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VideoRay Chen compares a $69 factory-made violin with a $10m Stradivari
’Even on the open strings you can tell the difference. The Strad has this resonance, clarity and warmth’ Violinist Ray Chen compares a $69 factory-made violin with the 1735 ’Samazeuilh’ Stradivari violin worth around $10m. Watch: Ray Chen: What do you do when your E-string breaks in a concert?Read: Players ...
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VideoLockdown commissions 2: Lawrence Power plays Garth Knox’s Quartet for One
In the second of his ‘lockdown commissions’ performances, filmed in and on top of iconic empty venues, violist Lawrence Power plays Garth Knox’s Quartet for One, filmed in an empty Southbank Centre.
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FocusJennifer Pike: Life Lessons
Trust your gut, stick to your guns and enjoy what you’re doing, says the British violinist
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VideoPforte plays string sextet arrangement of Schubert piano sonata
In this video, players from Pforte - a group that combines chamber music with philosophy, literature and theatre - perform a Schubert’s Piano Sonata op.78, D 894 in an arrangement by François Poly for string sextet. The performance, featuring violinists Mohamed Hiber and Elene Meipariani, violists Klaus Christa and Franziska ...
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VideoQuartet performs to audience of 2,292 plants
The members of the UceLi Quartet performed at Barcelona’s iconic Liceu opera house, filled with ficus trees, palms and Swiss cheese plants
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VideoViolinist Isaac Stern plays Wieniawski Polonaise no.1 in 1955
Isaac Stern performs Wieniawski’s Polonaise no.1 in D major on the Jack Benny Program with pianist Alexander Zakin in 1955. Read: ‘He could hear and see talent, and he loved it’ - Pinchas Zukerman remembers Isaac SternRead: ‘My father hated competitions’: David Stern at the Shanghai Isaac Stern Competition ...
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FocusRemembering fine violin collector Robert Lewin
Robert (Bob) Lewin wrote The Strad market report for 50 years and was an eminent British collector of String instruments and bows. His nephew, Michael Lewin, remembers his uncle, and how his legacy helps thousands of young musicians around the UK today
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VideoOxford Philharmonic At Home
The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra goes online during lockdown with #OPatHome, a six-week video series of entertaining and resourceful virtual music-making for primary school children. In the series, members of the Orchestra introduce their instruments, tell stories, perform musical excerpts, and suggest interactive activities to do at home, even if you ...
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VideoMaxim Rysanov on the birth of Vasks’s Viola Concerto
In this video, to tie in with the release of Maxim Rysanov’s new album dedicated to the Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks, Rysanov tells us the story behind the creation of Vasks’s first ever viola concerto.
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FocusHow to put on a live concert in the time of Covid-19
Keith Stanfield, a violinist and former footballer, recently put on a live classical music performance - the first since the pandemic started in his home town of Kansas City. Here he shares his experience, as well as advice for putting on a live concert in compliance with social distancing regulations
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VideoEiko Kano plays Bach Chaconne in empty Kyoto Buddhist Temple
The Japanese violinist Eiko Kano plays Bach’s Chaconne in Kyoto Buddhism Eikando Temple
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FeatureSentimental Work: Roby Lakatos
‘The devil’s fiddler’ explains why Monti’s Csárdás has been a mainstay of his repertoire since the earliest days – and why it still brings out the creativity in him and his collaborators
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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
