All Focus articles – Page 65
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FocusFrom the archive: a c.1700 cello by Pieter Rombouts from the workshop of Hendrick Jacobs, Amsterdam
This cello was featured in a two-part study by John Dilworth of Dutch maker Hendrick Jacobs in the September and October 1991 issues of The Strad. The following is an extracted from that article
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FocusJan Vogler on performing Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations
For the German cellist, imagining how Tchaikovsky might have viewed the rococo period was key to reinterpreting his Rococo Variations
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Focus'If one can do something, I believe it’s important to try' – Hilary Hahn on Refugee Council concert in London
The violinist will perform the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto at a Royal Festival Hall fundraising concert on 15 January conducted by Edward Gardner. Here she talks to The Strad about a cause close to her heart and a concerto which has become a constant companion
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FocusWIN a box set of Debussy's complete works
Although Claude Debussy wrote only a handful of chamber works over the course of his career, they included some undisputed masterpieces of the genre. In the February 2018 issue of The Strad, James Ehnes, Renaud Capuçon, Nicolas Altstaedt and Raphaël Merlin each discuss the ins and outs ...
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FocusTechnique: Viola vibrato, and how flexible joints and a keen ear can enhance your expressive range
Roger Tapping, violist of the Juilliard Quartet, on the faculty of the Juilliard School, and formerly New England Conservatory, gives a lesson on improving vibrato, particularly for violists
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FocusHeinrich Schiff: A life on record
Tully Potter introduces his guide to the recorded legacy of Austrian cellist Heinrich Schiff from the January 2018 issue of The Strad and complements it with a sweep through live performances available on YouTube
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FocusString courses checklist
Questions to help you find the right short course and arrive well prepared
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FocusKian Soltani on his debut album and Robert Schumann
In this video from Deutsche Grammophon, cellist Kian Soltani, talks about his debut album, due for release in January 2018. Soltani signed with DG earlier this year and has recently won the Lucerne Festival’s Credit Suisse Young Artist Award and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival’s Leonard Bernstein Award
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FocusThe Strad features index: online for the first time
A fully searchable document containing listings of 4652 articles published in the past 21 years
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FocusYo-Yo Ma on making artistic connections and raising balanced musicians
This month Yo-Yo Ma returns as artistic director of his Chinese education initiative Youth Music Culture Guangdong, a programme that aims to create balanced, astute and connected musicians. Charlotte Smith explores the ideas behind the cellist’s approach
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FocusFrom the archive: an interview with Amnon Weinstein in 1991
This photo of an experimental viola design was included in an article by Shmuel Segal in the October 1991 issue of The Strad on the Weinstein workshop in Tel Aviv. Amnon Weinstein has more recently been noted for his ‘Violins for Hope’ project
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FocusIn focus: the 1736 ‘Cessole’, ‘Teja-Ferni’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
Although Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ is best known for his wild, unruly later masterpieces, this 1736 violin reveals his softer side, as Carlo Chiesa explains in this focus on a Strad poster instrument first published in the July 2010 issue
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FocusIn residence: The Coull Quartet at the University Of Warwick, UK
This year the group marks its 40th anniversary at the English university – a place of stability that has allowed the players to experiment musically and to engage with all academic departments, finds Toby Deller
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FocusDragonetti’s Gasparo da Salò double bass and its seismic effect on English lutherie
The importance to English bass making of the great Italian double bassist Domenico Dragonetti has been underestimated. Bass makers Thomas Martin, Martin Lawrence and George Martin reveal how the musician and his Gasparo da Salò instrument had a direct influence on London’s luthiers
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FocusKlezmer violin technique masterclass with Sophie Solomon
The violin is a vital ingredient of the klezmer sound. In this Masterclass from January 2007, Sophie Solomon, founding member of klezmer fusion band Oi Va Voi and artistic director of London’s Jewish Music Institute, explains that embodying a vocal quality in the instrument is the key to performing this ...
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FocusJoey Corpus remembered: a profile from the November 2001 issue of The Strad
In this interview feature by Barbara L. Sand, Joey Corpus, who has died at the age of 59, discusses his late start as a musician, living with a disability, and his teaching philosophy
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FocusFrom the archive: Rivka Golani talks about her Otto Erdesz viola
These photographs of a cutaway viola by Otto Erdesz appeared in the May 1991 issue of The Strad alongside an interview with Israeli violist Rivka Golani, who still plays the instrument to this day. An extract of the article by Mark Pappenheim is below
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FocusConquering performance nerves: starting well and keeping tempo on track
Brian Hodges answers student questions on coping with stage fright
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FocusFire and ice: the best recordings of the Sibelius violin concerto
Originally published in 2007 for the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death, this critical appraisal by Richard S. Ginell looks for the recordings that do justice to one of the best-loved works in the repertoire
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FocusMasterclass: Leonidas Kavakos on the Sibelius Violin Concerto
The Finnish composer put all his knowledge as symphonic writer and frustrated violinist into this great, elemental work. First published in The Strad’s January 2008 issue, Leonidas Kavakos’s masterclass explains how to do it justice
