All Featured Stories articles – Page 177
-
ArticleMaxim Vengerov on playing the violin like Mozart
Violinist Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto at the Royal Academy of Music, London - including a humorous impression of Mozart's violin playing.The full 48-minute video is available to buy as a download or DVD through the Masterclass Media Foundation.Watch Vengerov give a showstopping ...
-
BlogsViolinist Nikolaj Znaider on self-promotion through social media and YouTube
The Strad’s March 2015 cover star says the form must never overshadow the substance
-
ArticleDigital representation of Bach's First Cello Suite
One of a series of experiments by Magnatune, this animated video represents the cellist's bowing and its relationship to the musical line in the Prelude of Bach's First Cello Suite.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single ...
-
ArticleViolinist Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Paganini's God Save the King
Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Paganini's fiendishly difficult Variations on 'God Save the King'. Zimmermann was recently forced to part ways with the 1711 ‘Lady Inchiquin’ Stradivarius – his principal performing violin for the past 13 years. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
-
BlogsHow to build and diversify your music career
British cellist Gabriella Swallow shares her path to forging a unique musical identity and helps fellow musicians to think outside the box
-
ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on building a career in music
The most important concert date you will ever have is your second. Securing one concert is fine, but being asked back is the key!' Violinist Itzhak Perlman talks about being diagnosed with Polio, winning competitions and building and sustaining a career. Subscribe to The Strad or download ...
-
BlogsPlaying with gut strings and a period bow refines your awareness of sound
Chiaroscuro Quartet second violinist Pablo Hernán Benedí explains why the ensemble chooses to perform entirely on period set-ups
-
ArticleViolin string vibrations captured on video
Watch string vibrations captured with a CMOS sensor, 24 frames per second video and 1/4000 shutter speed. According to the film's author, it has not been edited. The effect can be explained by 'the refresh rate of the camera catching the vibration at different parts of the arch'.Subscribe ...
-
ArticleDavid and Igor Oistrakh perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante
David Oistrakh and his son Igor Oistrakh perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante viola and violin parts respectively with the Moscow Philharmonic conducted by Yehudi Menuhin.Watch David Oistrakh perform Bach's Double Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin.Read about David Oistrakh and Joseph Szigeti's 's influence on Prokofiev's violin concertos and sonatas in ...
-
BlogsViolinist-conductor Anshel Brusilow on bringing performing wisdom to the podium
After twelve years as a concertmaster the artist switched to conducting and turned his back on playing for ever
-
Article2Cellos perform Hysteria by Muse
2Cellos † Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser † perform their arrangement of Hysteria by rock band Muse, filmed in a mental hospital in Pula, Croatia. Watch the duo perform their arrangement of AC/DC's Thunderstruck with fellow cellists Mischa Maisky and Giovanni Sollima at Cello Biennale Amsterdam 2014. ...
-
ArticleNikolaj Znaider performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto
The Strad's March 2015 cover star, Nikolaj Znaider, performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Juraj Valcuha in October 2011. The violinist talks about the importance of practising Bach and basics in his blog for The Strad. Subscribe to The Strad or download our ...
-
BlogsViolinist Nikolaj Znaider on conquering performance nerves
The Strad’s March 2015 cover star says musicians must always put the music first
-
ArticleDavid Oistrakh performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
Legendary violinist David Oistrakh gives a full-bodied performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Gennadi Roshdestwenski in 1963. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
-
ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov on blending your sound with other instruments
You have to forget sometimes that you play the violin. Use it to express the sound of the music and to integrate with the orchestra'Violinist Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Britten’s Violin Concerto at the Royal Academy of Music, London. The full 50-minute video is available to ...
-
ArticleJoshua Bell performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell, who talks to The Strad about the art of conducting, performs and directs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for the Pharos Arts Foundation in Nicosia, Cyprus.The Strad's March 2015 issue, out now, investigates the increasing number of string players ...
-
BlogsViolinist Joshua Bell on the art of conducting
In 2011 the Grammy Award-winning artist became music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, where he conducts from the concertmaster’s chair
-
ArticleNikolaj Znaider performs Bach's Partita no.2 Sarabande
The Strad's March 2015 cover star, Nikolaj Znaider, performs the Sarabande from Bach's Solo Violin Partita no.2.The violinist talks about the importance of practising Bach and basics in his blog for The Strad.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. ...
-
BlogsViolinist Nikolaj Znaider on the importance of practising basics
The Strad’s March 2015 cover star advocates shorter bursts of more concentrated practice
-
ArticlePatricia Kopatchinskaja performs Manuel de Falla and Heinz Holliger
Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs Manuel de Falla's 'Jota' from Suite Populaire Espagnole and Heinz Holliger's Das Kleine Irgendwas, which features spoken dialogue and an array of vocalisations, in November 2014.Kopatchinskaja contributes a Practice Diary to The Strad's January issue.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
