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FocusFunctional Fingering
An article on ways to move around the fingerboard without upsetting your musical flow by Leo Phillips
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VideoKerson Leong plays Jean-Marie Leclair's Sonata No 5
The Canadian violinist Kerson Leong performs the third movement of Jean-Marie Leclair’s Sonata No 5 for 2 violins in duet with himself.
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VideoGabriele Ragghianti demonstrates Italian double bass bow hold
In this video from D’Addario Orchestral, double bassist Gabriele Ragghianti, who teaches at the Royal College of Music and the Luigi Boccherini Institute of Music, explains how to perfect an Italian bass bow hold. Ragghianti plays D’Addario Kaplan strings - click here for more information
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Premium ❘ FeatureAntonio Pappano: What conductors want from their string sections
A regular, nice, beautiful sound doesn’t interest the music director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, he told The Strad in this interview from 2008
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VideoEurovision Young Musicians semi-final 2018
In these videos German violinist Mira Foron and Czech double bassist Indi Stivín give it their all in the semi-final of Eurovision Young Musicians 2018.
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Mendelssohn Variations Op. 17
British cellist Guy Johnston talks about dialogue, contrast and sense of line in the German composer’s Classical–Romantic work
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FocusAsk the Experts: minimising excessive body movements
We asked four string pedagogues to give their thoughts on eliminating or cutting down on excessive body movements when playing
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FocusA step-by-step guide to keeping your bridge healthy
Tuning your instrument will naturally pull your bridge out of position, so you need to overcome your fear of touching it – as well as knowing when professional help is needed, writes Adam Pelzer
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VideoMasterclass with Violinist Gábor Takács-Nagy
Violinist Gábor Takács-Nagy coaches Sirena Huang on Prokofiev’s Violin Sonata as part of a masterclass for the Classical Bridge Music Festival.
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FocusMaking sense of Bartók
The Arcadia Quartet’s violist Traian Boală discusses his experience of recording Bartók’s complete string quartets. Interview by Gavin Dixon
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VideoViolin Masterclass with Nicola Benedetti
Emily from Taunton, who has been playing the violin since the age of seven, fought Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and is now in remission. As part of Make-A-Wish UK she travelled up to London to have a violin masterclass with Nicola Benedetti at the Royal Albert Hall.
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Beethoven String Quartet No 16 in F Major, Op 135, first movement
Casals Quartet violist Jonathan Brown scrutinises this movement and explains why this piece is less abstract and unruly than many musicians first assume
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DebateWhy do string players often sound so different on disc than live?
Too many string players are unable to take ownership of their recorded sound because they lack an external perspective, says Charlotte Gardner
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VideoLearning Beethoven with Maxim Vengerov
Three students at the Royal College of Music reveal what it’s like to work with Maxim Vengerov, ‘one of the big legends of the violin’ on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.
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VideoPhiladelphia concertmaster David Kim on orchestral auditions
‘Through all of those barriers, psychological and physical, you have to make beautiful art somehow, in a setting that is so unartistic and unispiring.’ In this interview for J.W. Pepper, Philhadelphia Orchestra concertmaster David Kim talks about how he learned to audition for orchestras and how to thrive in the ...
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FocusAsk the Experts: how to eliminate tension in the bow arm and hand
Three teachers give their thoughts on eliminating right hand, arm and shoulder tension in a young student
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FocusMoonkyung Lee: add a 21st-century miniature to your recital
The violinist delves into one of the contemporary pieces from her latest album and explains why expanding the instrument’s repertoire is not just worthwhile but alo fun and exciting
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FocusSentimental work: Jennifer Koh on Kaija Saariaho’s 'Graal théâtre'
Saariaho’s violin concerto contains multiple layers of meaning for the US violinist – as well as a personal connection with the composer
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FocusBaroque violin: How to get the most out of a bow stroke
Bow control and son filé with Simon Standage, professor of Baroque violin at the Royal Academy of Music and leader of the Salomon Quartet
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Focus7 tips from the class of Jascha Heifetz
Sherry Kloss was Heifetz’s student and later teaching assistant – he even left her a Tononi violin and a Tourte bow in his will. Here she recalls some of the master’s methods
