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BlogsAll Strings Attached: The motor that drives an orchestra
Conductor Leonard Slatkin shares how he approaches working with symphonic string sections, which he describes as ‘the heart and soul of the ensemble’
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BlogsViolinist Fedor Rudin on performing and directing post-Classical concertos from the violin
How does one conduct violin concertos by Prokofiev, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Khachaturian - and play the solo part as well? French-Russian violinist Fedor Rudin shares his approach
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Premium ❘ FocusFrom the Archive: conducting tips for players
In The Strad’s March 1930 issue, G.W. Johnstone gave tips for players thinking of taking up the conductor’s baton – drawn from years of witnessing less-than-exceptional conducting as an orchestral musician
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BlogsViolinist Joshua Bell on the art of conducting
In 2011 the Grammy Award-winning artist became music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, where he conducts from the concertmaster’s chair
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ArticleJoshua Bell performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, who talks to The Strad about the art of conducting, performs and directs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for the Pharos Arts Foundation in Nicosia, Cyprus.The Strad's March 2015 issue, out now, investigates the increasing number of string players ...
