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Premium ❘ FeatureThe Fab Four
At this year’s Suntory Hall Chamber Music Garden festival in Tokyo the Kuss Quartet performed a complete Beethoven cycle on the ‘Paganini’ quartet of Stradivaris, on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation. Gavin Dixon spoke to the players about this very special project – and learnt a little more about ...
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FeatureCellist Angela East on treating shoulder tendonitis
Training as an Alexander Technique teacher helped the musician to overcome debilitating pain in her bowing arm
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Premium ❘ FeatureRaphael Wallfisch on finding the right cello position
The British artist tells Laurinel Owen why he plays with a long endpin and its effect on technique and sound production
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Premium ❘ FeatureTaste the Difference
Burgundy’s Musique & Vin festival has quickly grown from its humble origins to encompass a rich diversity of elements, not least first-rate performances from international artists and an instrument loan scheme for young musicians. Charlotte Gardner spoke to those involved in this unique project
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FocusWhy record the music of Goya’s Madrid?
On the heels of ‘Heritage’, the Cuarteto Quiroga’s latest CD release, Cibrán Sierra, violinist with the ensemble, explains why they decided to delve into the music of 18th century Madrid
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FeatureSilver linings: Postcard from Vail
The opening of the 2019 Bravo! Vail Music Festival was beset by last-minute programme changes and inclement weather – yet proved to be a rousing success, as Charlotte Smith reports
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FocusPlayers of tomorrow: Anna Agafia Egholm
Following her win at the Tibor Varga Competition, the 23-year-old Danish violinist talks about her background, ice-skating, David Attenborough and practising with purpose
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FeatureCellist Jian Wang on the importance of slow practice
The Chinese artist explains why his method of practising hand movements has its origin in the jungle
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BlogsBridging the gap from Conservatoire to becoming a professional musician
Cellist Mary Elliott-Rose on her finding her professional self through chamber music, and creating opportunities for others at the Cowbridge Music Festival
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Premium ❘ FeatureThe 4 stages of memorising music for performance
With the right concepts and skills, any musician can successfully learn music by heart, as Gerald Klickstein explains
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Video12-year-old violinist Chloe Chua plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
In this video, Chloe Chua, joint 1st prize-winner of the 2018 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists, plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor at the Atlanta Festival Academy Finale.
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VideoInterview with Vilde Frang
Filmed during rehearsals of Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Jakub Hrusa, April 2012
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FeatureRenaud Capuçon: Life Lessons
The French soloist talks to Tom Stewart about developing perspective, what teaching has taught him and how he learns from his own students
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Blogs7 tips for classical violinists to unlock their inner fiddler
Colin Jacobsen from string quartet Brooklyn Rider with some advice for classically trained approaches to folk traditions
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Premium ❘ FeatureThe Russian violin school is largely misunderstood
Igor Bezrodnyi, violinist, teacher and conductor, interviewed for The Strad shortly before his death in 1998
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Premium ❘ FeatureSentimental Work: Barry Guy
The British double bassist recalls his first encounters with Iannis Xenakis’s solo work Theraps – including some frank exchanges with the composer himself
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason plays Mendelssohn Sonata for Cello and Piano
This was part of the Verbier Festival 2019 concert in which the cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist George Li performed works by Beethoven, Debussy, Mendelssohn, and Lutosławski. To watch the full concert click here.
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FeaturePlaying fit for a queen: Postcard from Brussels
This year’s Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium was devoted to the violin, and showcased a set of distinct and accomplished performances by the twelve finalists, as Tim Homfray reports
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FeatureHow to shift smoothly and cleanly by cellist Jeffrey Solow
When it comes to shifting, the American cellist and Boyer College professor gets his inspiration from the physics of ball games in this 2007 article
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VideoPortrait of Anne Akiko Meyers aged 12 in 1983
‘When Anne was born we used to play Beethoven’s Violin Concerto when we fed her so that she would naturally love music,’ says Anne Akiko Meyers’s mother in this profile of the violinist from 1983. Includes footage of the pedagogue Alice Schoenfeld who died in May this year. Read: ...
