Featured Stories – Page 14
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FeatureSentimental Work: Julia Fischer on Bach Double Violin Concerto
Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins BWV1043 has been one of the German violinist’s constant companions – and is still a rich learning experience with each performance
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BlogsHow Scottish folk music and Haydn have more in common than you think: Maxwell Quartet
Cellist of the Maxwell Quartet Duncan Strachan outlines the importance of the group’s mantra ’You cannot understand classical string quartets without first understanding what it is like to play folk music’
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: violinist Kerson Leong on Britten and Bruch
Canadian violinist Kerson Leong speaks to Tom Stewart about recording an unusual pairing of two very different concertos
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Focus‘Mihaela’s tiramisu is the best I’ve eaten!’ - Double Acts: Frans Helmerson and Mihaela Martin
The husband-and-wife cellist and violinist discuss their different temperaments, their shared interest in world cuisine, and getting locked in a concert hall
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Francesca Dego on Brahms’s Violin Concerto
The Brahms Violin Concerto has been the Italian violinist’s constant partner throughout her career
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BlogsTwo works for violin and piano you should know: violinist Chloë Hanslip
Ahead of a performance at Music at Paxton, the violinist shines a light on works by Kaprálová and Schulhoff
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FocusGreat string players of the past: violinist Jacques Thibaud
Listening to Jacques Thibaud always makes Steven Isserlis smile. From October 2013
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Gallery‘This Voller violin has a big sound’: Piatti Quartet violinist Michael Trainor on his instrument
Ahead of appearances at Music at Paxton, violinist of the Piatti Quartet Michael Trainor examines the curious history of his Voller violin, and the maker’s connection to Alfredo Piatti
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: The pros and cons of backing tracks
Naomi Yandell argues that while backing tracks are a useful learning tool, they create an experience gap that needs bridging
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BlogsLooking for colour - Synaesthesia and interpretation
Thomas Kemp speaks to synaesthetic composer Deborah Pritchard on how colour and light are represented in her new works
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FocusGreat string players of the past: violinist Joseph Szigeti
Pianist Mitsuko Uchida finds a musical soulmate in Joseph Szigeti. From October 2013
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Premium ❘ FeatureLigeti Centenary: how the composer influenced string quartet writing in the 20th century
Long-time fan Peter Quantrill talks to leading interpreters of György Ligeti’s remarkable string quartets, and their plans for centenary tributes
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Article‘Unusualness in all its splendour’: Q&A with the Smorgaschord festival directors
The three-year-old festival is dedicated to pushing boundaries, explain Eliza Millett and Sebastian Black
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BlogsMusicians have the best weddings with the best music: online editor Davina Shum
The cellist reflects on some of her most memorable musical moments at weddings past, ahead of attending and playing at her friends’ wedding this week
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Blogs‘Travelling with the cello doesn’t get any easier’: Maja Bogdanović
The cellist reflects on the challenge of juggling a busy performance career with travelling not only with a cello, but with a small infant!
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Blogs‘I enjoy finding new sonic palettes’ - violinist Rakhi Singh on performing with electronics
The violinist shares her approaches and challenges ahead of upcoming electronic-acoustic sets at Kings Place and Cheltenham Music Festival
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FocusWords of Wisdom: violist Nobuko Imai
A positive outlook and courage are essential for a lasting career in music, as the violist shared in our March 2013 issue
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BlogsThe dark side of being an adult violin beginner: Rachael Ridge
Adult beginners face judgement, pressures and constraints not often associated with younger students, and teachers must aim to be inclusive of late-starters, writes the violinist
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FocusGreat string players of the past: Violinist Adolf Busch
As a young man, Martin Lovett was impressed by the ease with which Adolf Busch performed
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Premium ❘ Feature‘The voice of a generation’ - Young Ukrainian musicians: Fighting for the future
Rita Fernandes looks at some of the programmes that have been helping to ensure a bright future for the Ukrainian music scene when the conflict ends