos are too big to be transported in the cabin, says airline
Air Canada refused to sell Richard Harwood an extra ticket for his cello as it exceeded the requisite dimensions, according to the musician
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NewsValery Gergiev announces Tchaikovsky Competition 2015 judges
A number of today's leading names will join the violin, cello, piano and voice panels this summer
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NewsJulian Lloyd Webber to sell his Stradivarius cello
The cellist was forced to retire from performing last year due to a neck injury
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ArticleCellists Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber perform Piazzolla
Julian Lloyd Webber and his wife Jiaxin play The Little Beggar Boy by Piazzolla with pianist Pam Chowhan in 2013.The performance feature's Lloyd Webber's 'Barjansky' Stradivarius cello, which the artist is now to sell following his retirement from performing.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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BlogsReturning to my cello: how I built my career, by Jo Quail
The British musician talks frankly about rediscovering her love for the cello following a seven-year hiatus and gives tips on building a performing portfolio
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Virtuosity and intuition combine at Berlin's Feuermann Cello Competition
The recent Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann in the German capital was a fitting tribute to the man it was named after, writes Rebecca Schmid
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FocusCellomania: Amsterdam’s Fifth Cello Biennale
With appearances from Mischa Maisky, Gary Hoffman, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Anner Bylsma and 2Cellos, this year's event was not to be missed, writes Heather Kurzbauer
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ArticleCellist Kevin Fox performs Katy Perry's Roar alongside a live tiger
I don't think there's anything that can prepare you for the size of a full-size tiger'Canadian cellist Kevin Fox performs pop star Katy Perry's 'Roar' using a looping pedal board while sitting next to a live tiger.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of ...
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ArticleSteven Isserlis on period instruments and his Stradivarius cello
I have always said that playing on an authentic or period instrument is like acting Shakespeare with original pronunciation. It will makes some things simpler and clearer'Steven Isserlis talks about his love of period instruments and his Stradivarius cello ahead of performances with the Academy of Ancient Music ...
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FocusHow to master staccato bowing, by cellist Xavier Phillips
The French cello soloist and chamber musician explains how, with practice and patience, the challenges of staccato playing can be overcome
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NewsFrench cellist Aurélien Pascal wins Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann
The 19-year-old artist receives €15,000 and concert opportunities
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ArticleKlengel's twelve-part Hymnus † performed by twelve Johannes Mosers
German cellist Johannes Moser performs all twelve parts of Julius Klengel's Hymnus for 12 Cellos, op.57 † cleverly edited together to produce a sumptuous sound in a recording and accompanying video by BR Klassik.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free ...
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ArticleSydney Symphony cello masterclass † Beethoven Symphony no.5
Imagine instead of playing a closed vowel - like 'ee' - playing an open vowel like 'ah'. We don't want to have the feeling in an orchestra that someone is playing an electric guitar'Umberto Clerici, principal cello of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, gives an orchestral audition masterclass on ...
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ArticleNatalie Clein performs and discusses Elgar's Cello Concerto
We're very lucky as cellists. We don't have as many concertos as violinists or pianists, but when a number of composers decided to write for us, they poured their heart out and wrote some of their best works'Natalie Clein discusses and performs Elgar's Cello Concerto with the South ...
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ArticleCellist Natalie Clein performs Bach
I feel in the back of my mouth that I have been speaking after I have performed Bach. There is a conversational element to his music, which taps into the language part of the brain'Natalie Clein plays an excerpt from Bach's Cello Suite in G major BWV1007 and ...
