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FocusClassical routes: Postcard from Havana
The annual La Ruta de Mozart festival presents the composer’s complete string quartets in a day of celebration at open-air locations around the city of Havana. Chloe Cutts attended this year’s edition
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VideoWorking from home: Augustin Hadelich plays Ave Maria on violin and piano
The violinist plays J.S.Bach / Charles Gounod’s Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach on violin and piano
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VideoEsther Yoo’s Violin Technique Tips: High Positions on the E-String
Filmed in South Korea, this video - the latest in the American violinist’s series of practice tutorials - walks us through Yoo’s tips on what to do with ‘pesky high E-string passages’.
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VideoPekka Kuusisto: bowing exercise for Kreutzer 2
The Finnish violinist leads us through a bow exercise for playing Kreutzer’s Etude No 2.
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VideoMaxim Vengerov plays with his daughter Liza
In this video, supporting the Sochi International Film Festival & Awards, Maxim Vengerov and his daughter Liza play Alessandro Marcello’s Adagio together on the violin and piano. Maxim Vengerov discusses his sentimental work in our May issue. To read it, click here.
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NewsEight Austrian orchestras call for concerts to resume
A letter to the culture secretary gives details on how performances might be organised during the pandemic
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason wins Rheingau Music Festival award
The 21-year-old receives €15,000 and will perform at an award ceremony in 2021
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VideoViolinist Pavel Šporcl gives drive-in concert
Audience members sat in their cars and could tune into the performance via car radio
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VideoSolem Quartet performs Bill Withers’ Lovely Day from lockdown
The ensemble performs the arrangement by violinist Will Newell from their separate homes
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VideoNews presenter Cathy Newman plays violin
Raising funds for disadvantaged musicians, the Channel 4 news presenter plays Massenet’s Meditation. Donate at https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/444
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VideoCinema Paradiso with Roby Lakatos and Fiona Pears
The violinists Roby Lakatos and Fiona Pears with The MÁV Symphony Orchestra. Recorded on mobile phones; 12,000 miles apart during the Covid19 lockdown.
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BlogsLawrence Power: life lessons from lockdown
The violist tells us what the lockdown has taught him about playing and teaching, and ponders the impact of the pandemic on the future of live music
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FocusWhat to do when you’re ‘Zoom’ed Out’
The violinist and educator Gregory Harrington shares 8 tips for keeping fresh from visual fatigue during the current pandemic
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ArticleTabea Zimmermann on playing Beethoven’s viola
The German violist speaks to Amanda Holloway about recording on the historic instrument in The Strad’s May 2020 issue
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NewsBrucknerhaus Linz unveils plans to reopen in July
The 1400-capacity venue will stage one-hour concerts for 400 spectators
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VideoPekka Kuusisto: Stretching Left
Continuing his series of video practice tips, Kuusisto shares what he calls a ‘pretty dreadful’ exercise for developing the left hand stretch.
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VideoThe Swan: Johannes Moser and ballerina Liudmila Konovalova
The cellist Johannes Moser and Vienna State Opera prima ballerina Liudmila Konovalova collaborate on their version of ‘The Swan’ from Saint-Saëns’s The Carnival of the Animals.
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BlogsThe Legacy of Alice Schoenfeld (1921-2019)
The Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin, China pays tribute to its founder
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FeatureSentimental Work: Maxim Vengerov
The First Violin Concerto by Shostakovich brings back memories of the Russian violinist’s first meeting with Mstislav Rostropovich – an encounter that blossomed into firm friendship
