All Featured Stories articles – Page 108
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VideoTwoSet Violin react to The Strad’s August issue
Brett Yang and Eddy Chen give YouTube viewers their take on appearing in the magazine
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NewsRhiannon Giddens named artistic director of Silkroad
The fiddle player, banjoist and singer is the first single person to hold the role since Yo-Yo Ma
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VideoViolinist Nancy Zhou performs live tribute for Isaac Stern Centennial
The 2018 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition winner is joined by pianist Zhen ’Victor’ Chen in works by Gershwin, Bartók and Chen Yi
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NewsTasmin Little records personalised performances for fans in charity fundraiser
The violinist is raising money for UK charity Help Musicians
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NewsViola player raises £16k in charity walk before his 100th birthday
Kenneth Essex walked 1km each day in the ten days leading up to the milestone
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FeatureSentimental Work: Vadim Repin
Despite a shaky beginning, Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no.2 has become one of the most beloved pieces in the Russian violinist’s repertoire
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NewsOrchestra heads to court over reprimanded concertmaster
Augsburg Philharmonic concertmaster Agnes Malich recieved a formal warning for supporting a Covid-19 fundraiser
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VideoA cello and poetry recital for lockdown built around Bach’s Cello Sarabandes
The cellist Alexandra Fletcher plays Bach’s Cello Sarabandes accompanied by poetry, read by actress Jenna Augen and chosen by Fletcher, with a connective thread to the music.
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FocusNew UK artist management agency launched
String players including Francesca Dego (pictured), Henning Kraggerud and Laura van der Heijden will be represented by the new firm
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VideoSan Francisco Symphony musicians perform Rossini’s William Tell Overture from lockdown
‘No animals or violas were harmed during the filming of this video’ The musicians of the San Francisco Symphony - with help from their children and pets - perform the Finale from Rossini’s William Tell Overture from their separate homes. Watch: Chilean nurse plays violin to coronavirus patients Watch: ...
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NewsJaakko Kuusisto to undergo brain surgery
The violinist was motivated to speak out by a wish to encourage others to get symptoms checked out
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VideoViolinist Pinchas Zukerman performs Tchaikovsky’s Sérénade mélancolique, op.26
Violinist Pinchas Zukerman showcases his rich and velvety sound in Tchaikovsky’s Sérénade mélancolique, op.26 in B-flat minor with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. Read: ‘He could hear and see talent, and he loved it’ - Pinchas Zukerman remembers Isaac Stern Read: ‘Bach should be played with ...
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Focus'The great challenge was to be comfortable improvising' – violinist Viktoria Mullova
For her latest recording, violinist Viktoria Mullova has collaborated with her son, jazz bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado in an eclectic array of duets. Harry White speaks to the pair about what they each found challenging about the project
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NewsFrom swimming pool to solo Bach
An outdoor pool in southern Germany has switched swimmers for classical music fans
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Blogs6 tips for performing in an empty concert hall
South African cellist Abel Selaocoe provides advice on livestreaming or recording performances for online audiences during the time of Covid-19
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FocusRemembering Helen Hagnes after 40 years
On 23 July 1980, the violinist Helen Hagnes was murdered in the Metropolitan Opera House. 40 years on, her former colleague Thomas Suárez remembers that night
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Focus‘It was one of the best moments of my life’ – TwoSet Violin’s Brett Yang on meeting the maker of his instrument
Brett Yang, one half of YouTube comedy duo TwoSet Violin, recalls discovering that his violin was made by Renato Scrollavezza - and then meeting the luthier himself
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VideoString players hold peaceful vigil for Elijah McClain in Chicago
The event on 11 July was dedicated to the 23-year-old black violinist, who died last summer, days after being placed in a choke-hold by police in Colorado
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NewsUS Baroque violinist Karen Marie Marmer has died
The New York-based musician was active with several Baroque ensembles and was formerly co-concertmaster of the Stuttgart Baroque Orchestra’s
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NewsBBC announces new ‘Instrumental Sessions’
Violinists and double bassists from across the BBC’s five orchestras will be among those performing in single-instrument ensembles
