All Gidon Kremer articles
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate
A highly personal programme offers a typically searing experience
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Premium ❘ FeatureGidon Kremer on Mieczysław Weinberg: Testament to turbulent times
2019 marked a century since the birth of Polish–Soviet composer Mieczysław Weinberg. Violinist Gidon Kremer tells Tom Stewart why he has become one of the composer’s greatest champions
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NewsFinalists announced in Jascha Heifetz violin competition
A jury chaired by Gidon Kremer will choose the winner at the finals in May
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ArticleMajor US agency goes bust
As Covid-19 prevents artists from making money, those who represent them are feeling the pinch too
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VideoGidon Kremer talks about perfectionism and plays Caprice no.13
An excerpt from the film Gidon Kremer - Man of Many Musics by documentary maker Christopher Nupen. The complete film is available on the Allegro Films YouTube channel
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ReviewKremer: Weinberg
Solo cello music appropriated for the violin – in dazzling, charismatic style
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ArticleViolinist Gidon Kremer receives Pour le Mérite award
The order was first created in 1740 by King Frederick II of Prussia and later adopted by Germany as a vehicle for celebrating achievements in science and art
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FocusWords of wisdom by violinist Gidon Kremer
As the great artist celebrates his 70th birthday, we share his views on contemporary music, tone, music and politics, and interpretation, as published in The Strad's October 2010 issue
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NewsViolinist Gidon Kremer receives Praemium Imperiale Award, worth £100,000
The Japan Art Association
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ArticleVideo: Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Mozart's Violin Concerto no.3
Conductor and early music pioneer Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who announced his retirement on Saturday 5 December, conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Mozart's Violin Concerto no.3 in G major K216, with soloist Gidon Kremer. Violinist Ray Chen will give a Masterclass on the first movement of this concerto in ...
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ReviewNew Seasons. Glass: Violin Concerto no.2 ‘The American Four Seasons’. Kancheli: Ex contrario. Pärt: Estonian Lullaby. Umebayashi: Yumeji’s Theme
The Strad Issue: September 2015Description: Kremer imbues contemporary fare with characteristic intensityMusicians: Kremerata Baltica/†¨Gidon Kremer (violin)Composer: Glass, Kancheli, Pärt, Umebayashi:Gidon Kremer’s propensity for imbuing everything he plays with contemporary emotional resonances continues to provide a refreshing slant on the classics of yesteryear. Yet it is as a ...
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ArticleGidon Kremer performs Bernstein's Serenade conducted by the composer
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium' this month, here is violinist Gidon Kremer performing the fourth movement 'Agathon' with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bernstein. Read a feature on the work in the Strad's November 2014 ...
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ArticleGidon Kremer performs Kreisler's Liebesleid
To mark the official centenary of the beginning of the First World War today, here's violinist Gidon Kremer performing Kreisler's Liebesleid with pianist Martha Argerich. Kreisler fought and was wounded in the first year of the Great War, and subsequently performed concerts throughout America, despite prejudice against ...
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ArticleGidon Kremer performs Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata
Gidon Kremer performs the third movement Presto from Beethoven's Violin Sonata no.9, 'Kreutzer' with pianist Martha Argerich. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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FocusSix great performances of Beethoven's ‘Kreutzer' Sonata on film
Over the last two weeks we’ve been posting videos of some of the finest performances of Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata available on YouTube. The playlist begins with precious 1926 footage of the Russian violinist Efrem Zimbalist performing the last movement of the sonata with the pianist Harold Bauer, ...
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ArticleBeethoven's 'Kreutzer' Sonata on film: Gidon Kremer
The Latvian violinist performs with Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich. Listen to how other great violinists tackled Beethoven's great masterwork: Joshua Bell Dylana Jenson Gidon Kremer Nathan Milstein Anne-Sophie Mutter Pinchas Zukerman Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ArticleBach's Chaconne on film: Gidon Kremer
The Latvian violinist explores the instrument's full range of colour in this masterwork.
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ArticleGidon Kremer plans concert to promote human rights in Russia
Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer has announced plans to hold a special concert in Berlin to promote awareness of the human-rights situation in Russia. Along with his own chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica, Kremer has stated that cellist Nicolas Altstaedt will perform at the concert, as well as pianists ...
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ArticleIgudesman and Joo with Kremer
Here is the June issue's Double Act, comedy duo Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo, in action with Gidon Kremer.