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Article2Cellos perform Smooth Criminal live in Tokyo
2Cellos - Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser - perform their cover of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal at Suntory Hall in Tokyo in July 2015. Watch: 2Cellos, Mischa Maisky and Giovanni Sollima perform AC/DC’s Thunderstruck
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ArticleNikolaj Znaider performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto
Nikolaj Znaider performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Yuri Temirkanov for the International Music Festival 'Stars on the Baikal' in September 2016. Read: Violinist Nikolaj Znaider on the importance of practising basics
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FocusHow to play fast passages without tension, by cellist Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi
Sometimes our hands know exactly what to do, if only we'd let them, says the Japanese artist
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ArticleDouble bassist Dan Styffe performs Piazzolla
Double bassist Dan Styffe performs an arrangement of Piazzolla's Tango Etude no.4 - originally composed for flute.Read Styffe's Technique article on back muscles, weight and flexibility in the right hand in The Strad's November issue, out now - download on desktop computer or through The Strad App.
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ArticleDavid Garrett performs on the 'Cannon' Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin
David Garrett performs on the 1743 'Cannon' Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin, formerly owned by Paganini and the known as the famous 18th century violinist's favourite instrument. Garrett was preparing to perform at a concert at Teatro Carlo Felice, in Genoa, Italy earlier this year. Read: Paganini, the ...
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Article10-year-old cellist Sunghyun Park performs Paganini
Cellist Sunghyun Park, aged 10, performs Paganini's Variations on a Theme from Rossini's 'Mose' in South Korea's Kumho Art Hall as part of the venue's 'Prodigy Concert Series'. Park was recently named a prize winner at the Golden Classical Music Awards in New York.Watch: Cellist Gautier Capuçon performs ...
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Focus'Classical music has become separated from contemporary culture,' says violinist Jennifer Koh
The artist speaks to Gavin Dixon about returning to the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and how her approach is informed by collaborations with living composers
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ArticleThe Strad Masterclass: Pieter Wispelwey on Brahms Cello Sonata op.99
We need to look at this awesome, great, powerful and heroic movement with fresh eyes' Pieter Wispelwey talks about performing the first movement of Brahms's Cello Sonata op.99 and provides demonstrations in the video above. Wispelwey continues The Strad’s marked-up sheet music series in association with Henle Verlag with the ...
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FocusGetting articulation right is vital for performing minimalist music
Pwyll ap Siôn explores minimalism’s leading works for strings and provide tips on how to play them
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ArticleJennifer Koh performs at Tchaikovsky Competition 1994
In this short excerpt from the finals of the 1994 Tchaikovsky Competition, violinists Jennifer Koh and Anastasia Chebotareva each perform the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. Second prize was shared between the two violinists in a year when no first prize was awarded.US violinist Jennifer Koh speaks about recording the ...
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ArticleMone Hattori performs at International Wieniawski Violin Competition 2016
Mone Hattori performs Wieniawski's Legende, Kreisler's La Gitana and Grieg's Third Violin Sonata in the second round of the International Wieniawski Violin Competition 2016.Read: 15th International Wieniawski Violin Competition announces 52 candidatesRead: Mone Hattori wins inaugural Boris Goldstein International Violin Competition in Switzerland
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ArticleCommon cello problems
You wouldn't be hiding a dead body in there would you...'Juilliard School students Esther Yang and Rachel Yin produce a series of fun skits, featuring cellist Nathan Chan, focusing on common problems faced by cellists - from slipping endpins to the monotony of Pachelbel's Canon.Watch: Shostakovich cello tailpiece ...
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Focus'Classical musicians have very little artistic freedom,' says violinist Christian Tetzlaff
The violinist speaks to Geoffrey Norris about adopting a scholarly approach to the repertoire
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ArticleViolinist Vadim Repin performs Tchaikovsky at Museo del Violino, Cremona
Violinist Vadim Repin and pianist Andrei Korobeinikov performs the Méditation from Tchaikovsky's Souvenir d'un lieu cher, op.42 at the Museo del Violino in Cremona, Italy as part of the Stradivari Festival 2016. Read: 6 pieces of advice for performers by violinist Vadim Repin Watch: Vadim Repin plays ...
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma performs 'Song of the Birds' as BBC Proms encore
Yo-Yo Ma performs the Catalan ‘Song of the Birds’, arranged by Pablo Casals, as an encore at the 2015 BBC Proms. Watch: Cellist Bernard Greenhouse performs Song of the Birds aged 95
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Focus5 reasons to develop your own musical ideas
Violin professor Boris Kuschnir gives five reasons why students should avoid copying others' phrasing and interpretation
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen gives masterclass on smooth bow changes
Imagine that the paper is the instrument, the brush is the bow, and your musical line is the ink' Ray Chen continues his video masterclass series by analysing, with the aid of a paint brush, exactly what happens at the moment of a bow change. Watch: Violinist ...
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ArticleViolinist Sarah Chang performs Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy aged 11
Sarah Chang cements her reputation as a child prodigy, performing Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy at the age of 11 with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by John Williams. Read: Divide your practice into hour-long chunks, says violinist Sarah Chang Watch: Violinist Sarah Chang performs Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen
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FocusYoung players must find their own sound within each composer’s idiom,' says violinist Kyung Wha Chung
Kyung Wha Chung Violinist Kyung Wha Chung speaks in The Strad’s October 2016 issue about her long-awaited recording of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas, fifty years after she began playing the works . Click here to subscribe or login. Alternatively, download the full article on desktop computer or ...
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ArticlePing-pong playing violinist demonstrates serious coordination skills
The first violinist of comedy string quartet the MozART Group demonstrates seriously impressive coordination and rhythmic control in a performance incorporating left-hand pizzicato, singing and ping-pong.Watch: Ray Chen's violin swapping Bach Double Concerto encore