Featured Stories – Page 66
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Premium ❘ FeatureViolin Bow Hold: No holds barred
The position of the fingers on the bow can make all the difference to dynamics and tone production. Rok Klopčič examines the bow holds of leading violinists and pedagogues, in this feature from October 2007
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Focus‘A moment of audience feedback I’ll treasure forever’ - recalling musical memories with dementia
London Sinfonietta cellist Adrian Bradbury writes about the joy of witnessing a dementia patient recall melodies from her past while working on a new chamber opera ’Tomorrow’s Wonder… A Window into Our Lives’
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VideoLIVE: Geneva Cello Competition Final - watch here!
Finalists Jaemin Han, Michaki Ueno and Bryan Cheng will perform their concerto of choice tonight for the chance to win CHF 20,000
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FocusFrom Tulips to Sneez-wort: the works of James Oswald
The Baroque-era composer created many melodies infused with the Scottish folk characteristics of his upbringing
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FocusHappy Birthday to Niccolò Paganini!
The great violinist was born on this day in 1782. Happy 239th birthday!
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FocusJames Ehnes: ‘You should never be scared of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto’
Beethoven’s Violin Concerto has been a mainstay of the Canadian violinist’s repertoire since his teenage years, but it retains its ability to inspire
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FocusBack to business: Postcard from Sun Valley
Following 2020’s Summer Season of broadcasts, this year’s Sun Valley Music Festival returned to free live performances, much to the delight of its thousands of fans, writes Laurence Vittes
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FocusPhoto gallery: Chad Hoopes’s violin
Check out photos of Sam Zygmuntowicz’s copy of the 1740 ‘Ysaÿe’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin, played by our November 2021 cover star
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Premium ❘ FeatureBeethoven Violin Concerto: The Beethoven Letters
Detlef Hahn and Andrew Manze reveal their differing views on the Beethoven Violin Concerto in an exchange of correspondence about the new Urtext edition. Taken from the March 2010 issue
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Premium ❘ FeatureChad Hoopes: State of independence
Chad Hoopes launched his career with a spectacular win aged 13 in the Junior division of the Menuhin Competition in 2008, but in subsequent years, the forward-looking, innately positive US violinist has deliberately taken less obvious paths to musical success, as he tells Toby Deller
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Premium ❘ FeatureScottish folk baroque fusion: When worlds collide
In the Baroque and early Classical eras a succession of Scottish and Italian composers took an interest in fusing Scots fiddle and song melodies with Italian art music structures. Kevin MacDonald investigates the trend
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: A question of balance
Italian violinist Fabio Biondi’s new album of Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin marks a unique opportunity to challenge established interpretations and beliefs surrounding these seminal works, writes Rita Fernandes
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Premium ❘ ArticleSoundpost: Letters to the Editor November 2021
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: November 2021 issue
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FocusHeifetz Cadenzas: Beethoven Violin Concerto
Bruce Dukov presents previously unpublished cadenzas for the Beethoven Violin Concerto. From November 1990
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FocusSentimental Work: Salvatore Accardo on the Beethoven Violin Concerto
The Italian violinist recalls how the great soloists of the 20th century had similar feelings about the Beethoven Violin Concerto – and why it left them terrified
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News‘Joyfully, with a lot of spirit’ - Julia Fischer on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
Violinist Julia Fischer shares her thoughts on the third movement of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, in this extract from the October 2021 issue
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FocusA letter from Smiley
Film maker Christopher Nupen shares his treasured handwritten letter from cellist Jacqueline du Pré
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VideoJacqueline du Pré and Daniel Barenboim prepare for a recording
'Play something for balance, say the end of the first movement of the F major. Something big'
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FocusOff-stage with Jacqueline du Pré
Five off-stage memories from friends and family of the acclaimed cellist Jacqueline du Pré
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FocusOpinion: Across the decades
Karen Gomyo revisits recordings by ‘golden age’ violinists, and explores why these performances are still so meaningful today
