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Premium ❘ Focus‘Savour every moment’ - violinist Sarah Chang’s life lessons
The US violinist reflects on the lessons learnt from her unique upbringing
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BlogsFlying Blind: A conductor’s guide to taking an audition
As a self-proclaimed ’veteran of the audition wars,’ Leonard Slatkin shares his perspectives on how string players should best approach a blind orchestral audition
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Education never stops’ - Joshua Bell’s life lessons
The American violinist discusses his varied experiences with teachers and the importance of learning from everyone
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BlogsCelebrating Ethel Barns’ 150th anniversary: violinist, pianist and composer
Dr Nazrin Rashidova explores Ethel Barns’ work, achievements and prominence during her lifetime
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BlogsTrusting yourself: Jessica Meyer on her career as a violist-composer
US correspondent Thomas May speaks with Jessica Meyer about the synergy that fuels the charismatic violist’s work as a composer and collaborator.
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Harriet Krijgh on Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata
Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata presents a cornucopia of emotions for the Dutch cellist, with the beautiful third movement a particular highlight
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Focus‘Planting seeds for my relationship with music’ - Hilary Hahn and the Suzuki method
As a former Suzuki student, violinist Hilary Hahn shares her earliest memories of lessons and how they shaped her into the musician she is now
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NewsHow do you get to Carnegie Hall? The Strad chats to double bassist Nina Bernat
Ahead of her Carnegie Hall debut on 2 December, the prize-winning double bassist speaks to The Strad about filling the space with double bass music, as well as which piece makes her want to get up and dance
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BlogsThe Telegraph Quartet on performing live to a classic Buster Keaton silent film
US correspondent Thomas May speaks with the Telegraph Quartet about their upcoming performance of Stephen Prutsman’s new score to accompany a screening of the classic Buster Keaton silent film The General.
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Siena: Chigiana International Festival
The star-studded 2024 Chigiana International Festival in Siena stayed true to its century-old international traditions, finds Rita Fernandes
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Premium ❘ FeatureCelebrating South African music: the Signum Quartet
Carlos María Solare meets the members of the Signum Quartet towards the end of their two-year-long project to commission and perform brand new works that mark 30 years since the fall of apartheid in South Africa
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Nemanja Radulović on the sunny side of Bach
Violinist Nemanja Radulović speaks to Tom Stewart about his no-preconceptions approach to arranging and recording some of Bach’s concertos and shorter pieces, and finding just the right balance of novelty and reverence
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Premium ❘ FeatureViolinist Ning Feng: Truth and substance
There is seemingly nothing the Chinese-born, Berlin‑based violinist Ning Feng can’t do, from dazzling Paganini interpretations to Bach to 20th‑century concertos. He talks to Michael White about his influences, his future plans and his desire to pass on his musical wisdom to the next generation
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Premium ❘ FeatureThe cosmopolitan virtuoso: Ivan Mane Jarnović
Tanja Goldberg examines the life and legacy of the violin virtuoso and composer Ivan Mane Jarnović, who died 220 years ago, and whose influence on the development of the violin concerto and violin playing in the 18th century has long lain unrecognised
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Focus‘Not bad’ meant ‘Very, very good!’: what was Leonid Kogan like as a violin teacher?
The distinguished French violinist and quartet leader Isabelle Flory studied with Leonid Kogan at the Moscow Conservatoire for three years. She shares her memories of his teaching methods
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BlogsStop falling into behaviour loops: the importance of teaching students how to practise
Violinist Hector Scott shares how bad practice habits can create the illusion of progress, and offers solutions to break the cycle
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BlogsKristin Lee: ‘Violin gave me an identity that wasn’t established through the colour of my skin’
The violinist speaks about how her experiences as a foreign-born citizen of the US laid the groundwork for her new album American Sketches, which features diverse repertoire from the country she now calls home
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Premium ❘ FeatureAn unforgotten talent: 100 years of violinist Leonid Kogan
The matchless Soviet violinist Leonid Kogan was born 100 years ago on 14 November 1924. To mark the centenary, Tully Potter examines the life of ‘the greatest violinist’ he’s ever heard in concert
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Article‘President Zelensky was only 20 feet away’: Exclusive photos and interviews with US military string players
The Strad’s staff writer Rita Fernandes shares exclusive interviews from her trip to Washington DC to meet string players in the US military
