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ArticleMaxwell Quartet performs György Kurtág's 12 Microludes
The Maxwell String Quartet plays György Kurtág's 12 Microludes, which the ensemble performed in concert at London's Purcell Room on 5 January - read the review in The Strad's April 2015 issue, out in March.Hungarian composer György Kurtág recently received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in ...
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ArticleSoundpainting: a method of structuring improvisation
Walter Thompson, the inventor of Soundpainting, demonstrates his method for structuring improvisation with the Walter Thompson Orchestra in France, September 2011. Read more about the live composition sign language in The Strad's February 2015 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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FocusFree sheet music: James Ehnes's cadenzas to the early Mozart violin concertos
The violinist describes the process behind writing his own cadenzas for Mozart’s First and Second Concertos. Download the scores as a PDF at the bottom of the article
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ArticleSydney Symphony Orchestra presents Visions of Vienna
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra's 'Greatest Hits from Vienna' concert, conducted by Ola Rudner, was captured at various angles by 14 cameras and projected live onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House on 4 February 2015. The performance was enjoyed not only by live audiences in Sydney, ...
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ArticleCellists Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber perform Piazzolla
Julian Lloyd Webber and his wife Jiaxin play The Little Beggar Boy by Piazzolla with pianist Pam Chowhan in 2013.The performance feature's Lloyd Webber's 'Barjansky' Stradivarius cello, which the artist is now to sell following his retirement from performing.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ArticleViolinist Jascha Heifetz performs Mozart aged eleven
Legendary violinist Jascha Heifetz performs Mozart's Gavotte in G from Idomeneo, transcribed by Leopold Auer, aged just eleven. The performance was recorded on wax cylinder in 1912. Read The Strad's first mention of the young Heifetz, published in October 1912. Subscribe to The Strad or download our ...
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ArticleJascha Heifetz performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
Legendary violinist Jascha Heifetz makes short work of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto first movement. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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BlogsReturning to my cello: how I built my career, by Jo Quail
The British musician talks frankly about rediscovering her love for the cello following a seven-year hiatus and gives tips on building a performing portfolio
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Premium ❘ FeatureGiuseppe Tartini’s advice on playing the violin
The following letter was sent to Signora Maddalena Lombardini in answer to a query regarding violin technique
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ArticleViolinist David Garrett performs the Devil's Trill Sonata
Violinist David Garrett performs Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata. Read Giuseppe Tartini's violin playing advice. Read French violinist-conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow’s thoughts on the Devil’s Trill in The Strad’s February 2015 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free ...
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DebateThe media was too quick to condemn Kyung Wha Chung's reaction to a coughing audience
Our focus has been wrong all along, argues Toby Deller
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ArticleViolinist Philippe Graffin performs Prokofiev's Five Melodies
The Strad's February 2015 cover star, violinist Philippe Graffin, performs Prokofiev's Five Melodies op.35 with the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Valentin Doni.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticlePoland's first musical flashmob? Sinfonietta Cracovia performs
Polish chamber ensemble Sinfonietta Cracovia performed 'probably the first musical shopping-mall flash mob in Poland's history' on 29 November 2014. The group, conducted by Jurek DybaŠ‚, played Krakowiak in 20 bars by Polish composer Krzesimir DÄ™bski.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...
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ArticleViolinist Stéphane Grappelli performs 'It Had To Be You'
Legendary jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli performs 'It had To Be You' with guitarists Martin Taylor and Louis Stewart, and double bassist Jack Sewing in The Grand Opera House, Belfast in April 1986.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To ...
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FocusBritish violinist Fenella Barton on overcoming rheumatoid arthritis
Conquering pain taught the solo and chamber musician to play as if every performance was her last
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Premium ❘ FeatureDouble bassist Gary Karr on ‘how to take bad music and make it creative’
The British musician explains how playing the corny pieces of the repertoire gave him an invaluable lesson in finding his own voice
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ArticleFinalists perform Mozart at the Singapore International Violin Competition
The three Grand Finalists of the Singapore International Violin Competition have now been announced: Sirena Huang, USA; Richad Lin, Taiwan; and Yu-Chien Tseng, Taiwan.The three will perform Romantic concertos with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Verbitsky on 21 January and compete for a top prize of ...
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FocusDouble bassist Leon Bosch on avoiding back and finger injuries
The musician was forced to listen to his body to prevent the recurrence of back and finger issues
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ArticleAlexandra Conunova performs at Singapore International Violin Competition
Alexandra Conunova performs Beethoven's Violin Sonata no.8, Poulenc's Violin Sonata, Koh's kilo and Wieniawski's Faust Fantasy at the Singapore International Violin Competition 2015 Semi-Finals.For further videos of the contestants visit the competition's YouTube page.For full details of all the Semi-Finalists visit the Singapore Violin Competition website.
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DebateA grounding in music theory can help performance
Far from constricting a player’s response to a new piece, a good grounding in music theory can help them find more possibilities for playing it, as Henning Kraggerud argues
