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BlogsJocelyn Pook on commemorating the children of Terezín through music
The composer shares the motivation and process behind her new album Drawing Life, inspired by the drawing and poetry of the children held in the Terezín Concentration Camp
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NewsKonstantin Ishkhanov launches Israeli Classic Strings Competition
Winners of the competition for violin and cello in Tel Aviv will share a prize fund worth €210,000
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News‘We are going to become more and more parochial’: Julian Lloyd Webber hits out at post-Brexit visa rules
The British cellist said it will become ’really difficult’ for musicians ’to carve out a great international career’
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FocusChevalier de Saint-Georges: violin virtuoso, composer, champion fencer and French revolutionary officer
This month we’re remembering musical groundbreakers, including violinist Joseph White, whose debut with the New York Philharmonic in 1875 made history as the first time a black soloist had appeared with that orchestra. Read about White’s historic debut in our June 2021 issue. The ...
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Focus‘It doesn’t sound like three instruments but a hundred’ – Sitkovetsky Trio
For the Sitkovetsky Trio, the challenge of recording Ravel’s Piano Trio was combining three disparate solo voices to sound as one – but the reward was a performance far greater than the sum of its parts, the players tell Tom Stewart
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NewsViolist Yuchen Lu wins 2021 Klein International String Competition
The 22-year-old Chinese musician wins $13,000 and a number of performance contracts
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NewsWinners announced at ISB Double Bass Competition
The International Society of Bassists’ virtual event took place on 7 and 8 June at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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DebateOpinion: An integrated whole
By divorcing technique from the music, we prevent the bow from becoming an extension of our right arm and hand, writes John Crawford
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NewsQuartet and violinist receive 2021 Concert Artists Guild prizes
The winners will receive concert opportunities in New York and London following the virtual competition
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BlogsViolinist György Pauk on his early career and the challenges facing young players today
The leading soloist and Royal Academy of Music professor celebrates 80 years of violin playing in his new autobiography
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason loaned 1700 Gofriller cello
The instrument ‘presents a kaleidoscope of tonal qualities’ and ’has an uncanny capacity to respond’ according to the cellist
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VideoMusic for Self-Isolation - Documentary
Music for Self-Isolation began as a project to raise spirits and create music for those forced into self-isolation. In just 6 weeks, Frank Horvat, Associate Composer at the Canadian Music Centre, composed 31 short solo and duo works for a variety of instruments and voice. The project has evolved, over ...
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VideoJanine Jansen plays Histoire du Soldat
The violinist joined Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra musicians for the performance on 4 June
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Focus‘If my cello could talk’ – by John-Henry Crawford
The American cellist shares the story of his cello - one linked with the history of his family, and their experience as Jews living in Austria during the Second World War
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VideoCellist Peter Gregson performs Patina, an original composition
The work is scored for solo cello, analogue synthesisers, piano and string orchestra and explores ‘the presence of absence’
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VideoYo-Yo Ma answers Twitter users’ questions on all things cello
Erudite quick-fire queries from the finest minds of social media
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NewsString quartets revealed for 2021 Trondheim Competition
The ten groups will compete for a €15,000 first prize at the contest, to be held in Trondheim in September
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VideoBerlin Philharmonic concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley gives Mahler First Symphony masterclass
In this video Noah Bendix-Balgley, First Concertmaster with the Berlin Philharmonic, gives tips on playing the audition excerpt for violin from Mahler’s 1st Symphony. Watch Berlin Philharmonic violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley gives Mozart audition masterclass Read Noah Bendix-Balgley steps down officially as Pittsburgh Symphony concertmaster
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FocusBomsori: Professional life is a lot harder than endless competitions
The South Korean violinist talks to Andrew Mellor about competitions and her experience so far of life as a professional solo violinist
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FocusSatu Vӓnskӓ: Life Lessons
The Finnish principal violin of the Australian Chamber Orchestra discusses the importance of cultivating one’s curiosity and taking risks
