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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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NewsBaroque violinist and conductor Florence Malgoire has died
The French early music specialist was 63 years old
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NewsCellist and conductor Allan Stephenson has died
The musician, conductor and composer was 71 years old
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NewsBritish conductor and violinist Sir Neville Marriner has died aged 92
The former London Symphony Orchestra musician established the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in 1958
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ArticleConductor Lorin Maazel demonstrates his skills as a violinist
In this rare clip, conductor Lorin Maazel, who died in 2014, demonstrates his skills as a violin soloist, performing and conducting the third movement of Mozart's Violin Concerto no.3 with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.At various points in his life Maazel was music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre ...
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ArticleConcert catastrophe: violin knocked from soloist's hands by enthusiastic conductor
It's every violinist's worst nightmare... As soloist Rómulo Assis was performing the final movement of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Orquestra do Norte, conductor Nuno Côrte-Real's enthusiastic gesticulation knocked the instrument from his hands and sent it crashing to the ground.The incident took place at a concert in Amarante, ...
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NewsConductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt dies aged 86
Friends and colleagues honour early-music pioneer and founder of Concentus Musicus Wien
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NewsJaap van Zweden named next New York Philharmonic music director
The conductor and violinist is currently music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
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ArticleJohn Williams conducts his score for E.T.
Composer John Williams conducts 'Adventures on Earth' from his soundtrack to the film E.T.The composer features in The Strad's article on the importance of strings in film music, published in the February 2016 issue - download now through The Strad App or on desktop computer.
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NewsComposer Pierre Boulez has died aged 90
The French composer, conductor and pianist was a leading exponent of serialism and electronic music
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ArticleHerbert von Karajan conducts Radetzky March with the Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan conducts Strauss's Radetzky March at the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert 1987.Read: Vienna Philharmonic publishes pictures from its recent auditions
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NewsConductor Kurt Masur, who led the New York Philharmonic for 11 years, has died aged 88
Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter has paid tribute to the great maestro and humanitarian
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BlogsDo concerto performances need a conductor?
Joshua Bell performed and directed Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields this week with great success. Could this spark a new trend in concerto performance, asks Charlotte Smith
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NewsCellist Nicolas Altstaedt named chief conductor of Austrian-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic
The young musician succeeds Adam Fischer, who founded the orchestra almost 30 years ago
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NewsViolinist Julian Rachlin named Royal Northern Sinfonia principal guest conductor
The artist takes up the role from the 2015-16 season
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Osmo Vänskä resigns as Minnesota Orchestra's music director
Osmo Vänskä has resigned from the Minnesota Orchestra, bringing to an end his ten-year role as music director. In a statement, the 60-year-old conductor (pictured) said it was ‘a very sad day’ for him personally, although he had originally warned of his intentions in a letter to the management on ...
