Featured Stories – Page 130
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VideoKyung Wha Chung plays Sarasate's Caprice Basque op.24
A brief interview followed by a performance by Kyung Wha Chung, aged 22, in her first British TV appearance in 1970. Chung’s big break in the UK had come earlier that year, when she substituted for Itzhak Perlman in a concert with the London Symphony Orchestra to great acclaim, leading ...
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FocusHow I cope with the pressures of life as a soloist – double bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku
The founder of Chineke!, Europe’s first professional majority Black and Minority Ethnic orchestra, reflects on how she keeps her own musical life grounded
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FocusWhat makes a concertmaster special?
Laurinel Owen explores the qualities and responsibilities that make orchestral leaders stand apart from the rest
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FocusRenaud Garcia-Fons on the Sarabande from Bach's Fifth Cello Suite
The Sarabande from Bach’s Fifth Cello Suite has a deeply personal resonance for the French bassist and composer – even though he’s never performed it in public
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VideoJames Ehnes plays Hora Staccato by Grigoraș Dinicu, arr. Heifetz
In this video from 2008, James Ehnes plays Hora Staccato, the showpiece by Romanian composer Grigoraș Dinicu, as arranged by Heifetz. As the name suggests, its challenges lie in fast staccato notes both up- and down-bow. The piece features on Ehnes’s CD/DVD Homage released on Onyx Classics, on which he ...
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VideoAlexander Hersh plays Giovanni Sollima's Lamentatio for solo cello
In this video, New England Conservatory educated Alexander Hersh plays Giovanni Sollima’s 1998 work Lamentatio. Hersh won the cello category of the 2017 New York International Artists Competition and will be performing Lamentatio at the competition winners’ showcase on 24 September at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. He also won ...
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BlogsThe 4 crucial components of a winning competition performance
Qian Zhou, jury chair of the Singapore International Violin Competition, gives some tips on what it takes to win a share of its $110,000 prize money – plus a bonus tip on the application process
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VideoMikyung Sung plays the Gigue from Hans Fryba's Suite im Alten Stil
In this informal backstage video from June, Mikyung Sung, a finalist at this year’s Bradetich Foundation Competition, plays the Gigue from Hans Fryba’s Suite im Alten Stil. Sung studied at the Korea National University of Arts in Seoul and at the Colburn School in Los Angeles.
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VideoTai Murray plays 'Aurora' from Ysaÿe's Sonata no.5
In this video from the 2017 Ilumina Festival, taking place in and around São Paulo, Brazil, Tai Murray plays the first movement of Ysaÿe’s Violin Sonata no.5. Chicago-born Murray, a former BBC New Generation Artist, recorded the complete Ysaÿe sonatas for Hyperion in 2012.
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FocusWhat I'd tell my younger self – double bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku
©Eric Richmond The following is published as part of a larger ‘Life Lessons’ interview with Chi-chi Nwanoku in The Strad’s September 2017 issue, out now – download the issue on desktop computer or via the The Strad App, or buy the print edition. My parents raised ...
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Video17-year-old Moné Hattori plays Ysaÿe Sonata no.2, (4th mvmnt, 'Les Furies')
Japanese violinist Moné Hattori, who won the inaugural Boris Goldstein International Violin Competition in 2015, joined the International Classical Artists roster earlier this year. The artist management agency posted this video last week. Hattori plays a 1743 violin by Pietro Guarneri of Venice.
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VideoRay Chen teaches Harmonics
In the latest in Ray Chen’s ‘Masterclass Monday’ YouTube series, he looks at natural and artificial harmonics and offers some hard-won tips on getting them right
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FocusCollé: Kurt Sassmannshaus on mastering a crucial bow technique
Kurt Sassmannshaus, chair of classical violin at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, director of the Great Wall Music Academy, Beijing, and founder of violinmasterclass.com, discusses the bow stroke that forms the beginning of any effective martelé
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VideoJames Ehnes plays the Ysaÿe Sonata no.3, 'George Enescu'
James Ehnes, who is artistic director of the Seattle Chamber Music festival, breaks out his 1715 ’Marsick’ Stradivari and gives an impromptu performance for festival staff
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BlogsPreparing for an orchestral audition: the basics
Gary Levinson, senior principal associate concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, sets out the principles of successful audition preparation
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VideoJohan Dalene plays Ravel's Tzigane
In this video, then 15-year-old Johan Dalene performs in the final of the Polstjärne Prize with the Gothenberg Symphony in January 2017
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VideoThe Pavel Haas Quartet plays Pavel Hass Quartet no.2
In this video, the Pavel Haas Quartet plays the final movement of Pavel Haas’s String Quartet No 2, ‘From the Monkey Mountains’. The movement, titled ‘Wild Night’, is in the original version with added percussion, which Haas removed after it proved too adventurous for the audience at its premiere in ...
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FocusMy most memorable musical experience – Joshua Bell
A wayward shoulder rest nearly ruins the violinist’s first appearance with a world-class orchestra, aged just 14
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VideoBachianas Brasileiras no.1, Villa-Lobos, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Truls Mørk and cellists of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra perform the piece that defined the Brazilian Cello Ensemble tradition. The August 2017 issue of The Strad features an article by Lars Hoefs, leader of the Unicamp Cello Ensemble in São Paulo, on Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras no.1 and its legacy ...
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VideoNew Worlds: cellist Jan Vogler performs with Hollywood actor Bill Murray
A trailer for the New Worlds project, featuring cellist Jan Vogler, violinist Mira Wang (his wife), pinaist Vanessa Perez and Bill Murray. In The Strad’s August 2017 issue Jan Vogler talks about music, literature and how a chance encounter led to an artistic collaboration with Hollywood legend Bill Murray The ...
