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VideoGreat Violinists of the 20th Century
Itzhak Perlman on Jascha Heifetz, Hilary Hahn on David Oistrakh, Ida Haendel on Yehudi Menuhin and more: this 2001 film by Bruno Monsaingeon pulls together archive footage and interviews with great violinists of the 20th century.
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VideoViolinist Tasmin Little performs Saint-Saëns at the Proms 1995
Violinist Tasmin Little, who has recently announced her retirement from the stage at the age of 54, performs Saint-Saëns’s Introduction et rondo capriccioso at the BBC Proms in 1995. Little is also interviewed as part of a feature on whether string players should retire from performance in The Strad’s ...
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking a Full Quartet of Instruments: Matches Made in Heaven?
It’s both a privilege and a challenge to build a quartet of instruments that are intended to be played together from the start. Peter Somerford speaks to players and makers to discover both the pitfalls and the opportunities
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Premium ❘ FeaturePablo Casals: Boundless Expression
The legacy of Pablo Casals is alive and well in the cello playing of today – and can be traced primarily to the methods of his colleague Diran Alexanian and favourite student Maurice Eisenberg. Oskar Falta explores the Catalonian cellist’s main vibrato theories, as communicated by his two important associates
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Freedom of Choice
For Jack Liebeck, recording the Brahms and Schoenberg violin concertos has felt like a homecoming – a chance to reflect on the life of his grandfather, and to appreciate the liberties we enjoy today, as he tells Harry White
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Premium ❘ FeatureWilliam C. Honeyman: The People’s Violin Man
During the 19th century there was an upsurge of interest in violin playing in Britain. At its centre, writes Kevin MacDonald, was the Scottish violinist and writer William C. Honeyman – purveyor of string secrets to the masses and perhaps the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Violinist Johan Dalene makes his recording debut
For his debut album as an exclusive BIS artist, Johan Dalene – teenage winner of last year’s Carl Nielsen International Competition – has not shied away from ambitious and much-loved repertoire. He and producer Jens U. Braun recall the recording process
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Premium ❘ FeatureKaren Tuttle: The Violists’ Champion
Violists, particularly in the US, regard Karen Tuttle as a pioneer of pedagogy, tirelessly committed to improving the playing freedom of her students. As this month marks the 100th anniversary of her birth, Carlos María Solare pays tribute to her career, teaching methods and formidable strength of character
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FocusViolinist Yehudi Menuhin's first appearance in The Strad, aged 10
We republish a snippet introducing the prodigy to Strad readers in 1926
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FeatureSentimental Work: Jean-Luc Ponty
The French jazz violinist–composer has recorded his 1976 piece ‘Renaissance’ three times – but it’s the original version that remains close to his heart
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FocusI know that I know nothing: Tomás Cotik concludes his series on Bach
Ahead of his 2020 album release of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas, the violinist concludes his blog series, in which he discusses the contradictions between the opposing trends and traditions in Bach interpretation, and his personal solutions to them.
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VideoLawrence Power plays a Brexit Polka
A timely little polka from British violist Lawrence Power. Listen carefully to hear all 28 (current) European national anthems.
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VideoYehudi Menuhin School student on a violin once played in Auschwitz
In this video, 18-year-old Kingsley Lin, who is currently studying at the Yehudi Menuhin School, performs on a violin once played by Rosa Levinsky in the Auschwitz Women’s Orchestra. Levinsky spent the last five months of the war in Bergen-Belsen, and on being released in 1945, was transferred to a ...
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FocusJerry Horner on talent and practice
In February last year, former Fine Arts Quartet violist Jerry Horner died at the age of 83. Here, his past student James Dickenson shares part of his philosophy of learning, drawing on interviews with Margaret Clements, his widow
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ArticlePremiere of the month: Shake, rattle and roll
French composer Jérôme Combier and cellist Eric-Maria Couturier take a solo journey into the underworld
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VideoNicola Benedetti performs at 2020 Grammys
Watch Nicola Benedetti perform Fiddle Dance Suite at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony, which took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday 26 January.
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ArticleOn the question of retirement: string players of all ages share their views
Is there a time when we should put our instruments away for good? Pauline Harding talks to musicians young and old about falling standards, failing physiques and a joy of playing music that, if we want it to, should carry us to our graves
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ArticleHow I interpret Bach: Tomás Cotik on Classification
Ahead of his 2020 album release of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas, the violinist continues his blog series, in which he discusses the contradictions between the opposing trends and traditions in Bach interpretation, and his personal solutions to them
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FeatureThe Ébène Quartet on turning 20
Currently making international appearances to mark Beethoven’s 250th birthday as well as celebrating 20 years since its foundation, the Ébène Quartet is riding high now that violist Marie Chilemme has become an established member. Charlotte Gardner meets the players
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NewsThe Strad February 2020 issue is out now
The members of the Ébène Quartet talk about the group’s 20th anniversary, and the challenge of finding a new violist
