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NewsBashmet back after Covid-19 hospitalisation
‘Protect yourself from the virus, it’s a very nasty thing,’ Bashmet told reporters
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NewsViolinist Yesong Sophie Lee loaned rare 1687 Stradivari
The violin comes from the master luthier’s early period and is in excellent condition
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VideoLPO members play Dvorák at the National Gallery
In the first of their performances matching chamber music with paintings from the National Gallery, members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra bring together Antonín Dvořák’s ‘Terzetto in C major’, Op. 74, 1887, and three paintings that conjure up a sense of place through landscape, locals and traditions; two works are ...
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Hagai Shaham on Brahms Violin Sonata no.3
In his explorations of the first movement, the Israeli violinst discusses the German composer’s clear performance instructions, intimate Romantic style and self-critical nature
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: November 1940
One year into the Second World War, The Strad laments the limited prospects for British musicians, despite the indisputable need for music in such troubled times
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VideoHenning Kraggerrud plays a Guarneri ‘Del Gesù’
In this music video the Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerrud plays the Guarneri Del Gesù violin from 1744 (the last year of the luthier’s life) – the violin featured in The Strad calendar 2021. Read: Pride of Norway: The Strad calendar 2021
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Premium ❘ FeatureDover Quartet: United in sound
After twelve years together, the Dover Quartet is marking its graduation to the ranks of mature ensembles with a new Beethoven recording cycle and a residency at the Curtis Institute. The players speak to Charlotte Smith from the Bravo! Vail Music Festival
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Focus‘I’ve always been fascinated about how the mind works’ – Midori
Toby Deller finds out how the Japanese-American violinist combined a Psychology degree with a busy solo career
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: American dreams
On his latest album, German violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann devotes himself to the works of Bohuslav Martinů and Béla Bartók, two immigrants to the US in the wake of the Second World War, as Tom Stewart reports
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FocusWhat is it like to play Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s own violin?
Christoph Koncz, principal second violinist of the Vienna Philharmonic, shares his experience
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VideoWest Wycombe Chamber Music Festival: opening concert
Owing to COVID-19, this year Lawrence Power has turned his West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival into a series of videos, released weekly online. Here is the first full concert, featuring Power alongside Pavel Kolesnikov, Vilde Frang, John Myerscough, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Annabelle Meare, Tim Crawford, Timothy Ridout and Sergio Bucheli. As ...
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VideoTwoSet Violin react to 2-year-old prodigy
Brett Yang and Eddy Chen of TwoSet Violin guide us through the first two years of a child prodigy’s progress. Read: ’One thing I’m grateful for is the amount of practice I did growing up’ – TwoSet Violin Read: ’It was one of the best moments of my life’ – ...
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FeatureSentimental Work: Anssi Karttunen
For the Finnish cellist, Magnus Lindberg’s Cello Concerto no.2 embodies his lifelong working relationship with the composer, through a complex set of emotions
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VideoMidori’s famous string-breaking moment
Aged just 14, the violinist broke not one but two E-strings in a performance conducted by Leonard Bernstein
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NewsViolin stolen from Japan found in Italy 15 years later
The instrument, a 1675 Nicolò Amati, was stolen in 2005
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VideoJanine Jansen gives socially-distanced performance of Mendelssohn
The violinist gives a socially-distanced performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in Munich’s Philharmonie im Gasteig on 25 September 2020, with the Munich Philharmonic under Valery Gergiev. Watch: Anne-Sophie Mutter gives a socially-distanced Beethoven performance Read: What does it feel like to play in a socially-distanced orchestra?
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VideoChristoph Koncz plays Mozart on the composer’s own violin
Christoph Koncz, principal violinist of the Vienna Philharmonic and conductor, was granted exclusive access to Mozart’s own violin to record Mozart’s five Violin Concertos on the composer’s own violin for the first time ever. Here, you can hear a preview of the album, which comes out on 9 October. Read: ...
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VideoBBC violists play Nimrod
In this video, the violas of the BBC orchestras play an arrangement of Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ by James Manson. This recording is dedicated to former BBC Symphony Orchestra Principal Viola, Ruşen Güneş, who died in May aged 80. BBC SO viola Philip Hall writes: ‘Ruşen was a very special person and ...
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FocusWhat does it feel like to play in a socially-distanced orchestra?
As live music begins to make a cautious comeback, Matthew Bain, a freelance violinist with the London Philharmonic and Philharmonia amongst other ensembles, shares his experience of returning to orchestral playing
