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Article11-year-old Samuel Tan performs at Menuhin Competition 2016
11-year-old Samuel Tan, youngest competitor in the 2016 Menuhin Competition, performs in the first round of the Junior Division.His programme features the first movement of Bach's Second Violin Concerto, the first movement of Grieg's Sonata no.1, Wieniawski's Etude-Caprice op.18, no.4 and Enescu's Ballade.Read: Menuhin Competition 2016 names 10 ...
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ArticleViolist Yuri Bashmet in tailpiece disaster
Violist Yuri Bashmet reacts with admirable calm and humour when his tailpiece detaches itself from his instrument mid-performance. Watch: Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt in page-turning disaster Watch: A bow hair catastrophe
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ArticleMaxim Vengerov performs on a 1740 Guarneri del Gesù - Menuhin Competition 2016 Junior First Prize
Maxim Vengerov performs Ernst's The Last Rose of Summer on a Guarneri del Gesù c.1740 violin, previously played by Hungarian violinist and conductor Sándor Végh. The instrument will be loaned to the winner of the 2016 Menuhin Competition Junior Category for two years by Florian Leonhard Fine ...
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ArticleViolinist Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Ysaÿe's Sonata no.3 Ballade
A young Frank Peter Zimmermann makes short work of the Ballade from Ysaÿe's Sonata no.3. The violinist discusses re-recording the Mozart violin concertos, 20 years after his breakthrough recording cycle, in The Strad’s April 2016 issue – download on desktop computer or through The Strad App. Watch: ...
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ArticleThe Strad Technique: Michael Frischenschlager’s Violin Scale System Part 2
Michael Frischenschlager, professor emeritus at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, explains Part 2 of his two-octave violin scale and arpeggio system, as featured in The Strad's December 2015 issue. In this exercise the focus is on shifting - playing two-octave scales, arpeggios, dominant and diminished 7ths on ...
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FocusBach should only be played as an encore in special circumstances, says violinist Arabella Steinbacher
The Strad asks six international solo violinists what the encore tradition means to them, and to reveal their personal favourites
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NewsViolist sues Royal Opera House over hearing damage
Chris Goldscheider claims his hearing was ruined by loud brass instruments during rehearsals for Die Walküre in 2012
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NewsCellist Alexander Hersh wins Schadt String Competition 2016
The 22-year-old New England Conservatory student receives $8,000 and a performance with the Allentown Symphony Orchestra
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NewsElmar Oliveira launches new International Violin Competition
The inaugural Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition will be held in January and February 2017 at Lynn University, Florida
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ArticleHilary Hahn performs Ernst's Grand Caprice on Schubert's Der Erlkönig
I distinctly heard someone shout 'Erlkönig! Erlkönig!' I knew they were asking for Heinrich Ernst's Grand Caprice on Schubert's great song. It's a unique piece, so I decided not to play the encore I'd been planning and went for that one instead.' Violinist Hilary Hahn performs Heinrich ...
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ArticleViolinist Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Mozart's Third Concerto
A youthful Frank Peter Zimmermann performs the first movement of Mozart's Third Violin Concerto conducted by Bernard Haitink. The violinist discusses re-recording the Mozart violin concertos, 20 years after his breakthrough recording cycle, in The Strad's April 2016 issue - download on desktop computer or through The ...
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ArticleViolinist Leonidas Kavakos performs Tárrega encore
Leonidas Kavakos performs Ruggiero Ricci's arrangement of Francisco Tárrega's Recuerdos de la Alhambra as an encore. The violinist contributes to The Strad's Encores feature, published in the April 2016 issue - download on desktop computer or through The Strad App.
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ArticleThe Strad Masterclass: violist Maxim Rysanov on Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata
Maxim Rysanov performs Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata, arranged for viola by Dobrinka Tabakova, with DalaSinfoniettan, conducted by Tobias Ringborg at Vinterfest 2011. The violist continues The Strad’s new marked-up sheet music series in association with Henle Verlag with the Arpeggione's first movement – giving bowings, fingerings and ideas for interpretation in ...
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NewsViolinists Tessa Lark and Alexi Kenney receive 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grants, worth $25,000
Further grants are awarded to violinist Sean Lee, cellist Jay Campbell and pianist George Li
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NewsTimothy Ridout wins 2016 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition
The young violist receives a cash prize, performance opportunities and a viola bow
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NewsChinese violinist Xiao Wang wins Byrd International Young Artist Competition
The musician is a former winner of the Szigeti and Seoul competitions
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ArticleCellist David Finckel on the importance of using more bow
Cellist David Finckel provides scientific proof that if you use more bow, you'll make more sound. Read: David Finckel's 10 habits of successful musicians Read: Never ignore a niggling pain, says cellist David Finckel
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NewsClio Gould steps down as Royal Philharmonic Orchestra concertmaster
The violinist was London’s first female symphony orchestra leader when appointed to the role 14 years ago
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ArticleGil Shaham performs Brahms's Violin Concerto
Gil Shaham performs Brahms's Violin Concerto in rehearsal at the Paris Philharmonie conducted by David Zinman for performances on 3 and 4 February 2016. Read: Gil Shaham on the irresistible lure of 1930s violin concertos Watch: Gil Shaham gives Mozart masterclass
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BlogsPreparing for a string quartet career - some useful guidance
The Omer Quartet passes on lessons learned during their first year of residency at Boston's New England Conservatory
