Featured Stories – Page 177
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ArticleBruno Giuranna plays a 1715 Stradivarius viola
Bruno Giuranna, who writes about tone production in The Strad's March 2015 issue Technique section, performs Marin Marais on a 1717 Stradivarius viola with pianist Clara Dutto at the Museo del Violino in Cremona, Italy. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of ...
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ArticleDavid Oistrakh performs Brahms's Third Violin Sonata
Violinist David Oistrakh and pianist Sviatoslav Richter perform Brahms's Third Violin Sonata. Watch Oistrakh perform Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. Read about David Oistrakh and Joseph Szigeti’s ‘s influence on Prokofiev’s violin concertos and sonatas in The Strad’s March 2015 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download ...
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Premium ❘ FocusFrom the Archive: conducting tips for players
In The Strad’s March 1930 issue, G.W. Johnstone gave tips for players thinking of taking up the conductor’s baton – drawn from years of witnessing less-than-exceptional conducting as an orchestral musician
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ArticleViolinist performs while suspended upside down from bridge
Félix Analís performs his violin while suspended upside down from a bridge in Xalapa, Mexico.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleDavid Oistrakh performs Shostakovich's Violin Concerto no.1 cadenza
David Oistrakh performs the cadenza to Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto. Watch David Oistrakh perform Bach’s Double Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin. Read about David Oistrakh and Joseph Szigeti’s ‘s influence on Prokofiev’s violin concertos and sonatas in The Strad’s March 2015 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad ...
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ArticleMaxim Vengerov on playing the violin like Mozart
Violinist Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto at the Royal Academy of Music, London - including a humorous impression of Mozart's violin playing.The full 48-minute video is available to buy as a download or DVD through the Masterclass Media Foundation.Watch Vengerov give a showstopping ...
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BlogsViolinist Nikolaj Znaider on self-promotion through social media and YouTube
The Strad’s March 2015 cover star says the form must never overshadow the substance
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ArticleDigital representation of Bach's First Cello Suite
One of a series of experiments by Magnatune, this animated video represents the cellist's bowing and its relationship to the musical line in the Prelude of Bach's First Cello Suite.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single ...
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ArticleViolinist Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Paganini's God Save the King
Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Paganini's fiendishly difficult Variations on 'God Save the King'. Zimmermann was recently forced to part ways with the 1711 ‘Lady Inchiquin’ Stradivarius – his principal performing violin for the past 13 years. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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BlogsHow to build and diversify your music career
British cellist Gabriella Swallow shares her path to forging a unique musical identity and helps fellow musicians to think outside the box
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on building a career in music
The most important concert date you will ever have is your second. Securing one concert is fine, but being asked back is the key!' Violinist Itzhak Perlman talks about being diagnosed with Polio, winning competitions and building and sustaining a career. Subscribe to The Strad or download ...
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BlogsPlaying with gut strings and a period bow refines your awareness of sound
Chiaroscuro Quartet second violinist Pablo Hernán Benedí explains why the ensemble chooses to perform entirely on period set-ups
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ArticleViolin string vibrations captured on video
Watch string vibrations captured with a CMOS sensor, 24 frames per second video and 1/4000 shutter speed. According to the film's author, it has not been edited. The effect can be explained by 'the refresh rate of the camera catching the vibration at different parts of the arch'.Subscribe ...
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ArticleDavid and Igor Oistrakh perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante
David Oistrakh and his son Igor Oistrakh perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante viola and violin parts respectively with the Moscow Philharmonic conducted by Yehudi Menuhin.Watch David Oistrakh perform Bach's Double Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin.Read about David Oistrakh and Joseph Szigeti's 's influence on Prokofiev's violin concertos and sonatas in ...
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BlogsViolinist-conductor Anshel Brusilow on bringing performing wisdom to the podium
After twelve years as a concertmaster the artist switched to conducting and turned his back on playing for ever
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Article2Cellos perform Hysteria by Muse
2Cellos † Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser † perform their arrangement of Hysteria by rock band Muse, filmed in a mental hospital in Pula, Croatia. Watch the duo perform their arrangement of AC/DC's Thunderstruck with fellow cellists Mischa Maisky and Giovanni Sollima at Cello Biennale Amsterdam 2014. ...
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ArticleNikolaj Znaider performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto
The Strad's March 2015 cover star, Nikolaj Znaider, performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Juraj Valcuha in October 2011. The violinist talks about the importance of practising Bach and basics in his blog for The Strad. Subscribe to The Strad or download our ...
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BlogsViolinist Nikolaj Znaider on conquering performance nerves
The Strad’s March 2015 cover star says musicians must always put the music first
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ArticleDavid Oistrakh performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
Legendary violinist David Oistrakh gives a full-bodied performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Gennadi Roshdestwenski in 1963. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov on blending your sound with other instruments
You have to forget sometimes that you play the violin. Use it to express the sound of the music and to integrate with the orchestra'Violinist Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Britten’s Violin Concerto at the Royal Academy of Music, London. The full 50-minute video is available to ...
