All Chamber articles – Page 2
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ArticlePoland's first musical flashmob? Sinfonietta Cracovia performs
Polish chamber ensemble Sinfonietta Cracovia performed 'probably the first musical shopping-mall flash mob in Poland's history' on 29 November 2014. The group, conducted by Jurek DybaŠ‚, played Krakowiak in 20 bars by Polish composer Krzesimir DÄ™bski.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...
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NewsOrpheus Chamber Orchestra receives $400,000 from Andrew W Mellon Foundation
The ensemble will use the grant to launch ‘Next Generation Orpheus’
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NewsSotheby's to sell rare portrait miniature of 21-year-old Mozart
The sale marks the first time the image has been reproduced in colour for the wider public
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ArticleRichard Tognetti performs the Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Ges’' 'Carrodus' violin, 1743
Richard Tognetti performs the Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Carrodus' violin, 1743 with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in his own arrangement of the third movement of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The instrument features in The Strad's 2015 calendar, 'Violins of the Stars', on sale now. John Dilworth explores the ...
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ArticleDouble bassist Christine Hoock performs Bach's Gamba Sonata no.2
German double bassist Christine Hoock performs a transcription of the fourth movement of Bach's Gamba Sonata no.2 with harpsichordist Florian Birsak. Hoock contributes a Practice Diary to The Strad's October 2014 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part ...
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ArticleBrooklyn Rider performs Debussy's String Quartet
Contemporary New York-based string quartet Brooklyn Rider performs the second movement from Debussy's String Quartet. The ensemble features in The Strad's October 2014 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click ...
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Premium ❘ DebatePersonality is no longer encouraged in musical performance
Not too long ago mass audiences and critics alike revered overtly personal performances, yet today superimposing one's personality over that of the composer is regarded as poor musicianship, writes Henry Roth
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ArticleCavaleri Quartet performs Schubert's Death and the Maiden
The Cavaleri Quartet performs the First Movement of Schubert's String Quartet no.14, 'Death and the Maiden' at Schubertiade in Austria in 2013. The quartet's violist Ann Beilby contributes a Practice Diary to The Strad's September 2014 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download ...
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NewsJulie Albers named Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra principal cellist
The American musician officially takes up her role in the 2015-16 season
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BlogsPerforming from memory has given our string quartet new life
After twelve years together, playing and recording from memory were key to an exciting rebirth for the Chiara Quartet, writes cellist Gregory Beaver
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ArticleTime for Three performs Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah
American string trio Time for Three, a group that defies traditional genre classification, performs an original arrangement of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah at a workshop for high school musicians in Kitchener, Ontario. Read Time for Three's 7 ways to build a 21st century music career. Subscribe to ...
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NewsViolinist Esther Yoo and cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan join 2014 BBC New Generation Artists scheme
This year's crop also includes the Armida Quartet
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NewsZehetmair Quartet awarded Paul Hindemith Prize, worth €10,000
The biennial award is given by the City of Hanau in recognition of the famous composer
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Blogs7 ways to build a 21st-century music career by Time for Three
Violinists Zach De Pue and Nick Kendall, and double bassist Ranaan Meyer talk about their path to success
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NewsFrancisco Fullana and Michiaki Ueno named winners of 21st Johannes Brahms Competition
Prizes were awarded in violin, viola, cello, piano, vocal and chamber divisions
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ArticleA twelve-minute history of the violin
Violinist Charles Yang gives his humorous (and informative) take on the history of violin music - summing up 'hits' of the decades in a twelve-minute performance. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click ...
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NewsTwo musicians to leave Australian String Quartet, citing ‘irreconcilable differences'
Violinists Kristian Winther and Ioana Tache will see out the remainder of the 2014 season
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NewsAnnouncement that Chicago Chamber Musicians will disband is false, say musicians
The society's board will no longer support the ensemble, but musicians will present 2014-15 season regardless
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ArticleCellist Leonard Rose performs Beethoven with pianist Glenn Gould
Leonard Rose and Glenn Gould perform the first movement from Beethoven's Third Cello Sonata in 1960. Rose is one of the inspirational teachers featured in The Strad's September issue education focus, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of ...
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BlogsHow to find a new member for your string quartet
The Wihan Quartet's fist violinist Leos ?epický describes the process of replacing the ensemble's longtime viola player