Featured Stories – Page 153
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ArticleViolinist Ruggiero Ricci performs Paganini's La Campanella aged 12
The great violinist Ruggiero Ricci performs Paganini's La Campanella (from his Violin Concerto no.2) in 1930 at the age of 12. Read: None of my teachers were any good at explaining technique – Ruggiero Ricci Listen: Violinist Jascha Heifetz performs Mozart aged 11
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ArticleAlan Rickman plays the cello in Truly, Madly, Deeply
In tribute to the sad death of Alan Rickman at the age of 69, here's a clip from the 1990 film Truly, Madly, Deeply in which the actor 'plays' solo Bach on the cello in the opening credits (from 3.15). In the film Rickman plays the ghost of a dead ...
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NewsLondon’s Wigmore Hall announces first live-streamed concert
The prestigious recital hall intends to launch a series of internationally available performances online
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FocusThe great conductors value music above personal image, says violinist Rodney Friend
The former concertmaster of the London Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic and BBC Symphony shares his experiences with conductors - great and not so great
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ArticleHow to react when a string breaks mid-performance
Violinist Maximilian Simon remains as cool as a cucumber when his E string breaks midway through a recent performance of Britten's Violin Concerto with the Jenaer Philharmonie. Calmly he swaps his instrument with the orchestral leader's, and continues playing. Later, the leader hands back Simon's newly-strung instrument ...
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ArticleAlma Deutscher, aged 10, performs Violin Concerto in G – which she composed
Alma Deutscher, aged 10, performs her own Violin Concerto with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015 on a 3/4-sized French violin.The British violinist, pianist and composer has recently been signed to classical music agency Askonas Holt. In addition to her Violin Concerto, the young musician has composed violin and piano ...
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NewsMartyn Jackson named new Allegri Quartet first violinist
The young musician replaces Ofer Falk, who departs to ‘explore other avenues’
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ArticleViolinist Isaac Stern gives Bach masterclass
Vibrato is like a human voice - we never speak without a degree of natural vibration. But if you use just one type of vibrato in your playing, it is the same as speaking in a monotone voice' Isaac Stern gives a clear and detailed masterclass on ...
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BlogsCellist Alban Gerhardt on the importance of open string practice
The German musician also advocates bringing a broader perspective to the interpretation of great concertos
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NewsLost’ Halvorsen violin concerto unearthed in Canada
The work is believed to have remained undiscovered since 1909
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BlogsVideo: one-handed cellist Michael Spencer
One-handed cellist Michael Spencer gives an incredible performance of François-Joseph Gossec's Gavotte at a recital in Utah, USA.The young performer holds the cello between his knees, using his arm in place of fingers to change pitch and to produce vibrato.The Strad's December 2013 issue featured an article on ...
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2016 names 44 shortlisted violinists in a list dominated by females
This year’s contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London during April
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ArticleViolinist Samuel Tan performs Kabalevsky aged 8
Samuel Tan from Singapore performs the first movement of Kabalevsky's Violin Concerto in C aged eight. The violinist is one of 44 candidates chosen to compete in the 2016 Menuhin Competition in London - and is this year's youngest competitor at the age of ten.Watch: Samuel Tan performs ...
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NewsIMSLP music library introduces paid membership
The new membership scheme is not mandatory and musicians may continue to use the sheet music downloading service for free
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Focus‘I’m exhausted by the time I reach the Sibelius third movement,’ says violinist Leonidas Kavakos
25 years after his pioneering recording, the Greek musician speaks about his relationship with the concerto in The Strad’s January 2016 issue
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ArticleHerbert von Karajan conducts Radetzky March with the Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan conducts Strauss's Radetzky March at the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert 1987.Read: Vienna Philharmonic publishes pictures from its recent auditions
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FocusThe importance of making Bach speak
Claudio Bohórquez discusses phrasing in the great composer's Cello Suites
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ArticlePaul Silverthorne gives LSO viola masterclass on Stamitz and Bach
There are so many different opinions on how Bach should be played. You can't please everybody, so it's important to play in the style you really believe in'Paul Silverthorne from the London Symphony Orchestra gives a viola masterclass on Stamitz and Bach.Watch: Sydney Symphony masterclass – Beethoven Symphony ...
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ArticleAnne-Sophie Mutter performs Vivaldi's Seasons with the Mutter Virtuosi
Music is more than a passion and a hobby - music is a great bridge between people and can help us understand each other's cultural roots. It doesn't judge us or separate us from each other like religion tends to do.' Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and her Mutter ...
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Focus10 ways for orchestral musicians to protect their ears
If you're an orchestral musician you could be at serious risk of long-term hearing damage. Janet Horvath looks at some simple and effective solutions
