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NewsWe played Google’s new ‘bird-tuoso’ cello AI game - here’s what we think
Online editor and real-life cellist Davina Shum shares her and The Strad team’s thoughts on ’Viola the Bird’, Google’s newest music-meets-tech game
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Blogs‘His music was a gesture of friendship’: cellist Julian Lloyd Webber on Malcom Arnold
Arnold’s Fantasy for Cello has provided years of musical satisfaction for the cellist. Here, Lloyd Webber reacquaints himself and audiences with the work, which was composed for him in 1986
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Focus‘There’s a lot of teasing. Even his kids tease me’ - Double Acts: Colin Carr and Thomas Sauer
Cellist Colin Carr and pianist Thomas Sauer talk about their shared passions and friendship
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Premium ❘ FeatureTwisted History: Female violinists and the Brahms concerto
Tatjana Goldberg takes a closer look at the group of female violinists spreading Brahms’s violin concerto worldwide
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Blogs‘It’s a powerful experience to perform the cycle’: cellist Guy Johnston on Beethoven Cello Sonatas
Ahead of a performance at Music at Paxton, the cellist reflects on his approach and the challenges of performing these mighty works
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Blogs‘It’s given me confidence’ - violinist Jane Delap on the Benedetti Foundation Adult Learner Strings Day
Held in London on 8 July 2023, the workshop dedicated to adult string students provided an opportunity to tackle challenging repertoire and meet like-minded individuals, as the violinist writes
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Copenhagen: Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition
The third edition of the the competition was a reminder of just how wondrous Nielsen’s string quartets are, says Andrew Mellor
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Focus‘We were decadent tramps. I think we still are, in some ways’ - Double Acts: Igudesman and Joo
Comedy violin–piano duo Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo talk about fish and chips, student squalor and their love of onstage pranks
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Blogs‘A rich and eclectic environment’ - how ‘Home’ shapes violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen’s musical choices
Ahead of an appearance at the Cheltenham Music Festival, the violinist reflects on the theme for this autumn’s Two Moors Festival, Home
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Violinist Madeleine Mitchell on 20th- and 21st-century violin works
British violinist Madeleine Mitchell’s new album naturally follows the strong links inherent in a line of 20th- and 21st-century composers
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Premium ❘ FeatureDouble bassist Leon Bosch on the South African Strings Foundation
Double bassist Leon Bosch attended the South African String Foundation’s first in-person convention in Gqeberha
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Blogs‘Not to be missed’ - TwoSet Violin’s World Tour
Cecilia Tan reports from Montreal, where Australian duo TwoSet Violin kicked off the Canadian leg of their 2023-2024 World Tour
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Premium ❘ Focus’Quality should always be the priority’ - Johannes Moser’s life lessons
The German–Canadian cellist on his teachers’ guidance and keeping physically and mentally healthy
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Premium ❘ FeatureFiddler Mark O’Connor: An American music story
Fiddle player Mark O’Connor, one of the most influential musicians in the American tradition, talks about his extraordinary life
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Focus‘He got a cellist friend to call me and tell me how bad the pay was’ - Double Acts: Christopher Humphrys and John Humphrys
The famously forthright BBC journalist and his cellist son discuss career concerns
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Edicson Ruiz on Bach’s Cello Suites for double bass
Learning Bach’s Cello Suites was a huge challenge for the Venezuelan double bassist, for which the advice of tutor Anner Bylsma was an invaluable help
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FeatureSentimental Work: Anne-Sophie Mutter on Penderecki’s Metamorphosen
Interviewed for The Strad August 2018, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter discusses Penderecki’s Second Violin Concerto, a work that harbours undiscovered secrets
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Blogs‘One of the loveliest collaborations and friendships imaginable’: violinist Fenella Humphreys and Adrian Sutton
Fenella Humphreys introduces Adrian Sutton’s new violin concerto, to be premiered on Wednesday 28 June 2023 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
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BlogsViolinist Sara Övinge: ‘I got the bug and now I’ve commissioned two more pieces’
The Swedish violinist answers our questions about a newly commissioned concerto, plus exploring electro-acoustic soundscapes
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Orlando: ASTA 2023 national conference
The 2023 ASTA national conference in Orlando was defined by boundless enthusiasm and passion, as Rita Fernandes found out
