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NewsNikki Chooi named new Metropolitan Opera Orchestra concertmaster
The former Time for Three violinist will serve an initial one-year term
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FocusHow to use random practice to help long-term learning
Practising shouldn't be boring. With techniques drawn from sport psychology you can retain more of what you learn, says musician and performance psychology expert Christine Carter
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov on making one violin sound like three in Bach
I want to hear two or three violinists at one time'Maxim Vengerov gives a violin masterclass on the Fugue of Bach's Sonata No.1, recorded at the Royal Academy of Music in London. The student is Nasrin Rashidova.The full 45-minute video is available to buy as a download or ...
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ArticleShostakovich cello tailpiece explosion
During a rehearsal with the Kislovodsk Philharmonic Orchestra, cellist Alexander Buzlov's energetic rendition of Shostakovich's First Concerto is too much for his tailpiece, which flies off. Buzlov continues the rehearsal with a borrowed instrument some time later.Watch: A violin bow hair disasterWatch: Violist Yuri Bashmet in tailpiece ...
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ArticleKorean tourist joins Italian street performers for impromptu jam session
Korean double bassist Jun-Hyuk Choi was travelling with friends around Florence, Italy when he spotted some local street performers. He asked the bass player if he could borrow his instrument and proceeded to perform the jazz standard Autumn Leaves with the surprised musicians - much to the delight ...
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov performs Komitas for Armenian memorial concert
Maxim Vengerov gives an emotional performance of Komitas for 'With You Armenia' - a series of concerts commemorating the centenary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, organised in collaboration with the 'Yerevan Perspectives' International Music Festival, which took place in Brussels in April 2015. Vengerov performs the work, ...
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ArticleViolinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs Schindler's List theme
Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs John Williams's Schindler's List theme in November 2015. Watch: Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter films her performance with a head cam Watch: Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs on Letterman
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ArticleViolinist Midori performs Brahms Violin Concerto
Midori performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta on 13 February 2013. Antje Weithaas continues The Strad’s marked-up sheet music series in association with Henle Verlag with the Brahms Concerto's first movement – giving bowings, fingerings and ideas for interpretation in ...
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ArticleStrauss Tritsch-Tratsch Polka performed by double bass orchestra
The Brno Double Bass Orchestra performs an arrangement of Strauss's Tritsch-Tratsch Polka by Wells Cathedral School tutor David Heyes in 2009.Heyes writes about creating a resonant double bass tone in The Strad's July 2016 issue – download on desktop computer or through The Strad App.Read: Too few conductors ...
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DebateToo many young double bassists prioritise solo technique over orchestral expertise
Chi-chi Nwanoku argues that students need to be more realistic about their career expectations
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Focus'Classical musicians must be innovative and personal, without violating tradition,' says Tim Frederiksen
The Royal Danish Academy of Music chamber tutor has a knack of putting together string ensembles that go on to achieve great things, finds Andrew Mellor
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ArticleMusicians respond to Brexit with Beethoven performance in London
The night after the UK's EU referendum, a group of musicians and singers from around Europe and the UK, who had never performed together before, played Beethoven's Ode To Joy live outside St Martin-in-the-Fields in London.Video © 2016 Apple and Biscuit RecordingsRead: Association of British Orchestras warns ...
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Focus'Tone virile and fine. Personality less striking' - Carl Flesch on David Oistrakh's playing
Many of the greatest string players from the past 126 years received their first exposure in The Strad as a result of their success at international string competitions
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Focus'Teachers should never sit on juries if their students have entered those competitions,' says Aaron Rosand
String playing competitions are more popular than ever, but do they represent the best platform for launching careers? Charlotte Smith asks jurors, winners and organisers for their views
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ArticleDanish Quartet performs Waltz after Lasse
The Danish Quartet perform 'Valse from Lasse' arranged by Fredrik Sjolin for Performance Today.The ensemble appears on the cover of The Strad's July 2016 issue as one of several ensembles brought together by Danish chamber music tutor Tim Frederiksen – download on desktop computer or through The Strad ...
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ArticleConcert catastrophe: violin knocked from soloist's hands by enthusiastic conductor
It's every violinist's worst nightmare... As soloist Rómulo Assis was performing the final movement of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Orquestra do Norte, conductor Nuno Côrte-Real's enthusiastic gesticulation knocked the instrument from his hands and sent it crashing to the ground.The incident took place at a concert in Amarante, ...
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Premium ❘ FocusJosef Gingold and Jascha Heifetz are my violin heroes, says Joshua Bell
The American violinist remembers the warmth of his teacher, Josef Gingold, and his admiration for Jascha Heifetz in this interview with Ariane Todes from The Strad Violin Heroes edition
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ArticleViolinists Maxim Vengerov and Vadim Repin perform together as students
Violinists Vadim Repin and Maxim Vengerov perform together as students in this short clip from a documentary about their teacher Zakhar Bron. Watch: A young Vadim Repin performs Ysaÿe’s Solo Violin Sonata no.3
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ArticleViolinist Janine Jansen perform's Massenet's Meditation
Janine Jansen gives a particularly sensitive performance of Massenet's Meditation from Thaïs.Watch: Janine Jansen performs Brahms's Violin Concerto
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov performs Paganini's Caprice no.24
Violinist Maxim Vengerov performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 as an encore at the Luna Classics Festival 2014 in Nyon, Switzerland. Watch: Maxim Vengerov on playing the violin like Mozart Watch: Maxim Vengerov on taking time to explore the fingerboard
