All orchestral articles – Page 5
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Premium ❘ DebateString players can make the best orchestral conductors
There's a growing trend of string players turning to conducting – and as Andrew Mellor argues, it's the orchestras that stand to reap the benefits
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NewsSt Louis Symphony Orchestra appoints three new violists
Jonathan Chu, Xi Zhang and Chris Tantillo take up their posts from the 2014-15 season
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NewsHandwritten manuscript of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony sells for £1.2m
The only surviving autograph score has been bought by a private investor
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NewsTimothy Cobb named New York Philharmonic principal bass
The double bassist has served as principal of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 1989
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ArticlePatricia Kopatchinskaja performs Ravel's Tzigane
Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, who has won the 2014 RPS Music Award for Instrumentalist, performs Ravel's Tzigane with the Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Jean Jacques Kantorow. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click ...
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Premium ❘ DebateWhy do so few string players start out learning the viola?
The UK may be producing some talented viola players, but violist Louise Lansdown cannot understand how, when the instrument is under-supported at grass-roots level
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ArticleKyung-Wha Chung performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
Kyung-Wha Chung appears on BBC television for the first time in 1971, performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn. Read former LSO concertmaster John Georgiadis's article on working with Previn here.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of ...
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BlogsWriting a violin concerto in the 21st century
Composer Nimrod Borenstein, who has written a new violin concerto for Dmitry Sitkovestky, writes about historical precedent, expectation and the challenge of beauty
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ArticleDallas Symphony Orchestra violinist Arkady Fomin has died
The violinist was also artistic director of the New Conservatory of Dallas
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ArticleChicago Symphony Orchestra appoints two new violas
Wei-Ting Kuo from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Danny Lai from the Colorado Symphony Orchestra join the CSO on 19 May
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ArticleNorwegian orchestras hit by pension increases
The Oslo and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestras are each experiencing financial issues due to wage increases and longer life expectancies
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: advice for second violinists
Intelligent, modest, self-controlled, sympathetic: a description of all good second violinists from The Strad's May 1914 issue
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ArticleColorado Symphony launches cannabis-friendly concert series
Classically Cannabis' is sponsored by pro-marijuana promoter Edible Events
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ArticlePhilharmonia Orchestra launches iOrchestra to encourage instrumental tuition
The project targets the South West of the UK, where in some areas over a third of children do not learn an instrument
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ArticleOsmo Vänskä to return as Minnesota Orchestra music director
The conductor will lead a minimum of ten weeks during the next two seasons
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ArticleLuise Buchberger named Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment co-principal cellist
The 29-year-old from Germany will perform with the orchestra in June
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ArticleVienna Philharmonic to receive $1m Birgit Nilsson Prize
The orchestra will perform at the award ceremony in Stockholm in October
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ArticleSir Neville Marriner conducts Mozart's Figaro Overture
Violinist and conductor Sir Neville Marriner, who is interviewed in The Strad's April 2014 issue for his 90th birthday, leads the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in the Overture to Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1994. Subscribe to ...
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ArticleItzhak Perlman performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
Virtuoso violinist Itzhak Perlman, who this week was mistreated at Toronto airport, performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen, conducted by James Levine.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleName dispute continues between Netherlands Philharmonic and Netherlands Symphony orchestras
In what sounds like an April Fools' Day joke, the Netherlands Symphony is currently the ***** Symphony, writes Heather Kurzbauer