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ArticleCellist Victor Julien-Laferrière gives winning performance at Queen Elisabeth Competition 2017
French cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière performs Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto with the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Stéphane Denève in the final of the 2017 Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition - where he won the grand prize of €25,000 and concert opportunities. A former student of Heinrich Schiff at the ...
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ArticleYuya Okamoto performs in the final of the Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition
Japanese cellist Yuya Okamoto performs Dvorák's Second Cello Concerto with the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Stéphane Denève in the final of the 2017 Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition - for which he won second prize. The 22-year-old former prize winner of the Competition of Japan and Witold Lutoslawski ...
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ArticleCellist Alisa Weilerstein on optimal body movement while playing
The cello is a big, unwieldy instrument and it is easy to let it control you, if you are not careful...' Cellist Alisa Weilerstein speaks with Paul Katz at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music about using body motion to optimal effect when playing. The interview was ...
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ArticleRenaud Capuçon performs Korngold's Violin Concerto
Renaud Capuçon performs Korngold's Violin Concerto with the German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern conducted by Christoph Poppen in 2008. Watch: Renaud Capuçon rehearses Beethoven’s Violin Concerto 2017 Watch: Capuçon brothers – violinist Renaud and cellist Gautier – perform together at the BBC Proms
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ArticleJoshua Bell performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in 2016
Joshua Bell performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Jirí BÄ›lohlávek in 2016. Read: Joshua Bell on performing and directing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto for the first time Watch: Joshua Bell performs Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto no. 3 Read: ‘I often have to battle negative thoughts ...
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ArticleHow I manage my nerves on stage: violist Tabea Zimmermann
The German violist reflects on managing self-doubt, concentrating on the positive and breathing
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ArticlePinchas Zukerman performs Brahms and Bach violin concertos
Pinchas Zukerman performs Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor followed by Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in celebration of Zubin Mehta's birthday in April 2016. Zukerman conducts from the violin for the Bach, while Mehta takes to the podium to conduct the Brahms. Read: ...
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ArticleViolinist Hilary Hahn performs Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending
US violinist Hilary Hahn performs Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending with Camerata Salzburg at the George Enescu Festival in October 2013. Read: Violinist Hilary Hahn on practice and interpretation Watch: Violinist Hilary Hahn on owning the stage
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ArticleViolinist Janine Jansen performs Kreisler's Marche Miniature Viennoise
Violinist Janine Jansen performs Kreisler's Marche Miniature Viennoise with pianist Magda Amara on Podium Witteman in May 2016. Read: Janine Jansen receives 1707 Stradivarius violin on ten-year loan Watch: Violinist Janine Jansen performs Brahms aged 13 Watch: Janine Jansen performs Brahms Violin Concerto
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ArticleHow to balance the left-hand when playing chords and double stops
The Berlin University of the Arts and London Royal Academy of Music viola professor speaks about left arm set-up when playing multiple notes simultaneously
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ArticleNicola Benedetti performs Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto in 2017
UK violinist Nicola Benedetti performs Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto with the Gothenburg Symphony conducted by Thomas SøndergŠrd in April 2017. Watch: Violinist Nicola Benedetti on the physicality of playing Watch: Violinist Nicola Benedetti gives Ysaÿe masterclass
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VideoThe Strad Masterclass: violinist Vadim Repin on Chausson's Poème op.25
’There are light and hopeful moments, but also very sad moments of absolute hopelessness’ Violinist Vadim Repin speaks about performing Chausson’s Poème op.25 to The Strad, and performs the work in the video above with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta in 2011. Repin continues The Strad’s marked-up ...
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ArticleLawrence Power on the special qualities of the viola
Of all the stringed instruments, the viola is the greatest compromise acoustically…it shouldn’t really exist' Leading British violist Lawrence Power speaks about the special qualities of his instrument and performs excerpts from Esa-Pekka Salonen's Pentatonic Étude for solo viola and Walton's Viola Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra ...
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ArticleBaroque set-up is of secondary importance for getting results in Bach - violinist Christian Tetzlaff
The German artist speaks to Andrew Mellor about finding new depths of discovery in Bach's Solo Sonatas and Partitas
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ArticleGautier Capuçon gives Shostakovich First Cello Concerto masterclass
Not too fast! Keep the semiquavers steady...' Gautier Capuçon gives a masterclass on Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris on 7 January 2017. The cello student is Cornelius Zirbo. The masterclass was recorded for medici.tv and can be viewed in full here. ...
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ArticleBecoming an early music specialist is not a cop-out. Here’s why...
Violinist and Illyria Consort founder Bojan Cicic offers advice for young players looking to investigate early music performance techniques more seriously
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ArticleVilde Frang performs Mozart's First Violin Concerto
Vilde Frang performs Mozart's First Violin Concerto with the Munich Philharmonic conducted by Valery Gergiev. The concert was recorded at the Philharmonie im Gasteig in Munich, Germany on 13 November 2016 and recorded for medici.tv's MPhil 360° Festival. Watch: Vilde Frang in a masterclass with Zakhar Bron ...
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ArticleAmerican cellist Paul Katz on right-hand vibrato
The American cellist and New England Conservatory professor shares a technical tip from his former teacher, the great János Starker
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ArticleJuilliard String Quartet cellist Astrid Schween on her most stressful live performance moments
I broke a string once live on the radio with my string quartet at the time - the Lark Quartet. I was told I had just 60 seconds to change it and the little hole in the peg never felt so small!' Juilliard String Quartet cellist Astrid ...
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ArticleFrank Peter Zimmermann performs Bartók's Second Violin Concerto in 2016
In this short extract Frank Peter Zimmermann performs the first movement of Bartók's Violin Concerto no. 2 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert at the Berlin Philharmonie. The performance was recorded live for broadcast via the Berlin Phil's Digital Concert Hall on 4 December ...
