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FocusShould string section bowings always be synchronised?
It is generally accepted that string sections should bow as a collective, but could this uniform approach sacrifice the composer's intended sound? Violist James Boyd argues in favour of greater freedom
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma performs 'Song of the Birds' as BBC Proms encore
Yo-Yo Ma performs the Catalan ‘Song of the Birds’, arranged by Pablo Casals, as an encore at the 2015 BBC Proms. Watch: Cellist Bernard Greenhouse performs Song of the Birds aged 95
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ArticleViolinist Vadim Repin performs Tchaikovsky at Museo del Violino, Cremona
Violinist Vadim Repin and pianist Andrei Korobeinikov performs the Méditation from Tchaikovsky's Souvenir d'un lieu cher, op.42 at the Museo del Violino in Cremona, Italy as part of the Stradivari Festival 2016. Read: 6 pieces of advice for performers by violinist Vadim Repin Watch: Vadim Repin plays ...
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Focus5 reasons to develop your own musical ideas
Violin professor Boris Kuschnir gives five reasons why students should avoid copying others' phrasing and interpretation
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen gives masterclass on smooth bow changes
Imagine that the paper is the instrument, the brush is the bow, and your musical line is the ink' Ray Chen continues his video masterclass series by analysing, with the aid of a paint brush, exactly what happens at the moment of a bow change. Watch: Violinist ...
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ArticleViolinist Sarah Chang performs Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy aged 11
Sarah Chang cements her reputation as a child prodigy, performing Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy at the age of 11 with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by John Williams. Read: Divide your practice into hour-long chunks, says violinist Sarah Chang Watch: Violinist Sarah Chang performs Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen
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FocusYoung players must find their own sound within each composer’s idiom,' says violinist Kyung Wha Chung
Kyung Wha Chung Violinist Kyung Wha Chung speaks in The Strad’s October 2016 issue about her long-awaited recording of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas, fifty years after she began playing the works . Click here to subscribe or login. Alternatively, download the full article on desktop computer or ...
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ArticlePing-pong playing violinist demonstrates serious coordination skills
The first violinist of comedy string quartet the MozART Group demonstrates seriously impressive coordination and rhythmic control in a performance incorporating left-hand pizzicato, singing and ping-pong.Watch: Ray Chen's violin swapping Bach Double Concerto encore
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ArticleSir Neville Marriner conducts Academy of St Martin in the Fields aged 90
Sir Neville Marriner conducts the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, which he founded in 1958, in the opening to Mozart's Piano Concerto no.20 for his 90th birthday in 2014.The British musician, who began his career as a violinist in the London Symphony Orchestra, has this week ...
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Premium ❘ FocusThe Great Pretenders – how to act like a string player
In this article from The Strad November 2008 Nick Shave looks at how actors make their string performances look real
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ArticleLisa Batiashvili performs Sibelius Violin Concerto
Lisa Batiashvili performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto with Orchestra Sinfonica Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Antonio Pappano in January 2015. The violinist speaks about her long association with the work in The Strad’s October 2016 issue – download on desktop computer or through The Strad App ...
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ArticleViolinist Kyung Wha Chung plays Bach
Kyung Wha Chung performs Bach's Chaconne in the above video. The violinist speaks in The Strad's October 2016 issue about her long-awaited recording of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas, fifty years after she began playing the works.Read: 6 opinions on performance and interpretation by violinist Kyung Wha Chung
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FocusViolinist Benjamin Beilman on building a successful career
For the American, seizing opportunities when they present themselves has been key to his professional development
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Premium ❘ FocusFaking it – the great unmentionable of orchestral playing
Given today's high standards of musicianship, you might think top orchestral string players can play anything, but there are times when the best they can do is give the impression of playing every note as written, as cellist Alice McVeigh discovers
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ArticleViolinist Julia Fischer and violist Gordan Nikolitch record Mozart
Violinist Julia Fischer and violist Gordan Nikolitch (normally a violinist) record Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra for their 2007 recording on PentaTone Classics. Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott describe the demands and rewards of their duo partnership in The Strad’s October 2016 issue ...
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DebateShould today's string quartet playing be more liberated and instinctive?
Toby Deller argues for a less restricted view of the genre today - in both concerts and competitions
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ArticleViolinist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott perform duo encore
Violinist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott perform Handel-Halvorsen’s Passacaglia as an encore in Saarbrücken, Germany in 2007. Read: Violinist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott on sound projection Julia Fischer and Daniel Müller-Schott describe the demands and rewards of their duo partnership in The Strad’s October ...
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Article7-year-old violinist Elli Choi performs Mendelssohn in 2008
Elli Choi, aged just 7, performs the third movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto at the Strings International Music Festival in Pennsylvania, US in 2008.Choi, now aged 15, has been named the winner of the World Monaco Music Masters Competition 2016.
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Article9-year-old violinist Noa Wildschut performs with Janine Jansen
9-year-old Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut performs two Shostakovich violin duets with Janine Jansen at the International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht in December 2010.Wildschut, now 15, has recently signed exclusively to Warner Classics, and will release her first album for the label in 2017.
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ArticleKyung Wha Chung performs Brahms Violin Concerto at Verbier Festival 2016
Kyung Wha Chung performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Verbier Festival Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit on 22 July 2016. The full performance can be watched at Medici.tv. Read: Violinist Kyung Wha Chung postpones 2016 UK tour due to finger injury Read: 6 opinions on performance and ...
