All Maria Kliegel articles
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How to develop secure intonation, by cellist Maria Kliegel
Maria Kliegel explains how developing accurate intonation gives security and confidence to her playing
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Classical musicians should play more sports
String players often shy away from sports for fear of damaging themselves, but the benefits far outweigh the dangers, says cellist and tennis enthusiast Maria Kliegel
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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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German cellist Maria Kliegel on her mission to meet Nelson Mandela
She tells Naomi Sadler why she spent two years on a quest to present the late former South African president with a musical homage