Featured Stories – Page 12
-
Premium ❘ Focus‘I imagine dialogues with Schumann and Bartók!’ - Rachel Barton Pine’s life lessons
The US violinist on her unique journey and the importance of keeping artistic integrity
-
FocusDouble Acts: actor Russell Crowe and violinist Richard Tognetti
Gladiator star Crowe found learning the violin over a three-month period for the film Master and Commander tiring until Tognetti taught him how to relax
-
Premium ❘ Feature‘Find someone who’s like-hearted’ - Changes within string quartets
Peter Quantrill speaks to string quartet players who have survived, and even thrived under membership change
-
Blogs‘The cycle demands relentless focus’ - the Calidore Quartet on performing Beethoven’s string quartets
Calidore Quartet violinist Jeffrey Myers outlines the highlights and challenges of performing these works, ahead of a Beethoven string quartet cycle at Music@Menlo
-
BlogsSeeking Utopia: celebrating the friendship between Lionel Tertis and Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ahead of a performance at 3 Choirs Festival, violist Shiry Rashkovsky examines how the musically philanthropic efforts of Lionel Tertis and Ralph Vaughan Williams aided Jewish refugees of World War II
-
Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Montreal: Montreal International Music Competition
Technical level was higher than ever before at the competition, but it was musicianship that really took centre stage, finds Rita Fernandes
-
Premium ❘ ArticleAnalysis August 2023: Changing teaching approaches for adult beginners
With an increase in the number of adults taking their first steps in playing, how do teachers adapt their teaching methods to this different discipline?
-
Focus‘You can’t criticise someone too much if you want a relationship - or a quartet - to last’- Double Acts: Emma and Matthew Denton
The Carducci Quartet’s cellist and first violinist share an inside view on their relationship
-
Premium ❘ Feature‘I can’t help having a different perspective’ - Violinist Nicola Benedetti
Ahead of Nicola Benedetti’s debut as director of the Edinburgh International Festival, Rebecca Franks speaks to her about her plans
-
Blogs‘It’s definitely opened doors’ - Judy Kang on playing the electric violin
Ahead of a plethora of summer shows, Judy Kang shares how playing an electric instrument helps her express herself more personally and creatively
-
Blogs‘We still get nervous’: violinist Brett Yang on performance nerves
The key to dealing with performance anxiety and nerves is to have the confidence to gain more experience performing, says the violinist
-
Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Rethinking Beethoven’s String Quartet op.135
Norman Werbner argues an intriguing case for a different way of performing Beethoven’s String Quartet op.135
-
NewsWe played Google’s new ‘bird-tuoso’ cello AI game - here’s what we think
Online editor and real-life cellist Davina Shum shares her and The Strad team’s thoughts on ’Viola the Bird’, Google’s newest music-meets-tech game
-
Blogs‘His music was a gesture of friendship’: cellist Julian Lloyd Webber on Malcom Arnold
Arnold’s Fantasy for Cello has provided years of musical satisfaction for the cellist. Here, Lloyd Webber reacquaints himself and audiences with the work, which was composed for him in 1986
-
Focus‘There’s a lot of teasing. Even his kids tease me’ - Double Acts: Colin Carr and Thomas Sauer
Cellist Colin Carr and pianist Thomas Sauer talk about their shared passions and friendship
-
Premium ❘ FeatureTwisted History: Female violinists and the Brahms concerto
Tatjana Goldberg takes a closer look at the group of female violinists spreading Brahms’s violin concerto worldwide
-
Blogs‘It’s a powerful experience to perform the cycle’: cellist Guy Johnston on Beethoven Cello Sonatas
Ahead of a performance at Music at Paxton, the cellist reflects on his approach and the challenges of performing these mighty works
-
Blogs‘It’s given me confidence’ - violinist Jane Delap on the Benedetti Foundation Adult Learner Strings Day
Held in London on 8 July 2023, the workshop dedicated to adult string students provided an opportunity to tackle challenging repertoire and meet like-minded individuals, as the violinist writes
-
Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Copenhagen: Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition
The third edition of the the competition was a reminder of just how wondrous Nielsen’s string quartets are, says Andrew Mellor
-
Focus‘We were decadent tramps. I think we still are, in some ways’ - Double Acts: Igudesman and Joo
Comedy violin–piano duo Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo talk about fish and chips, student squalor and their love of onstage pranks