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Blogs4 ways Bach can improve your playing: Violinist Rebeca Nuez Suarez
Rebeca Nuez Suarez reflects on the application of Bach’s Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas in the technical and musical development of young performers
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FocusWords of Wisdom: Cellist Bernard Gregor-Smith
The cellist of the Lindsay and Dante Quartets shares some observations from his chamber music career
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Premium ❘ Feature‘On a cello, you can do big things’ - Christian-Pierre La Marca
Cellist Christian-Pierre La Marca speaks to Charlotte Gardner about his new album, Legacy
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Focus7 tips on adjustments to get the best out of your instrument
The finest Stradivari in the world will sound poor if it is badly set up. Here are some points to consider sourced from our archive
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BlogsHow I completed a 118-show run (without losing my mind)
The Strad’s online editor and cellist Davina Shum has just completed a three-month run of My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican Theatre. Here she shares her strategies for how she kept the repeated performances fresh and spontaneous without forsaking her sanity
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Premium ❘ FeatureHow to win without winning - Competitions: The competitive advantage
Charlotte Gardner asks industry leaders for their top competition advice
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BlogsViolinist Veronika Eberle on performing new Beethoven Violin Concerto cadenzas
The violinist shares with The Strad her thoughts on new cadenzas by Jörg Widmann, whom she considers ’a Beethoven of our time’
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BlogsThe Anatomy of Deliberate Practice: Violinist Susanna Klein
Susanna Klein’s final article in her three-part series explores four traits of intentional practice sessions
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Fancy a tea party with Grieg?’: From the archive: January 1913
The pseudonymous ‘Lancastrian’ (Dr William Hardman) interviews virtuoso violinist Adolph Brodsky
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FocusWords of Wisdom: Violist Veronika Hagen
The violist of the Hagen Quartet shares some insights from her chamber career
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Blogs‘I keep discovering new tones and shades’ - composer Jacob Mühlrad on writing for strings
Ahead of the release of his album of music from the film ’Burn All My Letters’, the composer reflects on the unique sounds stringed instruments contribute to his work
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Blogs‘I have a crazy way of practising’: Timothy Chooi on Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy
The violinist shares his insights on the piece with The Strad, including approaches to tricky passages and his favourite moments
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Know the rules before you break them’ - Matt Haimovitz’s life lessons
The US cellist on how a disciplined early approach enabled him to embrace the possibilities of new experiences
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Blogs8 ways to make practice playful: Susanna Klein
The violinist’s second instalment in a three-part series examines ways to inject a sense of fun in practice sessions
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FocusWords of Wisdom: Double bassist Edgar Meyer
The Strad asked the genre-hopping double bassist and composer to share the most important lessons he has learnt in his musical career
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Esther Yoo on Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto Third Movement
Esther Yoo imagines a ballroom of swirling summer dancers and secret trysts as she talks through the sparkling third movement of this magical work
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Premium ❘ Feature‘I am striving to sound like a voice’ - Session Report: Maria Ioudenitch
Rita Fernandes talks to violinist Maria Ioudenitch about her forthcoming album
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FocusAntoine Tamestit on the ‘Mahler’ Stradivari viola
In this extract from the July 2019 issue, the violist describes at first struggling to get on with this magnificent and unusual instrument
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FocusWords of Wisdom: Violinist Corina Belcea
The first violinist of the Belcea Quartet shared her musical insights in our November 2011 issue
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Blogs6 tips for empowered recording: Susanna Klein
In the first of a three-part guide to practice strategies, the violinist gives advice on how to reap the benefits of recording yourself in your practice sessions
