Featured Stories – Page 80
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VideoHilary Hahn plays Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1 aged 18
The then-18-year-old American violinist Hilary Hahn plays Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1 with the Symphonie Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Lorin Maazel in Munich in 1998. Read: How I warm up: Hilary Hahn Read: Hilary Hahn: ‘I find that speaking, thinking and sharing ideas is integral to the experience of ...
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VideoPrince Philip and the Queen listen to an Itzhak Perlman recital in 2007
In tribute to Prince Philip, who died this morning, here is a video of the Duke of Edinburgh listening to a recital from Itzhak Perlman with the Queen in 2007, with George W. and Laura Bush sitting next to them. Prince Philip can be seen for the first 20 seconds. ...
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Video9-year-old Sylvia Pine - daughter of Rachel Barton Pine - plays Meditation from Thais
Violinist Sylvia Pine, age 9, from the United States, performs Meditation from Thais by Jules Massenet. Recorded on March 15, 2021. On April 8, 2021, Sylvia was awarded First Prize in ‘The Music of Mediterranean Europe’ from London’s International Great Composers Competition. Accompaniment arranged and performed by violinist Rachel Barton ...
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BlogsVarying my warm-up routine is essential for performing success, says violinist Natalia Lomeiko
The multiple prize winner and Royal College of Music professor has found numerous ways to warm up for concert performances
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FocusThe dramatic story behind Ludomir Różycki’s Violin Concerto
Polish virtuoso Janusz Wawrowski’s new arrangement of Ludomir Różycki’s Violin Concerto reveals a far more optimistic work than its wartime origins suggest, writes Harry White
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NewsCellist Tanja Tetzlaff receives Glenn Gould Bach Fellowship
The €100,000 award will go towards a film project centred on Bach’s Cello Suites
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VideoDavid Garrett plays Smooth Criminal
A live performance by the crossover legend of Michael Jackson’s classic hit
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NewsFrench festival in memory of Ivry Gitlis to take place in July
The lineup at the Colmar International Festival’s 32nd edition will include Maxim Vengerov and Viktoria Mullova
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NewsSouthbank Sinfonia and St John’s Smith Square join forces
The graduate training orchestra and London concert venue to become a ‘hub for world-class musical development’
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FocusDavid Garrett: ‘Even if you’re arranging Metallica or Iron Maiden, there needs to be a sense of classical culture’
In this extract from our April issue, the violin superstar talks to us about writing the perfect crossover cover
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VideoInterview with Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas
In this interview Hannah Nepilova speaks to the Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas - a classically trained solo violinist who, since the start of lockdown, has been streaming his own virtuosic cover arrangements of non-classical pieces. Many have gone viral, including a cover of Elton John’s ‘I’m Still Standing’ which was ...
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VideoRoberts Balanas plays Bobby Hebb on 6 string violin
In this video the Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas, who has been broadcasting a series of virtuosic covers throughout lockdown, plays Bobby Hebb’s Sunny on a 6-string violin with loop pedal cover. Watch Interview with Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas Watch Elton John’s I’m still Standing - arranged for solo violin
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FocusHow do you balance the piano with strings?
Producing a nuanced, well-balanced and blended combination of piano and strings can be a difficult performance feat to achieve. Pauline Harding talks to chamber musicians, soloists and teachers to discover some of their secrets
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NewsItalians play ‘Accelerations’ waltz in protest at slow vaccine rollout
Johann Strauss II’s famous accellerando chosen ’to highlight the need to speed up vaccine delivery’, says organiser
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Focus7 warming up and cooling down exercises for musicians
Suggested warm-ups prior to playing and cool-down stretches following performance and/or practice
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Video‘Gethsemane’ for violin solo by Deborah Pritchard
In the lead-up to Easter the violinist Greta Mutlu plays Deborah Pritchard’s new solo violin piece ‘Gethsemane’, depicting the tranquility of the Garden of Gethsemane during the Passion story on Good Friday. Read ’Inside Colour’ for violin solo by Deborah Pritchard
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FeatureSentimental Work: Daniel Hope
Schnittke’s First Violin Sonata was the Irish–German violinist’s introduction to the composer’s work – as well as the perfect opening to meet the composer himself
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VideoTartini’s Devil’s Trill meets Klezmer-style improvisation
The music slips from the world of Baroque into a klezmer-style improvisation in this performance of Tartini’s Devil’s Trill by David Le Page and the Orchestra of the Swan from their latest streamed concert: ’Interpretation of Dreams’. The concert also includes music by Pärt, Messiaen, Monti, Cervantes, Liszt, Badalamenti and ...
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NewsBerlin Philharmonic cellist Ottomar Borwitzky has died
Borwitzky spent 37 years as the orchestra’s first principal cellist
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Focus‘I wasn’t even sure if I wanted to play the violin any more’ – David Garrett
Garrett was plagued by feelings of inadequacy after spending his childhood in the classical spotlight, he tells Charlotte Smith
