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VideoJohan Dalene plays Rautavaara’s Notturno
The Swedish violinist Johan Dalene and Norwegian pianist Christian Ihle Hadland play Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Notturno e danza: I. Notturno. Johan Dalene talks about his Life Lessons in the March issue of the Strad.
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Blogs‘A pizzicato rendition of Elgar’s Cello Concerto wouldn’t have quite the same ring’ – Matthew Barley
Ahead of the UN International Day of Forests on Sunday, the cellist makes a rallying cry to save the last 6% of the pernambuco forest for musical bows
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VideoRachel Barton Pine plays Beethoven’s Violin Concerto unaccompanied
In January, the American violinist Rachel Barton Pine launched 24 in 24: Concertos from the Inside with RBP, a series in which she is performing 24 different violin concertos live and unaccompanied in 24 weeks. As part of the performance, she also delivers a pre-concert talk, and confides what she ...
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BlogsHow do we start to embed diversity within our orchestras?
Following the discussion of the effect of the Black Lives Matter protests on British orchestras, London Mozart Players violinist Victoria Sayles reflects on the issue of diversity in the classical music industry
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Focus'It’s awful to hear yourselves back and realise that it’s way too obvious’ – Engegård Quartet
The Engegård Quartet’s third album of Mozart string quartets was all about timing – from allowing enough space between learning and recording the works, to faithfully honouring the composer’s tempo markings – as Andrew Mellor discovers
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VideoYoung Irish string players perform Down by the Salley Gardens
Based in Limerick, Ireland, Sing Out With Strings (SOWS) is an organisation that provides free long-term music teaching to children in areas of social and economic disadvantage. In a performance organised by the Limerick St Patrick’s Day Festival, the SOWS players are joined by members of the Irish Chamber Orchestra ...
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FeatureSentimental Work: Amit Peled
Bloch’s Prayer was the Israeli–American cellist’s entry to understanding Jewish music – and in fact provides a perfect example of ‘the Jewish sonata form’
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VideoViolist Adrien La Marca talks to conductor and violinist Christoph Poppen during quarantine
During his 21-day Hong Kong quarantine, the French violist Adrien La Marca spoke to the German conductor and violinist Christoph Poppen, who is in the same hotel, waiting to conduct a concert with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and La Marca on 27 March. Read: Christian-Pierre La Marca: Cello 360 Read: ...
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DebateOpinion: Touching a nerve
Although nervous energy can lead to inspired playing, it can also result in performance anxiety – unless we find ways to control it, writes cellist Laura van der Heijden
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VideoYo-Yo Ma gives impromptu concert at a vaccination centre
After receiving his second dose of the Covid vaccine, the cellist Yo-Yo Ma put on an impromptu concert at a vaccination centre in Massachusetts. He played Ave Maria and music from a Bach Cello Suite in the waiting room of the Berkshire Community College. Watch: Juilliard students ‘do’ ...
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VideoMaxim Vengerov’s daughter Lisa interrupts live masterclass
Maxim Vengerov’s pianist daughter makes an unexpected appearance during the filming of his live online masterclass
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ArticleDouble bassist François Rabbath demonstrates his crab technique
In honour of François Rabbath, who turns 90 today, we are republishing content from our archive related to the French-Syrian double bassist
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BlogsJennifer Pike on performing during the pandemic
Ahead of today’s launch of a new streamed concert series, ‘The Polyphonic Concert Club’, the violinist describes the experience of performing during lockdown
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VideoEsther Abrami and Alexandra Whittingham play Piazzolla’s Libertango
Today is the 100th anniversary of Astor Piazzolla’s birth. To celebrate, here is a video featuring violinist Esther Abrami and guitarist Alexandra Whittingham in a rendition of the composer’s Libertango. Read our feature marking the 100th anniversary of Piazzolla’s birth, with details on his life, and tips on how to ...
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FocusHow I warm up: Hilary Hahn
The American violinist explains why she no longer warms up with etudes, scales and technical exercises
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NewsRoyal Opera House to welcome in-person audiences from 17 May
Beginning next month, the London venue will also live stream fully staged performances of ballet and opera
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NewsHannari Piano Trio wins Lenzewski Foundation Prize
The award is open to students of the Frankfurt Hochschule für Musik
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ArticleTales of an orchestral violinist – sitting correctly
In one of two companion pieces to a feature published in our April 2021 issue, former Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Gerald Elias reveals the secrets of maintaining a good sitting posture while playing
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VideoRavel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello - complete with mechanical toys
Volinist Darragh Morgan and cellist Timothy Gill perform Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello in the middle of the night in a former cardboard factory in Dalston, East London. Directed by Jonathan Berman, the video ’lets the audience into a surreal, nocturnal dreamscape of Ravel’s love of wind-up, mechanical toys.’ ...
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FocusHilary Hahn: ‘I find that speaking, thinking and sharing ideas is integral to the experience of being in France’
To tie in with the recent release of her new disc, ’Paris’, the violinist speaks to us about the ideas behind it, and her long experience of working in Paris
