The International Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists 2019, which took place from 7 to 10 March at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, is split into four age groups, for those aged under 10, 13, 17 and 21 respectively.
Himari Yoshimura, aged 7, was the youngest competitor overall and also won first place in the under-10 category playing this excerpt from Paganini’s Violin Concerto no.1.
Chamber music displays another side to the virtuoso violinist–composer
Stunning virtuosity from a violinist who holds a musical universe in his hands
Interviewed for The Strad August 2018, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter discusses Penderecki’s Second Violin Concerto, a work that harbours undiscovered secrets
In this film from 1962, Leonard Bernstein conducts cellist Zara Nelsova and the New York Philharmonic in a performance of Ernest Bloch’s Schelomo. Nelsova had a close relationship with the composer, who dedicated his three unaccompanied Cello Suites to her.
As Endellion Quartet violinist Andrew Watkinson prepares to lead the Guildhall String Ensemble, he tells us his favourite works for strings – and we put them in a convenient playlist. From 2019
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