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VideoElton John’s I’m still Standing - arranged for solo violin
The Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas, a student at the Royal Academy of Music, performs his own arrangement of Elton John’s ‘I’m Still Standing’. On his Facebook page, Elton John says: ‘I was recently sent this video by Roberts Balanas and I thought it was so fantastic, I just had to ...
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ArticlePractising scales within a harmonic context can improve intonation
Chief conductor and Sydney Conservatorium associate viola professor Roger Benedict presents his scale system
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VideoAmsterdam Sinfonietta performs in empty Concertgebouw
The first in the group’s ‘Empty Concertgebouw Sessions’ sees the members performing 1.5 metres from each other
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NewsSchleswig-Holstein Festival announces 100-concert programme
The two-month event in the North German region will take place in a slimmed-down form
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VideoPekka Kuusisto: Kreutzer 2 whole bow
Continuing his series of practise video tutorials, the Finnish violinist shares another bow exercise for Kreutzer’s second etude, one which involves travelling up the length of the bow.
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VideoLockdown commissions 1: Lawrence Power plays Huw Watkins’s ‘Power’ for solo viola
In the first of his ‘lockdown commissions’ performances, filmed in and on top of iconic empty venues, Lawrence Power plays Huw Watkins’s ‘Power’ for solo viola. Filmed by Jessie Rodger on the roof of St John’s, Smith Square. Stay tuned very soon for LC #2 - ‘Quartet for One’ by ...
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VideoMaxim Vengerov plays with his daughter Polina
The violinist plays a violin and cello duet with his youngest daughter Polina in aid of the Gift of Life, which supports children with cancer.
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FocusSlide rules: 10 thoughts on portamento
Sinning or singing? The transition from one note to another on the same string without a break is a peculiarly sensitive topic, as seen in these clippings from The Strad archive
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VideoBach Double Concerto for New York City Health and Hospitals
In this video, the Camerata Notturna, an orchestra of healthcare professionals, perform the Vivace from Bach’s Double Violin Concerto, with violin soloists Cho-Liang Lin and David Chan. They are fundraising for NYC Health and Hospital: in their words ‘a critical resource for all New Yorkers, but especially for the under-resourced ...
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WinWIN the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam’s latest Haydn CD
The recording by Resonus Classics is available now
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Focus5 festivals that hope to go ahead this summer (at least in part)
Although many festivals have been forced to cancel this summer’s plans owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the following are still hoping to go ahead - at least in part - in accordance with social distancing rules
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FocusNathan Meltzer: Life Lessons
The up-and-coming US violinist on his early years in Austria and summertime chamber music by the sea
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VideoMusicians in isolation: Alina Ibragimova
The Russian-British violinist describes what life has held for her since the lockdown started, from the little pleasures of being able to ‘buy milk for the fridge’, to the challenge of tackling all 24 Paganini Caprices.
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VideoMusicians from ‘TRIKESTRA’ perform in 360 degrees
The ensemble, made up of players from three Berlin orchestras, play Beethoven in a lockdown performance
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NewsBeethoven Pastoral Project announces live-streamed event
The programme will take place on Friday 5 June, broadcast from Beethoven’s birthplace in Bonn
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VideoViolinist Eleanor Corr plays both parts of Ligeti duet for ROSL at Home
The winner of the Royal Over-Seas League Strings Prize at this year’s Annual Music Competition performs both parts of Ligeti’s Joc from isolation
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NewsTurkish viola player Ruşen Güneş has died
The 80-year-old, who lived in London, was a keen promoter of music from his homeland
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VideoVirtual Benedetti Sessions: Grand Finale
Three weeks of music-making come to a culmination in this concert from Sunday 31 May, which showcases all the participants of the Virtual Benedetti Sessions. Programme 4:32 Warlock: Capriol Suite Movement 6, ‘Mattachins’ 12:51 Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, 4th movement 23:06 Paganini: Caprice No. 24 played by 12 masters of ...
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VideoLondon City Orchestra plays Mahler - from separate homes
This is the start of the third movement of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, which the London-based orchestra was due to play at St John’s Waterloo on 4th April.
