Featured Stories – Page 85
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VideoAugustin Hadelich plays Chevalier de Saint-Georges
The violinist performed and wrote about de Saint-George’s music as part of a lockdown exploration of neglected works by Black composers
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NewsCulture minister rejects visa-free touring passport for UK musicians
A parliamentary debate stemming from a successful online petition ended with MP Caroline Dinenage saying the idea was ‘not consistent with Brexit’
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VideoHilary Hahn premieres ‘out of body’ by composer David Lang using AI software
The work is part of the DeepMusic.ai project which bridges the gap between culture and AI technology to find a common language
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NewsRussian mother in court over son’s violin playing
Vadim Repin tells the boy: ‘Let this be something that toughens you up, not something that stops you’
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FocusVirtuoso violinist, composer, champion fencer, officer: the Chevalier de Saint-Georges
The son of a wealthy French plantation owner and his enslaved African mistress, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges led an extraordinary life - though his compositions remain unfairly neglected, writes Kevin MacDonald
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VideoMaxim Vengerov plays Shostakovich in 1996
The violinist plays Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 aged 22 in 1996, with the WDR Sinfonieorchester, Cologne, conducted by Semyon Bychkov. Watch: Maxim Vengerov plays Ernst’s Variations on ‘The Last Rose of Summer’ Watch: Maxim Vengerov plays with his daughter Polina Watch: Maxim Vengerov plays with his daughter Liza
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FocusHow did Giovanni Battista Viotti influence the evolution of the Tourte bow?
The meeting between violinist Giovanni Battista Viotti and bowmaker François Xavier Tourte was one of the most important collaborations in the history of string instrument making, as violinist Sophie Rosa explains
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VideoJulia Fischer plays Saint-Saëns’s Havanaise aged 12
The German violinist plays Saint-Saëns’s Havanaise aged 12 in 1996, accompanied by the Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa under Luís Izquierdo. The video also includes footage of Fischer practising violin, playing hockey, and sitting with her fellow class members at school. Read: Sentimental Work: Julia Fischer Read: Julia Fischer founds children’s orchestra
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FocusAn appreciation of the Endellion Quartet – by violinist Sara Trickey
The violinist and friend of the Endellion pays tribute to the quartet
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VideoA 21-year-old Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.3 in G major in 1985
In this video, made in March 1985, a 21-year-old Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.3 in G major with the Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE under Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez. Watch: Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Mozart in a modern art museum during lockdown Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter signs with new US agent ...
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FocusNancy Green: Life Lessons
The US cello soloist and recording artist on following her instinct on a path to true musical fulfilment
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VideoHilary Hahn’s two-year-old tells her to ‘practise slow’
Hilary Hahn receives practice instruction from her two-year-old. Watch: Musical pictionary with Hilary Hahn Watch: Violinist Hilary Hahn performing at the age of 10 Watch: Hilary Hahn plays the Sibelius Violin Concerto with no accompaniment
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Focus‘If you had told me a year ago…I would have dismissed it as impossible’ – Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Autumn 2020 was scheduled to be a big one for violinist and conductor Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, with the start of his first music directorship in France and his conducting debut at the Royal Danish Opera. Here he tells Andrew Mellow about the experience of conducting in the face of social distancing ...
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NewsLisa Batiashvili creates foundation for young musicians in Georgia
The Georgian-born violinist hopes to improve opportunities for a new generation of talented players
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NewsViolinist Georg Mönch dies aged 84
The Czech musician, who spent most of his career in Italy, was noted for his interpretation of modern works
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Focus‘Now I am completely mad’ - Patricia Kopatchinskaja on playing Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire
For violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja a bout of tendonitis was the perfect opportunity to widen her musical perspective by taking on the title role in Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire, as she tells Toby Deller
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FocusJascha Heifetz’s US debut in 1917
The Carnegie Hall recital sealed the 16-year-old’s reputation as an astonishing and unruffled performer, set a new bar for violin playing and led to a season full of engagements and a recording contract, as Dario Sarlo reveals in this piece from The Strad’s archive
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FeatureSentimental Work: Camille Thomas
The Franco-Belgian cellist gave an impassioned premiere performance of Fazil Say’s cello concerto ‘Never Give Up’ in 2018, and has now recorded the piece for Deutsche Grammophon
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VideoLockdown commissions 6: Lawrence Power plays William Marsey’s The Poor Room
In this, the sixth of ten videos, violist Lawrence Power plays William Marsery’s ‘The Poor Room’ at his house in London. The video was filmed by Jessie Rodger during the Christmas break, with sound by Brett Cox. Power says: ‘It’s interesting to reflect on the spaces and rooms that we ...
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