Featured Stories – Page 46
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Premium ❘ Focus‘I really don’t like it but don’t change a note’ - Pierre Amoyal’s Life Lessons
The French violinist and pedagogue on his time with Heifetz and the perils of competitions
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Blogs‘Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto is physically demanding’: Nemanja Radulović
The violinist shares his thoughts on this challenging, yet beautiful work
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BlogsHow I play both baroque and modern violin: Anna Urpina
Focus, preparation and a willingness to adapt are keys to performing on two different instruments
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BlogsStudio Strings: Recording the violin’s timeless sound
Donna Maurer provides simple tips for getting the best results from a home studio
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Fall in love with a composer’s universe’ - Jean-Guihen Queyras’s life lessons
The French cellist recalls the teachers who helped him on his unique journey, and the role of the player as interpreter
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FocusWords of Wisdom: Cellist Lynn Harrell
The late cellist shared his musical insights in our August 2011 issue
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Viotti’s Ranz des Vaches
Peter Sheppard Skærved on how Viotti’s short piece Ranz des Vaches had a seismic effect on him
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Article‘My whole person was struck by extraordinary tones’: G.B. Viotti on the ‘Ranz des Vaches’
In the March 2023 issue, violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved discusses his love for this short piece by Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824).
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VideoPeter Sheppard Skærved gives an open-air performance of Viotti’s Ranz des Vaches
The British violinist chose the piece as his Sentimental Work for the March 2023 issue
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VideoSchubert transports me to another world: violinist Stella Chen
‘To play Schubert’s music, you have to bare your whole soul’
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BlogsThe fiddler on the roof: Tomás Cotik performs Bach projected over university plaza
The project was part of the Portland Winter Light Festival 2023 with the aim of bringing musical solace during the darkest depths of winter
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Blogs‘I could never change cellos, we have a strong history together’: Dom La Nena
Not only an instrument, but also a companion and source of solace, the Brazilian cellist pays homage to her cello ‘Leon’ via a new album of compositions
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FocusWords of Wisdom: Violist Hsin-Yun Huang
The violist shared insights from her musical career in our July 2011 issue
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Premium ❘ FeatureThe Baryton: How a forgotten instrument is making a comeback
Gavin Dixon reports on the comeback of ‘the king of instruments’
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Kerteminde: Chamber Music at Lundsgaard
The beautiful Lundsgaard Estate on the Danish island of Funen is the setting for an imaginative summer chamber music festival, as Emma Baker discovers
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: The Calidore Quartet on recording Beethoven’s late quartets
Peter Quantrill hears from the Calidore Quartet about how Beethoven involves intense preparation and a sense of ‘leaning into the weird’
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Premium ❘ Feature‘We learnt from her a love and respect for music’ - cellist Natalia Shakhovskaya
Oskar Falta examines Natalia Shakhovskaya’s life and hears from some of her former pupils about her exacting teaching style
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Premium ❘ Feature‘I had to give ten encores in succession’: From the archive: March 1903
Violinist Marie Hall, then just 18 years of age, talks to The Strad about studying with Otakar Ševčík and her burgeoning international career
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BlogsCristian de Sá on works by Amy Beach, Ethel Smyth and Clara Schumann
The violinist shines a light on works by three pioneering female composers, ahead of a recital at Champs Hill in March
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Are regional differences in orchestral tuning really necessary?
Historically, orchestras have tuned to slightly different versions of the note A. Thomas Eisner wonders whether such gradations really matter
