All Performance articles – Page 2
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #82: Violinist Tessa Lark on The Stradgrass Sessions
Tessa speaks about how social gatherings and collaborations are integral constituents of folk music
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #81: TwoSet Violin’s Brett Yang on the ‘Empress Caterina’ Stradivari
What did Brett learn from playing this fine instrument? Find out in our exclusive chat!
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #80: Malin Broman on multi-instrumentalism
Malin shares how her violin skills transfer to viola and cello, and vice versa
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #77: 2023 Sphinx Competition winner Njioma Grevious
The violinist shares her strategies for competition and performance preparation, as well as how she embodies the character of a piece on stage
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #75: Patricia Kopatchinskaja on Brahms, Bartók and Janáček
The violinist speaks about doing justice to the composers’ wishes, as well as keeping the repertoire fresh and spontaneous
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #73: Cellist Alisa Weilerstein on ‘Fragments’
Alisa speaks about the project which encompasses Bach, 27 commissions, and theatrical elements
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #72: Liam Byrne on the viola da gamba
Liam speaks about playing a wide range of repertoire with new technology
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #70: Gwendolyn Masin on three unknown violin pieces you should know
Discover neglected works by Vítězslava Kaprálová, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Lazare Saminsky
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #67: Curtis Stewart on Julia Perry’s Violin Concerto
On 2 December, the violinist will give the premiere performance of a 20th-century work that has fallen into obscurity
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #66: Cellist Anastasia Kobekina on choosing the right strings
The cellist recently provided input in the development of For-Tune Strings’ new Opal Gold cello strings
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #64: Cellist Sophie Kauer on her role in ‘TÁR’
The 21-year-old stars alongside Cate Blanchett in a feature film following the life of high-powered composer-conductor Lydia Tár
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #63: Alina Ibragimova on historically informed performance
The violinist shares her thoughts on performing and recording Telemann Fantasias in an authentic style
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FocusThe Strad Podcast #62: Frank Huang on orchestral acoustics in the new David Geffen Hall
The concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic shares his insights on the orchestra’s new home
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #60: Nemanja Radulović on ‘Roots’
The violinist speaks about playing world music, as well as his musical path and heroes in Serbia
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #59: Charlie Siem on Beethoven
The violinist shares what Beethoven means to him, as well as how he approaches performance nerves and unidiomatic writing
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #58: Bjarte Eike on the Playhouse Sessions
High-risk creativity, fearlessness, and booze are just some of the ingredients for an exciting, immersive show experience
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #55: Time For Three on triple concertos
Violinists Nick Kendall and Charles Yang, and double bassist Ranaan Meyer speak about triple concerto commissions, plus their favourite string techniques
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #54: Timothy Chooi on playing Strads
The violinist has been lucky enough to play two Stradivari violins since 2015: the 1717 ’Windsor-Weinstein’ and the 1709 ‘Engelman’
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #53: David Finckel and Wu Han on creating inspiration
‘It’s not only making music together, but also contributing your life to the common good of society’
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #52: Carolin Widmann on 1000 years of violin repertoire
Repertoire covering over a millennium by a diverse set of composers has more in common than at first glance, says violinist Carolin Widmann