All janos-starker articles
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Review
Book review: Top Secrets for Cellists: An Organized Method of String Playing
Janet Banks reviews a new edition of János Starker’s treatise on cello performance
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Focus
Cello journey: the best recordings of Ernest Bloch's Schelomo
Intended to be played as a seamless integrated whole, with an equality between the cellist and the orchestra, rather than as a concertante piece, Bloch’s Hebraic rhapsody Schelomo has been recorded by many cellists in numerous ways – and it seems that there is something special about almost all ...
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News
Cellist Taeguk Mun wins $25,000 János Starker Foundation Award
The prize is granted to cellists under the age of 30 'who have already begun a significant career in music'
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Article
Cellist János Starker on interpretation
I try to represent the composer as best I can - but I am a 20th century artist, and I view Bach and Beethoven from a 20th century perspective'Cellist János Starker talks with Paul Katz about interpreting the works of great composers from the perspective of his own ...
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Article
Cellist János Starker on vibrato
Vibrato is tension and release. I had an argument with Paul Rolland, who claimed I was rolling above the note and back, but I don't think so. I am in the middle of the note and then releasing' Cellist János Starker speaks about vibrato in an interview with Paul Katz ...
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Debate
No sex please - we're classical musicians
Does ‘sexing up’ classical music increase accessibility or is it merely crass exhibitionism? Two well-known string players debate one of the hot topics of the industry in The Strad's March 2006 issue
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Article
János Starker performs The Swan by Saint-Saëns
Cellist János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue , performs The Swan by Saint-Saëns and Popper's Tarantella in a 1976 television broadcast. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase ...
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Article
János Starker speaks about humility
Cellist János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue , speaks in 2010 at the Indiana University Summer String Academy about the importance of humility for a successful music career. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part ...
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Article
János Starker performs Bach's Cello Suite No 3
János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue , performs the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no.3 in Tokyo in 1988. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues ...
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Article
János Starker performs Kodály's Solo Cello Sonata
János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue , performs the First Movement of Kodály's Solo Cello Sonata in Tokyo in 1988. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back ...
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Article
The Strad April 2014 issue is on sale now
Tributes to János Starker, 40 years of the Arditti Quartet and a beautifully decorated bow are among this month's features