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FocusPractice Diary: violinist Francesca Dego
The Italian violinist on practising under pressure and how Paganini is her constant companion. From October 2016
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Arabella Steinbacher on Ravel’s Tzigane
The German violinist gives advice on how to inject character and charisma into the daunting solo introduction of this much-loved work. From February 2018
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BlogsWhy I switched careers from violinist to psychologist: an interview with Tanja Roos
How do the disciplines of music and psychology inform each other? Tanja Roos speaks to Emma Baird about her aims for creating healthier environments for musicians as well as better education on mental health and wellbeing
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FocusPractice Diary: violinist-violist Yura Lee
The South Korea-born violinist-violist describes a hectic week of summer practice and festival performances in our August 2016 issue
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Blogs‘The piece depicts the war in all its brutality’: cellist Gabriel Schwabe on Bridge Cello Concerto ‘Oration’
The cellist makes a case for why this work should enjoy more time in the spotlight, ahead of a performance in Belfast on 12 January 2024
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Everyone has something that makes them special’ - Carolin Widmann’s life lessons
The German violinist speaks about finding your own path and classical music’s way forward
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Premium ❘ Feature'Where’s your reindeer?’ - From the archive: January 1904
The Yorkshire poet Walter Hampson narrates a tale that, according to him, took place on Christmas Eve 1890
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Cellist Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman on recording ‘Path to the Moon’
Cellist Laura van der Heijden and pianist Jâms Coleman speak to Tom Stewart about the imaginative programming behind their new album Path to the Moon – their second recording together as a duo – which features an eclectic selection of lunar-inspired repertoire
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaud Powell and Sibelius: how the violinist championed the composer's Violin Concerto
Violin virtuoso Maud Powell was the first American performer to recognise and champion the genius of Sibelius’s epic Violin Concerto in D minor, in spite of the initial scepticism of some US critics. Karen A. Shaffer reveals the mutual respect and friendship that made it possible
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BlogsHow I recorded Bach’s Cello Suites for violin: Tomás Cotik
The violinist shares his approaches ahead of the release of his violin recording of the six suites on 5 January 2024
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FocusMy violin heroine Maud Powell, by Rachel Barton Pine
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine examines why Powell's pioneering contribution to the art of violin recording so richly deserved the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 56th Grammy Awards in 2014
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FocusSome Reflections on the Interpretation of Haydn’s Quartets
Edith Robinson, a string quartet pioneer and violin professor, gave her stylistic thoughts on performing Haydn string quartets in the April 1933 issue of The Strad
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Premium ❘ FeatureAll-female string quartets of the 19th and 20th centuries
In spite of historic discrimination against women having careers as professional musicians during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many first-class all-female string quartets flourished at the time. In the first of two articles, Tully Potter provides a survey of some of these pioneering groups
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BlogsBest of 2023: The Strad Playing Hub
Revisit our most-viewed playing articles from the last twelve months
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BlogsBest of 2023: The Strad Podcast
Explore our podcast back catalogue with our ten most popular episodes from the last twelve months
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Premium ❘ FeatureCellist Zlatomir Fung: ‘Our mission is to get that one-to-one connection’
With a string of competition wins to his name and debuts with major orchestras in 2024, Zlatomir Fung is a young cellist to watch. Amanda Holloway speaks to him about what inspires him and keeps him grounded
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Dorset: Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival
Cellist Natalie Clein’s Purbeck International Chamber Music Festival features star players and thought-provoking themes. Charlotte Gardner enjoys the music – and an unseasonal heatwave – in the Dorset countryside
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BlogsSynaesthesia and the colours of Marc Chagall: composer Deborah Pritchard
The composer shares insights on four short films of her music influenced by the luminosity of Marc Chagall’s stained glass windows at All Saints’ Church, Tudeley in Kent, with the interplay of her synaesthesia
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Barnabás Kelemen on the first movement of Beethoven's ‘Rasumovsky’ quartet, op.59 no.1
The leader of the Kelemen Quartet discusses spontaneity and scales in the first movement of this ‘Rasumovsky’ Quartet. From the January 2018 issue
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Premium ❘ Article‘Both horse riding and cello playing need good rhythm’ - Letters to the editor: January 2024
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: January 2024 issue