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ArticlePremiere of the month: Márton Illés’s Én-kör III
Patricia Kopatchinskaja to perform new work requiring ‘power, precision and virtuosity’
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VideoSilkroad Ensemble performs Kinan Azmeh’s ‘Wedding’ at Tanglewood
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma came up with the idea of Silkroad, formerly named the Silk Road Project, in 1998, inspired by the historical Silk Road trading route that linked China with the West. The Silkroad Ensemble launched in 2000, comprising musicians from countries along this route. ‘We started as a group ...
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Premium ❘ ArticleOpinion: going international
Despite the large number of young and talented British string players, few seem to make an impact as leading soloists on the world stage. Charlotte Gardner explores the reasons for this phenomenon
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Premium ❘ ArticleSentimental work: Rivka Golani on Michael Colgrass’ Chaconne
As well as giving the first performance of Michael Colgrass’s Chaconne, the Israeli violist provided the initial spark of inspiration – with the help of her own paintings
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NewsDutch violinist and musicologist Jaap Schröder dies aged 94
Schröder was a key figure in the revival of Baroque, Classical and early Romantic string playing
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VideoTwoSetViolin: The Twelve Levels of Violin Playing
The musical double act abandon their usual hijinx in favour of something more serious for newbie violinists: a whistle-stop tour of what their violin-playing career could look like (with a bit of practice).
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Article‘I look up to the ceiling and suddenly notice the stucco’
Cellist Thomas Demenga on the illuminating power of ornamentation in Bach’s Cello Suites
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VideoKyung Wha Chung plays Dvořák’s Romance for Violin and Orchestra
In this tribute concert to Riccardo Muti from the 1980s, the violinist Kyung Wha Chung plays Dvořák’s Romance for Violin and Orchestra, Op 11, with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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VideoJupiter String Quartet plays Debussy’s String Quartet
In this video, the Jupiter String Quartet (violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel and cellist Daniel McDonough) plays Debussy’s String Quartet in G minor, Op 10, at the Bowdoin International Music Festival on July 30, 2018.
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VideoAnne-Sophie Mutter plays Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No 9, ‘Kreutzer’
Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Lambert Orkis perform Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No 9, ‘Kreutzer’ in this concert filmed at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris.
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VideoPacific Symphony Youth Octet plays Mendelssohn
On the 8th day of Christmas we bring to you: the Pacific Symphony Youth Octet performing Mendelssohn’s Octet in May 2020.
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Article‘Why play drunk people prettily?’
On day seven of our festive season of quotes from The Strad archive, violinist Pekka Kuusisto recalls a controversial performance he gave of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
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Premium ❘ FeatureNew possibilities
From Baroque to electronics, Pekka Kuusisto can’t stop exploring new possibilities. PETER SOMERFORD finds out how the Finnish violinist’s perspective on music has evolved
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrack changes
Following the emergence of minimalist music in 1960s America, some of the style’s most enduring works have been written for strings, among them Steve Reich’s Different Trains. Pwyll ap Sion finds out how performers overcome the technical and psychological challenges of playing this music
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Premium ❘ FeatureSeeing the light
This August the musicians of the Carducci Quartet will take on one of the great quartet challenges when they mark 40 years since Shostakovich’s death by performing his complete quartet cycle in a single day. They share their reasons for doing so with Chloe Cutts
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VideoBorodin Quartet with Alexander Buzlov plays Schubert String Quintet
The Borodin Quartet with cellist Alexander Buzlov plays Schubert String Quintet in C major.
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VideoQuatuor Ébène plays Ravel’s String Quartet
The French string quartet plays Ravel’s String Quartet in F major in la Salle Pleyel, Paris in 2010.
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Premium ❘ ArticleMy favourite things
Norwegian cellist TRULS MØRK reveals the figures, instruments and recording that mean the most to him
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Premium ❘ Feature‘You have to give yourself over to this painful journey’
Complex, knotty, cryptic – the treacherous elements of Biber’s Rosary Sonatas are a rite of passage for Baroque violinists and their instruments alike. Rachel Podger, who joins a long list of early music specialists to record the work, talks to Philip Clark about how she and her violin survived the ...
