All Improve your playing articles – Page 39
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ArticleDouble bassist Edgar Meyer performs Bach's Second Cello Suite
American double bassist Edgar Meyer performs the Prelude from Bach's Second Cello Suite, and talks about the importance of Bach's works. Meyer writes about the Second Cello Suite in The Strad's November 2015 issue, describing how practising the work became a pathway to technical expertise - download ...
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NewsViolinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja withdraws from concerts due to injury
The Moldovan musician is suffering from tendonitis
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NewsCellist Ella van Poucke wins 2015 Isangyun Competition in South Korea
The 21-year-old musician receives a substantial cash prize and performance opportunities
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2016 receives record number of applications
The contest has conducted a survey of its young violin entrants, producing interesting findings
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ArticleThe daily torment suffered by violists
Was violin too hard?''Hey, what's it like never playing in tune?'Submediant has produced a spoof video of the daily abuse suffered by violists in an effort to #endviolajokes. A female violist walks the streets of New York and is subjected to taunts and catcalls.Read: The history of the ...
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NewsHong Kong Sinfonietta concertmaster collapses on stage during concert
James Cuddeford, who temporarily lost consciousness, fell onto his Gagliano violin
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NewsCellist Alisa Weilerstein announces pregnancy
The artist is expecting her first child with husband and conductor Rafael Payare
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ArticleSibelius's Valse Triste arranged for six - identical - double basses
In celebration of Jean Sibelius's 150th birthday in December 2015, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra double bassist Charles DeRamus performs his own arrangement of Valse Triste, op.44 for six basses - playing every part himself.Watch: Violinist Eric Silberger performs Paganini’s Caprice no.24 with layered variations
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NewsSalem Chamber Orchestra files for bankruptcy
The ensemble, which cancelled its season last month, will be dissolved
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NewsViolinist Benjamin Beilman signs to Warner Classics
Record label announces debut recording with the American soloist
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ArticleUltimate violinist's stunt
A fiddler performs violin with his left hand and piano with his right - while another violinist takes on the task of bowing. The ultimate coordination challenge.
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ArticleKyung Wha Chung performs Bruch's Violin Concerto no.1
Kung Wha Chung performs Bruch's First Violin Concerto with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra conducted by Long Yu on 5 October 2015.Read: 6 opinions on performance and interpretation by violinist Kyung Wha ChungRead: Was violinist Kyung Wha Chung right to berate a coughing child during her recital?Read: Children should ...
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ArticleKim Kashkashian gives Walton Viola Concerto masterclass
The phrase is three big steps towards the public...' American violist Kim Kashkashian gives a masterclass on Walton's Viola Concerto at the Peabody Institute of Music in Baltimore. Read: Kim Kashkashian - ‘The emotional landscape of Hindemith’s music is a joy to enter’
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ArticleAlban Gerhardt speaks about Dvorák's Cello Concerto - with demonstrations
The piece has beautiful haunting melodies, a deep longing for something not reachable and virtuosic elements'Alban Gerhardt speaks about the history and technique of Dvorák's Cello Concerto and gives demonstrations.Alban Gerhardt has contributed a Masterclass feature on the second and third movements of Dvorák's Cello Concerto to The ...
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NewsChicago Symphony Orchestra appoints two new violists
Sunghee Choi and Youming Chen join the orchestra from the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Kansas City Symphony respectively
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ArticleJonathan Hill performs Vitali's Chaconne on a Daniel Parker violin
Jonathan Hill performs Tomaso Antonio Vitali's Chaconne on a violin by Daniel Parker, London, 1716.Probably the finest English maker of the 18th century, little is known about Parker. An early adopter of the long-pattern Stradivari model when many were influenced by Stainer, it is thought Parker was employed ...
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ArticlePittsburgh Symphony strings perform Bernard Herrmann's Psycho suite
André Previn conducts Bernard Herrmann's orchestral suite from the film Psycho, featuring the strings of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1979.
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ArticleCharlotte Moorman performs Paik's TV cello
Experimental cellist Charlotte Moorman performs a 'TV cello' designed by artist Nam June Paik in 1976 at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney.
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ArticleViolinist Hilary Hahn faces off with beatboxer Beardyman
Violinist Hilary Hahn takes part in a humorous 'face-off' with beatboxer Beardyman, culminating in an infectious version of Yankee Doodle Dandy. Watch: Hilary Hahn performs Bach aged 15
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NewsMusician aims to create 10 pop-up orchestras in 10 days around the UK
Shaun Buswell must perform with 100 local musicians he has met personally – and cannot offer payment
