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Premium ❘ FeatureModigliani Quartet: the more the merrier
For the Modigliani Quartet, working with other artists has always been a priority – one that continues this year as the group turns its attention to Schubert. Charlotte Gardner speaks to the French foursome about their early development, working through Covid times and acting as artistic directors
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Premium ❘ FeatureNikolaj Szeps-Znaider: parallel careers
Autumn 2020 was scheduled to be a big one for violinist and conductor Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, with the start of his first music directorship in France and his conducting debut at the Royal Danish Opera. Did it go to plan? Very nearly, he tells Andrew Mellor
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Premium ❘ ArticleSoundpost: Letters to the Editor February 2021
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: February 2021 issue
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: clowning around
For violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja a bout of tendonitis was the perfect opportunity to widen her musical perspective by taking on the title role in Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire, as she tells Toby Deller
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ArticleWigmore chief counts costs of live streaming
A high-profile series of live-streamed concerts has been a good – but expensive – way to reach audiences, says Wigmore Hall artistic director John Gilhooly
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FocusJascha Heifetz the 16-year-old prankster
Jascha Heifetz’s US debut at Carnegie Hall in October 1917 sealed the 16-year-old’s reputation as an astonishing and unruffled performer - but for all his musical maturity, Heifetz was still just a teenager, as Dario Sarlo reveals
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NewsMusicians criticise easyJet’s changed policy on instruments
Violins and violas among those to be barred as hand luggage from 10 February onwards
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Premium ❘ FeatureChevalier de Saint-Georges: the remarkable revolutionary
Too long overlooked, the extraordinary life of 18th-century violinist and composer the Chevalier de Saint-Georges has once more been celebrated over the past 25 years. Yet his compositions remain unfairly neglected, writes Kevin MacDonald
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: February 1901
Queen Victoria’s demise on 22 January prompts a reflection on the number of female violinists in the era she presided over
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NewsBerlin survey paints worrying picture for freelance musicians
Almost a third of respondents see no light at the end of the tunnel regarding the Covid-19 pandemic
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ArticleYuri Bashmet: TikTok star?
The Russian violist considers how to tempt audiences back to the concert hall
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VideoViolinist Itzhak Perlman performs Perpetuum Mobile by Franz Ries
Violinist Itzhak Perlman and pianist Rohan De Silva perform Franz Ries’s Perpetuum Mobile, op.34 no.5 at a state dinner in 2007. In the audience are Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, alongside then US President George W. Bush. Read: Never practise for more than five hours per ...
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VideoFilipe Quaresma plays Ligeti’s Cello Concerto
This video features the Ligeti Cello Concerto played by cellist Filipe Quaresma and the Portuguese Chamber Orchestra conducted by Pedro Carneiro at the Suggia Hall of Casa da Música Porto (Portugal). Watch: Rohan de Saram plays Xenakis
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FocusHow I went about relearning to play the violin with two fingers
Despite losing the function of the third and fourth fingers of his left hand through focal dystonia and a shoulder injury, violinist Clayton Haslop was determined to continue playing. Here he shares his story
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FocusWhich cello strings? Steven Isserlis, Alisa Weilerstein and others tell us what their choices are and why
Finding the ideal combination of strings is a process that can take a lifetime. Here, some of the world’s leading cellists – and two up-and-coming chamber musicians on the competition circuit – discuss their choices
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VideoGrand Teton Music Festival on Location: Houston
This instalment of the Grand Teton Music Festival on Location, recorded at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas, features Mozart’s Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major K.285; Reicha’s Wind Quintet in E flat major, Op.88 No.2; Farkas’s Early Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century; and Brahms’s Piano Quintet ...
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VideoViolinist Charlie Siem performs for the virtual ‘All About Bach’ festival
Violinist Charlie Siem performs Bach’s Violin Partita no.3 in E major BWV 1006 and the Chaconne from Bach’s Violin Partita no.2 in D minor BWV 1004. The performance opens the virtual ’All about Bach’ Festival, running 8 January to 5 March 2021 - part of Only Stage Management’s free digital ...
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VideoMusical pictionary with Hilary Hahn
TwoSet Violin pit their pictionary skills against Hilary Hahn Read: TwoSet Violin make a return Read: Brett Yang of TwoSet Violin to take a break Watch: TwoSet Violin present ten types of musicians during quarantine
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VideoAuner Quartett plus colleagues play Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge
In this fundraising initiative from the Wiener Konzerthaus the Auner Quartett leads a string orchestra of some of Austria’s concertmasters and leaders in a performance of Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge, under the baton of Emmanuel Tjeknavorian. Among the instruments being played are those by Stradivari, Guadagnini, Guarneri, Sanctus Serafin, Geissenhof, Grancino, ...
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VideoMaxim Vengerov plays Ernst’s Variations on ‘The Last Rose of Summer’
In this video Maxim Vengerov plays Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst’s The Last Rose of Summer - Polyphonic Study no.6, written in 1864. Read: Maxim Vengerov launches new educational website
