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NewsIsabelle Faust plays Bach in empty St Thomas Church, Leipzig
The concert took place at 4pm on Sunday 5 April
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FocusTechnique: How do you develop musicality?
Exercises and advice from Ross Harbaugh, professor of cello at Miami’s Frost School of Music, to help build musical awareness and understanding
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VideoYo-Yo Ma and Youth Music Culture Guangdong perform Bach
Ma is artistic director of the annual training programme, which takes place in Guangzhou, China
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VideoViolinist plays classical music for South Korea hospital patients
Won Hyung-joon performed Bach/Gounod’s Ave Maria just outside the hospital room occupied by a family of coronavirus patients
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VideoLive-streamed concert by the Echo Ensemble
The London-based group is running a series of concerts every Wednesday evening at 7.30pm
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NewsLondon’s Barbican extends closure to 30 June 2020
The arts space also calls for donations from audiences ’to enable it to keep investing in the artists and organisations it works with’
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NewsFundraising campaign launched for freelance musicians in Germany
The German Orchestra Foundation has so far raised more than €855,000 for the emergency fund
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FocusWhere can musicians find financial support at this time?
A round-up of UK and US-based organisations offering financial support to musicians during these challenging times
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Focus7 ways to harness mental practice for musicians
Tips for using mental imaging to boost your musical practice regime from The Strad’s archive
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VideoHand puppets play the cello
From the cellist Katie De La Mare (performer on this video): ‘So I’m stuck in a room with a cello and a bunch of puppets. This was only a matter of time… 😂 (Thanks to Roxanne Scott for filming and screaming!)’ Songs played: Theme from Jaws Tarantella by W. H. ...
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VideoA new approach to recording during the coronavirus crisis
In this video soprano Beate Mordal and cellist Eivind Rossbach Heier perform Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras. Both musicians have recorded their parts separately in this time of social distancing.
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Premium ❘ FocusFree in Spirit
January 2018 marked the 70th birthday of cellist Mischa Maisky, who celebrated by whizzing round the world in solo and chamber performances with his Maisky Trio, featuring daughter Lily and son Sascha.Peter Quantrill caught up with him in London, Istanbul and Verbier
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FeatureHow are string soloists coping with the coronavirus lock down?
As social distancing causes unprecedented disruption to concert schedules around the world, several soloists share their coping strategies and plans for the future.
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NewsObituary: Hellmut Stern (1928-2020)
The former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic fled the Nazis in 1938 and also performed in Israel and the US
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Premium ❘ FocusPlaying with the Straight and Narrow
Vilde Frang has made a name for herself with her playfully ethereal musical style and unconventional approach to programming. Charlotte Gardnertalks to the Norwegian violinist about her latest recording and her unusual route to success
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VideoYo-Yo Ma’s screen debut
A video of a charity performance in 1962 in which Yo-Yo played for JFK and Eisenhower, and was introduced by Leonard Bernstein. Pablo Casals, who was also on the bill, brought the then- 7-year-old Yo-Yo to the organisers’ attention.
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Premium ❘ FocusMusical Emissaries
The Shanghai Quartet celebrates its 35th anniversary during the 2018–19 season by performing eight complete Beethoven cycles around the world. The players speak to Charlotte Smithabout forming at a time when Western chamber music was barely understood in their native China, and about promoting the art form to Chinese audiences ...
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Focus7 views on repetitive practice
Is repetition the most effective mode of practice? Debate from The Strad Archive
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WinWIN Tabea Zimmermann’s latest CD ‘Cantilena’
The violist’s recording of Spanish and Latin music is available on Harmonia Mundi
