All Featured Stories articles – Page 108
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VideoAugustin Hadelich plays Paganini Concerto with GliArchiEnsemble - all from separate locations
In this video violinist Augustin Hadelich plays Paganini’s Violin Concerto no. 4: II. Adagio flebile con sentimento, accompanied by the GliArchiEnsemble - all from their separate homes.
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VideoRotterdam Philharmonic performs Beethoven in 360 degrees
The project is part of the orchestra’s educational initiative ’The Virtual Reality Orchestra Explorer’
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Article‘He could hear and see talent, and he loved it’ - Pinchas Zukerman remembers Isaac Stern
Zukerman shares his memories of his mentor Stern, in honour of the great violinist’s 100th anniversary
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NewsConcert restrictions eased in Bavaria and Saxony
Jan Vogler’s Moritzburg Festival is among events to go ahead, with all performances in the open air
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NewsBeethoven rides high in German classical charts
Works by the composer claim four out of the five top spots, including number one
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Premium ❘ FeatureIsaac Stern: Generosity of Spirit
In celebration of Isaac Stern’s centenary this month,Tully Potter surveys the great violinist’s many and varied chamber music collaborations
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FocusForecasting the future: Postcard from Sochi
The 13th Winter International Arts Festival in February presented no fewer than seven world premieres, a Beethoven sonata marathon and a double bass extravaganza, writes Peter Quantrill, who met artistic director Yuri Bashmet
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Premium ❘ FeatureWriting a Cadenza: Creativity Unchained
Cadenza writing has enjoyed a renewed surge in popularity over recent years. Pauline Harding talks to soloists, teachers and competition jurors about why the trend has been growing, and why more performers should take the plunge
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Different Voices
At a recording session for the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam’s latest Haydn release, Peter Quantrill finds an ensemble at ease with themselves, their producer and the exacting process of creating Classical ‘perfection’
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Premium ❘ FeatureAlma Moodie: From Praise to Obscurity
Australian-born violinist Alma Moodie was a celebrated performer in her day – a protégée of Carl Flesch who collaborated with many leading composers. However, her contribution to the violin canon has been largely forgotten, writes Tatjana Goldberg
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Premium ❘ NewsAnalysis July 2020: The new normal
As Covid-19 lockdowns are gradually lifted, orchestras and concert venues in Europe and Asia are contemplating the task of reopening in a socially distanced world
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VideoNicolas Koeckert plays Paganini’s Caprice No 1 in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich
In this video the German-Brazilian violinist Nicolas Koeckert plays Paganini’s Caprice no. 1 in Munich’s Bavarian National Museum, one of the largest art museums in Germany
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VideoQuarantango
This cello quartet by Jeremy Lamb is performed by cellists of the Charlotte Symphony: Marlene Ballena, Sarah Markle, Alan Black, and Jeremy Lamb. Video production is provided by Oliver Kot.
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VideoElton John’s I’m still Standing - arranged for solo violin
The Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas, a student at the Royal Academy of Music, performs his own arrangement of Elton John’s ‘I’m Still Standing’. On his Facebook page, Elton John says: ‘I was recently sent this video by Roberts Balanas and I thought it was so fantastic, I just had to ...
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ArticlePractising scales within a harmonic context can improve intonation
Chief conductor and Sydney Conservatorium associate viola professor Roger Benedict presents his scale system
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VideoAmsterdam Sinfonietta performs in empty Concertgebouw
The first in the group’s ‘Empty Concertgebouw Sessions’ sees the members performing 1.5 metres from each other
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NewsSchleswig-Holstein Festival announces 100-concert programme
The two-month event in the North German region will take place in a slimmed-down form
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VideoPekka Kuusisto: Kreutzer 2 whole bow
Continuing his series of practise video tutorials, the Finnish violinist shares another bow exercise for Kreutzer’s second etude, one which involves travelling up the length of the bow.
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VideoLockdown commissions 1: Lawrence Power plays Huw Watkins’s ‘Power’ for solo viola
In the first of his ‘lockdown commissions’ performances, filmed in and on top of iconic empty venues, Lawrence Power plays Huw Watkins’s ‘Power’ for solo viola. Filmed by Jessie Rodger on the roof of St John’s, Smith Square. Stay tuned very soon for LC #2 - ‘Quartet for One’ by ...
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VideoMaxim Vengerov plays with his daughter Polina
The violinist plays a violin and cello duet with his youngest daughter Polina in aid of the Gift of Life, which supports children with cancer.
