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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 ...
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Article'It's a very special relationship': violinist Itzhak Perlman and pianist Martha Argerich on recording together
My dream was always to play with Martha, always...' Violinist Itzhak Perlman and pianist Martha Argerich talk about their first studio album together - released on Warner Classics 18 years after their last album together, a live recital from the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. The new disc ...
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FocusHow long should a music student practise a piece?
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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ArticleViolinist Leila Josefowicz performs Paganini aged 13
13-year-old Leila Josefowicz plays 'La Campanella' from Paganini's Violin Concerto no.2 with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by John Williams in 1991. Watch: When they were young: Sarah Chang
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ArticleViolinists Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman perform together in 1978
In this live recording from 1978, violinists Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman perform Wieniawski's Etude Caprices op. 18 nos. 1 and 2, Spohr's Duo Concertante, and Handel-Halvorsen's Passacaglia together at London's Royal College of Music. Filmed by Christopher Nupen and recently released on YouTube by Allegro Films, ...
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ArticleMayu Kishima gives Shanghai Isaac Stern Violin Competition winning performance
Japanese violinist Mayu Kishima performs Ernest Chausson's Poème, op. 25 and Shostakovich's Violin Concerto no. 1 in the final of the Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition - which she won. Read: Mayu Kishima wins Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition $100,000 first prize Read: Mayu Kishima ...
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Blogs'Bach should be played with vibrato,' says violinist Pinchas Zukerman
The veteran violinist, violist, conductor and pedagogue is interviewed in The Strad's September 2016 issue
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ArticleConductor Lorin Maazel demonstrates his skills as a violinist
In this rare clip, conductor Lorin Maazel, who died in 2014, demonstrates his skills as a violin soloist, performing and conducting the third movement of Mozart's Violin Concerto no.3 with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.At various points in his life Maazel was music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre ...
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ArticleRolston String Quartet performs Ravel at Banff International String Quartet Competition
The Rolston String Quartet performs Ravel's String Quartet at the 2016 Banff International String Quartet Competition - which the ensemble won. Watch: How to bring the house down - Quartet Berlin-Tokyo performs Jörg Widmann at Banff Centre
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BlogsHow to bring the house down: Quartet Berlin-Tokyo performs Jörg Widmann at Banff Centre
Quartet Berlin-Tokyo performs Jörg Widmann's Third String Quartet, 'Jagdquartett' (Hunt Quartet) at the 2016 Banff International String Quartet Competition - bringing out the work's aggression and dark humour to brilliant effect, and causing uproarious laughter from the audience.Composed in 2003, the 10-minute work is based on the repeated ...
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ArticleMayu Kishima performs Paganini at Shanghai Isaac Stern Violin Competition 2016
Japanese violinist Mayu Kishima, who today has been named the winner of the Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, performs Paganini's Caprices nos. 24 and 11 in the contest's Quarter Final round.
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Blogs'If career becomes more important than the music, your soul becomes empty,' says cellist Steven Isserlis
Cellist Steven Isserlis on the importance of putting your art first
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FocusMany cello students need to develop a better grip on the string, says Hillel Zori
The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music cello professor, soloist and chamber musician discusses how to improve students' bow technique
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ArticleMaking music at 8,000 feet - Stockhausen's Helicopter String Quartet
Stockhausen's infamous Helicopter String Quartet - which requires the musicians to play and sing as an ensemble while travelling in four separate helicopters - is performed at the Salzburg Festival in 2003.The flying quartet is only one part of the composer's opera, Mittwoch aus Licht (Wednesday from Light), ...
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Article'More violas!' demands Sergiu Celibidache
It's enough to strike fear in the heart of any self-respecting orchestral violist. Romanian maestro Sergiu Celibidache yells 'Viola!' at the top of his voice during a rehearsal of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony in the hope that the section will respond. Judging from his expression, the end result is ...
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FocusHow to encourage a relaxed left-hand thumb in string students
Top viola teacher Bruno Giuranna answer a reader's question for The Strad's Teacher Talk section
