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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu cher
Violinist Jennifer Koh explores how imagination and a flexible technique can help to bring out varied colours and a feeling of dance in these three short works
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: June 1951
Could cellists eventually be supplanted by machines? That’s the fear of writer M.B. Stanfield as the 20th century enters its second half
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Premium ❘ ArticleSoundpost: Letters to the Editor May 2021
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: May 2021 issue
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Alisa Weilerstein on Chopin’s Cello Sonata in G minor op.65
The American cellist explores how to bring out all the romantic charm of the first movement using fingerings and bowings, without over-reliance on vibrato, rubato or a sticky, sickly sound
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: May 1901
A reader takes issue with luthier and prolific contributor Arthur Broadley, and his views on the work of northern maker Walter H. Mayson which he made known in the previous edition
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Premium ❘ FeatureJulian Lloyd Webber: A glittering career
In celebration of his 70th birthday last month, British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber shares with Julian Haylock memories of a long and fulfilling professional life – and also looks forward to returning to the stage as a conductor
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Premium ❘ FeatureEncores: Time to shine
Throughout much of the last century, technically showy encores by Paganini and Kreisler were standard fare for violinists, but in recent years players have moved away from the established virtuoso works to embrace everything from solo Bach to folk tunes and contemporary commissions. Charlotte Gardner talks to top players about ...
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Playing the hero
Violinist Boris Begelman’s new recording represents a small fraction of the hundreds of violin concertos Vivaldi wrote during his lifetime – but people miss the point when they assume the composer’s prolific output equates to works of lesser quality, he tells Tom Stewart
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Premium ❘ FeatureYsaÿe: On the trail of a trio
The discovery of part of an autograph manuscript for Ysaÿe’s little-known Second String Trio op.34 hidden in a folder on his computer led violinist Nandor Szederkényi eventually to produce a performing edition. Here he shares details of the painstaking process
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Premium ❘ ArticleNigel Kennedy: ‘Critics were pretending I was playing out of tune because I’d sold a few records’
In this interview, first published in The Strad’s March 1999 edition, the crossover violinist hits back at snobbery in the classical music world
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: April 1991
In 1989, the Soviet Union removed a cap on the number of people allowed to emigrate from its borders. With many musicians among them, hundreds of thousands headed for Israel, as writer Yossi Schiffmann reports
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Premium ❘ FeatureSoundpost: Letters to the Editor April 2021
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: April 2021 issue
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Premium ❘ NewsAnalysis April 2021: Crossing the streams
Live streaming has become one of the main – and in some cases the only – outlet for musicians to perform during the pandemic. But how viable is it as a profit-making enterprise? By Peter Somerford
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Premium ❘ FeatureDavid Garrett: His own path
At the age of 40, German–American violinist David Garrett is a bona fide crossover star, in non-Covid times playing regularly to thousands at sold-out arena shows. But, as he tells Charlotte Smith, he has no intention of deserting his classical roots
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Shining a light
Polish virtuoso Janusz Wawrowski’s new arrangement of Ludomir Różycki’s Violin Concerto reveals a far more optimistic work than its wartime origins suggest, writes Harry White
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Premium ❘ FeatureIvry Gitlis: an individual voice
When Ivry Gitlis died on Christmas Eve last year at the age of 98 there was an outpouring of love and affection from the musical community. Tully Potter pays tribute to the great violinist’s life and career
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Premium ❘ FeatureAstor Piazzolla: a tango phenomenon
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of renowned tango composer Astor Piazzolla’s birth this month, Argentine violinists Rafael Gintoli and Gabriela Olcese pay tribute to him and offer basic guidance to violinists on how to interpret tango music
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Premium ❘ NewsAnalysis March 2021: Complexity crisis
The Brexit deal has generated many unanswered questions regarding UK–EU touring, which have left UK music bodies scratching their heads. How can musicians negotiate the minefield? By Harry White
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Premium ❘ ArticleSoundpost: Letters to the Editor March 2021
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: March 2021 issue