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ArticleJohn Williams conducts Star Wars with the Boston Pops
Film composer John Williams conducts his Star Wars theme with the Boston Pops orchestra.Watch: Violinist Itzhak Perlman on working with John Williams on Schindler's ListWatch: Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs Schindler's List conducted by John Williams
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NewsViolinist Itzhak Perlman awarded 2016 Genesis Prize, worth $1m
The musician is recognised for his professional accomplishments and as an advocate for people with disabilities
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NewsStefan Arzberger resigns as Leipzig Quartet violinist following arrest
The musician, who maintains his innocence, was charged by New York police with strangulation and burglary earlier this year
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FocusFormer Berlin Phil concertmaster Thomas Brandis on working with Herbert von Karajan
'I had to learn to play a little late or I would have been playing solo,' says the violinist, who served as Berlin Philharmonic concertmaster from 1962 to 1983
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ArticleThe Strad Technique: Michael Frischenschlager's Violin Scale System
Michael Frischenschlager, professor emeritus at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, explains his two-octave violin scale and arpeggio system for improving tone and intonation in The Strad's December 2015 issueStudents work in pairs, playing in harmony, and perform each exercise ppp and fff, in major and ...
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ArticleViolinist Robert Gupta on music as medicine
Music is medicine. Music changes us. As musicians we take something that exists within all of us at our very fundamental core - our emotions - and through our artistic lens, we are able to shape those emotions into reality'LA Philharmonic violinist Robert Gupta gives a TED Talk ...
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ArticleChristel Lee performs Bartók at the 2015 Sibelius Competition
Christel Lee performs the first movement of Bartók's Second Violin Concerto in the final of the 2015 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition. The US violinist was named the competition winner and received €25,000.Watch: Christel Lee performs Sibelius’s Violin Concerto in 2014
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NewsMadeline Adkins appointed Utah Symphony concertmaster
The violinist begins her tenue in September 2016
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Article9-year-old violinist Leia Zhu gives winning Mendelssohn performance at Moscow ‘Nutcracker’ Contest
Leia Zhu, aged nine, won first prize in the stringed instrument category of the 2015 International ‘Nutcracker’ Contest for Young Musicians in Moscow on 7 December. The UK violinist is the youngest contestant to win a gold medal in the competition's 16-year history.This year the televised contest received ...
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NewsViolinist Jun Hong Loh wins Gisborne International Music Competition in New Zealand
The 25-year-old musician receives a cash prize and a concert engagement with Orchestra Wellington
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FocusHow to improve your playing with slow practice
Does slow and steady win the race when it comes to practice, or does a more up-tempo approach bring the best results, asks Rok Klopčič
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NewsHadelich, Tetzlaff, Takács, Eighth Blackbird receive classical Grammy nominations
The nominations for the 58th annual Grammy Awards were announced on 7 December. In the classical categories, the Seattle Symphony received three nominations for its recording of Dutilleux’s Métaboles, Symphony no. 2 ‘Le double’, and the violin concerto L’arbre des songes featuring Augustin Hadelich (pictured). Hadelich, who ...
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NewsEarly music pioneer Nikolaus Harnoncourt announces retirement
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, one of the founders of the early music movement in the 1950s, has announced his retirement. The conductor, who founded the period-instrument ensemble Concentus Musicus Wien in 1953, made the announcement on 5 December, the day before his 86th birthday, in a handwritten letter published ...
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ArticleChristel Lee performs Sibelius Violin Concerto
Christel Lee performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto in 2014.The US violinist has been named the winner of the 2015 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Finland and receives €25,000. Watch Lee performing in the competition final here.
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NewsChristel Lee wins 2015 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition
The 25-year-old US violinist receives €25,000 and concert opportunities
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FocusConductors are both a blessing and a curse - violinist Chaim Taub
The former Israel Philharmonic Orchestra concertmaster shares his thoughts on working with good and bad conductors, and learning to listen to listen
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on the importance of silence
Rests are so important in music because they provide the tension between notes...' Violinist Itzhak Perlman speaks about the significance of silence at Elon University in North Carolina. Watch: Violinist Itzhak Perlman on different playing characteristics
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ArticleViolinist Viktoria Mullova performs at the 1980 Sibelius Competition
Viktoria Mullova gives her winning performance of Sibelius's Violin Concerto at the 1980 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition. The 2015 Sibelius Competition is currently underway - read about the six finalists. Watch: Violin winners Viktoria Mullova and Sergei Stadler perform at the 1982 Tchaikovsky Competition
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NewsJordi Savall postpones Calais refugee camp concert
The Spanish viol player and conductor has cited security concerns following last month’s Paris attacks
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ArticleTehran Symphony Orchestra performs Carmen Suite
The Tehran Symphony Orchestra performs Bizet's Carmen Suite conducted by Shahrdad Rohani.The orchestra was recently barred from playing at an event in Iran, as the organisers objected to female musicians performing on stage.
