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Blogs‘Today's violinists make too much effort to produce a large sound,’ says Sasha Rozhdestvensky
The Russian violinist and Royal College of Music, London professor believes today’s playing has become more tense
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ArticleViolinist Joshua Bell performs Eleanor Rigby with Frankie Moreno
Violinist Joshua Bell performs an arrangement of The Beatles' Eleanor Rigby with Frankie Moreno.Read: Joshua Bell on the Stradivarius of his lifeWatch: When they were young - Joshua Bell
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ArticleIda Haendel performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto
Ida Haendel puts her distinctive stamp on Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Franz Paul Decker in 1981. Read: Violinist Ida Haendel on Bach’s Chaconne Watch: Ida Haendel gives Royal College of Music masterclass
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Premium ❘ FocusViolinist Ida Haendel on Bach's Chaconne
The great performer and teacher offered her insights into the work in The Strad's May 2010 issue
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ArticleViolinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt in page-turning disaster
Page-turner Anna Reszniak manages to prevent a performance by violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt at Sendesaal Bremen from descending into complete chaos by catching pages falling in all directions. Watch: A bow hair disaster
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FocusEvery violinist must develop an individual voice, says Aaron Rosand
The American maestro discusses the importance of developing a distinctive tone
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BlogsVideo: Sergei Dogadin's winning Shostakovich performance at the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition
Sergei Dogadin gives his winning performance of Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto at the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover.The 27-year-old Russian, who won first prize the Paganini International Violin Competition in 2005 and second prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011, receives a cash prize of ...
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ArticleViolinist Aaron Rosand demonstrates the impact of bow direction
For me the bow is the breathing process - it has to be free and clear' Violinist Aaron Rosand speaks about the importance of bowing direction and demonstrates his ideas in the opening of Sibelius's Violin Concerto. Read Aaron Rosand's blogs: Improving bow technique and Every movement ...
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BlogsAmalia Hall performs at the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover
New Zealand violinist Amalia Hall, one of six finalists currently taking part in the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover, performs Mozart's Fifth Concerto in the semi final.Appearing with the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the twelve semi-finalists both directed and performed their Mozart concerto.The violinists are competing for ...
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BlogsDiana Tishchenko performs at the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover
Diana Tishchenko, one of 12 remaining candidates currently taking part in the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover, performs Mozart's First Concerto in the semi final.Appearing with the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the twelve candidates have to demonstrate that they are able to lead and direct an ensemble ...
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ArticleViolinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs on Letterman
Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs 'It Ain't Necessarily So' with pianist André Previn on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2012 in celebration of her 35-year career. Watch: Anne-Sophie Mutter films her performance with a head cam
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Richard Lin performs at the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover
Richard Lin, one of 12 semi-finalists currently taking part in the 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover, performs Ysaÿe's Sonata, op. 27 no. 4, Bach's Partita no. 2 and Joachim's Romance, op. 2 no. 1 in the competition's preliminary round.
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ArticleAn ensemble of 6 Stradivarius cellos
Six outstanding cellists perform six Stradivari cellos together at Brompton's Auctioneers' Simply Strad event, held at the Royal Academy of Music, London in October 2013. The performance features: Robert Max - 'Saveuse' 1726 Stéphane Tétreault - 'Countess of Stanlein' 1707 Julian Lloyd Webber - 'Barjansky' 1690 Christian ...
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Article8-year-old Leia Zhu gives winning Mendelssohn Violin Concerto performance
British violinist Leia Zhu has won the International Russian Rotary Music Competition in Moscow, open to children aged between 8 and 12, in string, wind, piano and harp disciplines. Zhu is the youngest prize winner in the competition's 13-year history, receiving a prize of $3000. In the ...
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ArticleViolinist David Oistrakh performs Debussy's Clair de Lune
Violinist David Oistrakh performs Debussy's Clair de Lune with pianist Frida Bauer in Paris in 1962. Read: Remembering the great violinist David Oistrakh Watch: David Oistrakh performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.
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FocusWe do not believe in a Czech tradition of playing, says the Pavel Haas Quartet
Despite specialising in the music of their homeland, the quartet’s members believe there is more to understanding this repertoire than a shared language and culture
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ArticleMeryl Streep plays violin in Music of the Heart
Meryl Streep proves herself not only to be a consummate actress, but a pretty decent violinist in this clip from the 1999 film Music of the Heart in which she plays real-life violin teacher Roberta Guaspari.In this scene Guaspari and her students from the Opus 118 Harlem School ...
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BlogsI didn’t understand really good ensemble playing before joining the LSO, says violist Paul Silverthorne
As the London Symphony Orchestra’s long-serving viola principal prepares to leave for a new Chinese appointment, he speaks to Toby Deller about 25 wonderful years with the ensemble
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ArticleFive-year-old violinist Anna Lee performs Paganini
South Korean violinist Anna Lee performs Paganini's First Violin Concerto with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lan Shui in January 2001 - at the age of just five-and-a-half.The musician went on to study at the Juilliard School in New York and in 2012 won second prize in ...
