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FocusIda Haendel making her first appearance in The Strad in 1937
In our March 1937 issue our correspondent predicts great things for a 14-year-old violinist who may have actually only been 9 at the time
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Violinist Ida Haendel performs Paganini Caprice no.17
A video clip has surfaced in recent days of violinist Ida Haendel performing Paganini's Caprice no.17 and the Andante from Bach's Solo Sonata no.2. The live television studio recording was made during the 1980s. Read: Violinist Ida Haendel on Bach's Chaconne Watch: Ida Haendel gives ...
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Ida Haendel performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto
Ida Haendel puts her distinctive stamp on Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Franz Paul Decker in 1981. Read: Violinist Ida Haendel on Bach’s Chaconne Watch: Ida Haendel gives Royal College of Music masterclass
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Violinist Ida Haendel on Bach's Chaconne
The great performer and teacher offered her insights into the work in The Strad's May 2010 issue
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Violinist Ida Haendel gives Royal College of Music masterclass
You need to be more present; you don't want the audience to forget you are here!' Violinist Ida Haendel gives a masterclass for four students at London's Royal College of Music, covering Ravel's Tzigane, Brahms's Violin Concerto, and Enescu's Third Violin Sonata. Read Haendel's views ...
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Violinist Ida Haendel on Brahms's Violin Concerto
Powerful, moving, lyrical: for the veteran British violinist, the Brahms concerto is a demanding and an inspirational piece of music
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Vivaldi dream team - Isaac Stern, Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel and Shlomo Mintz
Four legendary violinists - Isaac Stern, Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel and Shlomo Mintz - perform Vivaldi's Concerto in B minor for Four Violins, op.3 no.10 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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Ida Haendel performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
Ida Haendel, who features in The Strad's gallery in honour of International Women's Day on 8 March 2014, performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen, op.20 in 2006. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back ...
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Ida Haendel
Born in Chelm, a small town in provincial Poland, Ida Haendel first picked up her father's violin at the age of 3 and won her first competition, the Huberman Prize, when she was five, playing Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Her family recognised her potential immediately and spent several ...
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Bach's Chaconne on film: Ida Haendel
A recent performance by the violinist illustrates her special sound.
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Conversations with great artists: Steven Isserlis meets Ida Haendel
In an interview recorded in 2012 at London's Wigmore Hall, Steven Isserlis is joined by violinist Ida Haendel to speak about her life in music, the place of music in her life and her views on the essential spirit of being a performer. 'I am the ...
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Ida Haendel: I Am the Violin
I Am the Violin is a 2004 documentary about violinist Ida Haendel, written and directed by Paul Cohen and produced by IDTV in Amsterdam. Read editor Ariane Todes' thoughts on Ida Haendel and her latest CD The great violinist offers her insights into Bach's ...
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The indomitable musical spirit of Ida Haendel
Ariane Todes listens to a new CD by the great violinist
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Ida Haendel – Historical Return to Chelm. Bach: Chaconne from Partita no.2, etc. Tartini: Sonata ‘The Devil’s Trill’. Wieniawski: Légende, Polonaise de concert. Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen. Tchaikovsky:
The Strad Issue: January 2007 Musicians: Ida Haendel (violin) Capella Cracoviensis, Stanislaw Galonski (conductor) Composer: Bach, Tartini, Wieniawski, Sarasate, Tchaikovsky, Bruch Last year Ida Haendel made an emotional return to perform in the Polish town of Chelm, where she had been born 83 years before. She had ...
