The Strad Quiz: Know your violinists

2018-06-01T15:24:00+01:00

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The teaching of Dorothy DeLay - by violinists Itzhak Perlman, Stephen Clapp and Brian Lewis
2023-03-31T08:35:00Z
Shortly after the legendary Juilliard School violin professor died in 2002, pupils and colleagues paid tribute to her teaching magic
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11 views on teaching by Juilliard School violin professor Dorothy DeLay
2023-03-31T08:32:00Z
During the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover in 1995, jury member Dorothy DeLay led a 90-minute discussion on teaching. Evelyn Chadwick recorded some of her views.
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‘I try to teach the students to think for themselves’ – the singular teaching legacy of Dorothy DeLay
2023-03-31T08:31:00Z
Dorothy DeLay was born on this day in 1917. In this excerpt from September 2017, Laurie Niles speaks to former students about the legendary pedagogue’s teaching methods

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What can musicians learn from working with dancers?
2021-05-31T11:00:00Z
Pauline Harding attends workshops, talks to early music specialists and pioneering modern players, and discovers a whole new approach to interpreting classical music
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Was Sherlock Holmes actually meant to be any good at playing the violin?
2019-03-07T12:00:00Z
'Melancholy wailings', 'exasperating solos', but 'a remarkable gift for improvisation' – we revisit Maggie Williams's article on our favourite fictional violinist
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United Strings of Europe performing new work by Arturo Corrales
2019-02-27T10:22:00Z
The United Strings of Europe, an ensemble made up of young professional musicians from across the continent, launch their New Horizons series tonight in London’s Conway Hall . The ensemble, which has just completed a tour of Lebanon, and is today leading a workshop with refugees and asylum seekers ...