Featured Stories – Page 100
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NewsViola player raises £16k in charity walk before his 100th birthday
Kenneth Essex walked 1km each day in the ten days leading up to the milestone
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FeatureSentimental Work: Vadim Repin
Despite a shaky beginning, Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no.2 has become one of the most beloved pieces in the Russian violinist’s repertoire
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NewsOrchestra heads to court over reprimanded concertmaster
Augsburg Philharmonic concertmaster Agnes Malich recieved a formal warning for supporting a Covid-19 fundraiser
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VideoA cello and poetry recital for lockdown built around Bach’s Cello Sarabandes
The cellist Alexandra Fletcher plays Bach’s Cello Sarabandes accompanied by poetry, read by actress Jenna Augen and chosen by Fletcher, with a connective thread to the music.
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FocusNew UK artist management agency launched
String players including Francesca Dego (pictured), Henning Kraggerud and Laura van der Heijden will be represented by the new firm
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VideoSan Francisco Symphony musicians perform Rossini’s William Tell Overture from lockdown
‘No animals or violas were harmed during the filming of this video’ The musicians of the San Francisco Symphony - with help from their children and pets - perform the Finale from Rossini’s William Tell Overture from their separate homes. Watch: Chilean nurse plays violin to coronavirus patients Watch: ...
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NewsJaakko Kuusisto to undergo brain surgery
The violinist was motivated to speak out by a wish to encourage others to get symptoms checked out
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VideoViolinist Pinchas Zukerman performs Tchaikovsky’s Sérénade mélancolique, op.26
Violinist Pinchas Zukerman showcases his rich and velvety sound in Tchaikovsky’s Sérénade mélancolique, op.26 in B-flat minor with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. Read: ‘He could hear and see talent, and he loved it’ - Pinchas Zukerman remembers Isaac Stern Read: ‘Bach should be played with ...
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Focus'The great challenge was to be comfortable improvising' – violinist Viktoria Mullova
For her latest recording, violinist Viktoria Mullova has collaborated with her son, jazz bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado in an eclectic array of duets. Harry White speaks to the pair about what they each found challenging about the project
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NewsFrom swimming pool to solo Bach
An outdoor pool in southern Germany has switched swimmers for classical music fans
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Blogs6 tips for performing in an empty concert hall
South African cellist Abel Selaocoe provides advice on livestreaming or recording performances for online audiences during the time of Covid-19
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FocusRemembering Helen Hagnes after 40 years
On 23 July 1980, the violinist Helen Hagnes was murdered in the Metropolitan Opera House. 40 years on, her former colleague Thomas Suárez remembers that night
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Focus‘It was one of the best moments of my life’ – TwoSet Violin’s Brett Yang on meeting the maker of his instrument
Brett Yang, one half of YouTube comedy duo TwoSet Violin, recalls discovering that his violin was made by Renato Scrollavezza - and then meeting the luthier himself
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VideoString players hold peaceful vigil for Elijah McClain in Chicago
The event on 11 July was dedicated to the 23-year-old black violinist, who died last summer, days after being placed in a choke-hold by police in Colorado
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NewsUS Baroque violinist Karen Marie Marmer has died
The New York-based musician was active with several Baroque ensembles and was formerly co-concertmaster of the Stuttgart Baroque Orchestra’s
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NewsBBC announces new ‘Instrumental Sessions’
Violinists and double bassists from across the BBC’s five orchestras will be among those performing in single-instrument ensembles
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VideoAugustin Hadelich plays both parts of Clara Schumann’s ‘Romance’
Best known as a violinist, the talented musician has also been recording the piano parts in a series of online videos
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VideoCellist Louise McMonagle performs Sky Dance
As part of the Riot Ensemble’s first series of Zeitgeist commissions - a series of short pieces for lockdown written for Riot Ensemble’s soloists - cellist Louise McMonagle performs Ailie Robertson’s solo cello piece, Sky Dance.
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VideoBach, the Universe & Everything: The Science of Laughter
In this latest episode of ‘Bach, the Universe and Everything’, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s Sunday morning series combining performances of Bach cantatas with talks from leading scientists, Neuroscientist Professor Sophie Scott discusses the science of laughter and why we instinctively try to make each other laugh to ...
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DebateOpinion: From the Heart
In the Covid-19 crisis, musicians have begun to film their playing from home. Andrew Mellor asks whether these raw and sometimes less-than-pristine performances have killed off classical music’s ‘cult of perfection’
