All Feature articles – Page 4
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FeatureThe Ébène Quartet on turning 20
Currently making international appearances to mark Beethoven’s 250th birthday as well as celebrating 20 years since its foundation, the Ébène Quartet is riding high now that violist Marie Chilemme has become an established member. Charlotte Gardner meets the players
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FeatureBetween two worlds: Postcard from Lviv
The third Oleh Krysa International Violin Competition was the first in its short history to honour Ukrainian musicians with top awards. Tom Stewart reports on an event doing its best to highlight Ukraine’s musical pedigree
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FeatureThe heart of Amadeus: Postcard from Zhuhai
Peter Quantrill hears Mozartians of the future competing in the violin category of the biennial Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians – by the shores of China’s Pearl River
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FeatureSentimental Work: Sheku Kanneh-Mason
For the British cellist, Elgar’s Cello Concerto brings back a wealth of memories from his earliest years studying the instrument – and of trying to play like Jacqueline du Pré
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Feature12 strategies for teaching adolescents
Violinist and Ohio State University professor of music education Bob Gillespie shares his step-by-step guide for success
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FeatureLisa Batiashvili on the joys of collaboration
Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili has recently taken on new challenges, among them artistic directorship of the Audi Summer Concerts festival and performing on the soundtrack to The White Crow. But, she tells Toby Deller, she finds equal joy in creating wonderful interpretations from long-term partnerships
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FeatureActing the Part
How can techniques usually confined to the acting world benefit string players on stage? Pauline Harding goes back to school to find out
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FeatureThere’s nothing I play that’s less serious than anything else
Joshua Bell’s new album showcases his deep respect for all musical forms. The US violinist talks to Amanda Holloway about the challenges of making classical cool, and of broadening his professional skills
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FeatureSentimental Work: Linus Roth
Weinberg’s Violin Concerto is a work of passionate intensity, as the German violinist found – even though he hadn’t encountered the composer until eight years ago
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FeatureGautier Capuçon plays Bloch to mark anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
The cellist Gautier Capuçon plays the Prière from Ernest Bloch’s ‘from Jewish Life’ at the memorial of the Berlin wall to mark the 30th anniversary of the Fall of Berlin Wall.
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FeatureHow one great family shaped a century of French bow making
Mirecourt’s Émile Auguste Ouchard and his son Bernard are regarded as among the 20th century’s finest bow makers, main characters in a family who created a distinctive style of stick. Writing in The Strad’s December issue, Thomas Martin, Andrew McGill, Martin Lawrence and George Martin focus on Ouchard double bass ...
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FeatureWitnesses to the fall
First published in the March 2014 issue to mark 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, nine string players and makers from the East and West sides here reveal the stark contrast between life on either side of the divide
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FeatureBehind the scenes with the New York String Orchestra
The New York String Orchestra Seminar, one of America’s first orchestral training programmes for young musicians, celebrated its 50th anniversary in December 2018. Bruce Hodges attended rehearsals and concerts of the landmark season
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FeatureStradivari and the sharkskin sandpaper
This microscope image of what looks like a shark’s tooth embedded in a 1711 cell is evidence of dogfish skin, writes Joseph Campanella Cleary
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FeatureWhy do violin bridges have a waist?
In this extract from his investigation of the acoustical role of the violin bridge, Joseph Curtin sets up an experiment with a waistless prototype
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FeatureSentimental Work: Alisa Weilerstein on Mozart’s Don Giovanni
The climactic scene between Don Giovanni and the Commendatore was the American cellist’s bedtime listening for years – and has stayed with her for even longer
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FeatureSarah Chang on the limitations of the concerto circuit
The violinist tells Strad editor Charlotte Smith about her growing desire to take on passion projects
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FeatureLife Lessons: Anthony Marwood
The British violinist on the changing landscape of string playing and what modern instruments can offer top players
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FeatureMarathon in the Mountains: Postcard from Banff
At the 13th Banff International String Quartet Competition ten young ensembles, their members all under 35 years of age, rose to the challenge of performing a vast amount of wide-ranging repertoire, reports Laurinel Owen
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FeatureBehind the scenes at the music and wine festival
Burgundy’s Musique & Vin festival has quickly grown from its humble origins to encompass a rich diversity of elements, not least first-rate performances from international artists and an instrument loan scheme for young musicians. Charlotte Gardner spoke to those involved in this unique project
