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ArticleViolinist Uto Ughi performs Paganini's La Campanella
Italian violinist Uto Ughi performs Paganini's La Campanella from the composer's Second Violin Concerto at the age of 64 in 2008 - showcasing a remarkable technique.Read: Paganini, the great violinist, is taught a lessonWatch: Violinist Leila Josefowicz performs Paganini aged 13
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Premium ❘ FocusHow to develop great performing presence
Great stage actors have an aura of positive energy and openness that string players can access, too. Acting coach Patsy Rodenburg tells Ariane Todes how
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ArticleViolinist Joshua Bell performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
Joshua Bell performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra conducted by Joshua Weilerstein at the Verbier Festival in August 2016.Read: ‘I often have to battle negative thoughts on stage,’ says violinist Joshua BellRead: 'Josef Gingold and Jascha Heifetz are my violin heroes,' says Joshua Bell
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Article11-year-old violinist Shihan Wang performs Mozart and Wieniawski
11-year-old Chinese violinist Shihan Wang performs Mozart's Violin Concerto no. 3 and Wieniawski's Polonaise in D major, op.4 for the preselection round of the 8th International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists 2016.This week Wang won his category for candidates born in or after 2002 and received a ...
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Article11-year-old cellist Luis Aracama Alonso wins Dotzauer and Janigro competitions
11-year-old Spanish cellist Luis Aracama Alonso won his categories at both the International Dotzauer Competition for Young Cellists in Dresden, Germany and the Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition in PoreÄ, Croatia last month.In the above video, the young cellist performs works by Haydn, Boccherini, Rossini, Paganini and R. ...
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ArticleViolinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs Saint-Saëns with Berlin Philharmonic
Anne-Sophie Mutter performs Saint-Saëns' Introduction et Rondo capriccioso with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle on 31 December 2015. Read: ‘Extremes of constant vibrato or none at all do not solve musical problems,’ says violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter Watch: Anne-Sophie Mutter performs Sibelius Violin Concerto
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Article2016 Wieniawski Violin Competition finalists and jury perform together
To conclude the International Wieniawski Violin Competition 2016, the seven finalists and jury members came together to perform the second movement Romance from Wieniawski's Violin Concerto no.2.The performance, recorded live on 23 October 2016 at the competition's Gala Concert, features 2016 winner Veriko Tchumburidze and finalists Bomsori Kim, ...
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Article2Cellos perform Smooth Criminal live in Tokyo
2Cellos - Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser - perform their cover of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal at Suntory Hall in Tokyo in July 2015. Watch: 2Cellos, Mischa Maisky and Giovanni Sollima perform AC/DC’s Thunderstruck
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ArticleNikolaj Znaider performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto
Nikolaj Znaider performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Yuri Temirkanov for the International Music Festival 'Stars on the Baikal' in September 2016. Read: Violinist Nikolaj Znaider on the importance of practising basics
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FocusHow to play fast passages without tension, by cellist Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi
Sometimes our hands know exactly what to do, if only we'd let them, says the Japanese artist
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ArticleDouble bassist Dan Styffe performs Piazzolla
Double bassist Dan Styffe performs an arrangement of Piazzolla's Tango Etude no.4 - originally composed for flute.Read Styffe's Technique article on back muscles, weight and flexibility in the right hand in The Strad's November issue, out now - download on desktop computer or through The Strad App.
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ArticleDavid Garrett performs on the 'Cannon' Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin
David Garrett performs on the 1743 'Cannon' Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin, formerly owned by Paganini and the known as the famous 18th century violinist's favourite instrument. Garrett was preparing to perform at a concert at Teatro Carlo Felice, in Genoa, Italy earlier this year. Read: Paganini, the ...
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Article10-year-old cellist Sunghyun Park performs Paganini
Cellist Sunghyun Park, aged 10, performs Paganini's Variations on a Theme from Rossini's 'Mose' in South Korea's Kumho Art Hall as part of the venue's 'Prodigy Concert Series'. Park was recently named a prize winner at the Golden Classical Music Awards in New York.Watch: Cellist Gautier Capuçon performs ...
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FocusPaganini, the great violinist, is taught a lesson
In honour of the virtuoso’s birthday, we reprint a humorous article from The Strad’s 1893 issue
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Focus'Classical music has become separated from contemporary culture,' says violinist Jennifer Koh
The artist speaks to Gavin Dixon about returning to the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and how her approach is informed by collaborations with living composers
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FocusGetting articulation right is vital for performing minimalist music
Pwyll ap Siôn explores minimalism’s leading works for strings and provide tips on how to play them
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ArticleJennifer Koh performs at Tchaikovsky Competition 1994
In this short excerpt from the finals of the 1994 Tchaikovsky Competition, violinists Jennifer Koh and Anastasia Chebotareva each perform the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. Second prize was shared between the two violinists in a year when no first prize was awarded.US violinist Jennifer Koh speaks about recording the ...
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DebateWhy are string players today so afraid to use portamento?
Composers expected it and the music itself seems to demand it. Tully Potter argues for a return to swoops and scoops
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ArticleMone Hattori performs at International Wieniawski Violin Competition 2016
Mone Hattori performs Wieniawski's Legende, Kreisler's La Gitana and Grieg's Third Violin Sonata in the second round of the International Wieniawski Violin Competition 2016.Read: 15th International Wieniawski Violin Competition announces 52 candidatesRead: Mone Hattori wins inaugural Boris Goldstein International Violin Competition in Switzerland
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ArticleCommon cello problems
You wouldn't be hiding a dead body in there would you...'Juilliard School students Esther Yang and Rachel Yin produce a series of fun skits, featuring cellist Nathan Chan, focusing on common problems faced by cellists - from slipping endpins to the monotony of Pachelbel's Canon.Watch: Shostakovich cello tailpiece ...
