Playing – Page 8
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Boca Raton: Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition
In south Florida, the third triennial Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition continued to build on its credentials for developing outstanding young talent
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Premium ❘ Feature‘It feels like everything coming together in life’ - Carolin Widmann
The German violinist Carolin Widmann talks to David Kettle about returning to live performance and her commitment to new music
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Premium ❘ Focus‘I really don’t like it but don’t change a note’ - Pierre Amoyal’s Life Lessons
The French violinist and pedagogue on his time with Heifetz and the perils of competitions
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Fall in love with a composer’s universe’ - Jean-Guihen Queyras’s life lessons
The French cellist recalls the teachers who helped him on his unique journey, and the role of the player as interpreter
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Mozart Violin Concerto no.4 in D major K218
Violinist Francesca Dego looks at how to play the final movement of this violin concerto with direction, musicality and a sense of fun
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Viotti’s Ranz des Vaches
Peter Sheppard Skærved on how Viotti’s short piece Ranz des Vaches had a seismic effect on him
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Premium ❘ FeatureThe Baryton: How a forgotten instrument is making a comeback
Gavin Dixon reports on the comeback of ‘the king of instruments’
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Premium ❘ FocusPostcard from Kerteminde: Chamber Music at Lundsgaard
The beautiful Lundsgaard Estate on the Danish island of Funen is the setting for an imaginative summer chamber music festival, as Emma Baker discovers
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: The Calidore Quartet on recording Beethoven’s late quartets
Peter Quantrill hears from the Calidore Quartet about how Beethoven involves intense preparation and a sense of ‘leaning into the weird’
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Premium ❘ Feature‘We learnt from her a love and respect for music’ - cellist Natalia Shakhovskaya
Oskar Falta examines Natalia Shakhovskaya’s life and hears from some of her former pupils about her exacting teaching style
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Premium ❘ Feature‘I had to give ten encores in succession’: From the archive: March 1903
Violinist Marie Hall, then just 18 years of age, talks to The Strad about studying with Otakar Ševčík and her burgeoning international career
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Premium ❘ FocusOpinion: Are regional differences in orchestral tuning really necessary?
Historically, orchestras have tuned to slightly different versions of the note A. Thomas Eisner wonders whether such gradations really matter
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Premium ❘ Feature‘Ambitious in the way we prepared, not about where we wanted to be’: 20 years of the Danish Quartet
Andrew Mellor talks to the Danish Quartet as they embark on their 20th-anniversary season
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Julia Fischer on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, Third Movement
Conversations between instruments, harmony and articulation all form part of Julia Fischer’s discussion of this joyous third movement
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Schubert’s Eighth and Ninth symphonies
Recording Schubert’s Eighth and Ninth symphonies after a lifetime of earlier works was an intriguing challenge for veteran Catalan–Spanish gambist and conductor Jordi Savall
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Augustin Hadelich on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto first movement - part 1
In the first of two articles, Augustin Hadelich looks at direction and flow in the first movement of this notoriously simple and yet deceptively difficult work
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Premium ❘ Focus‘Education never stops’ - Joshua Bell’s life lessons
The American violinist discusses his varied experiences with teachers and the importance of learning from everyone
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Premium ❘ Focus‘The violin concerto lives again’ - Opinion
Are we witnessing a golden age for new violin concertos, or simply too much of a good thing?
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Premium ❘ FeatureLucien Capet: The French Connection
Tully Potter examines the life and legacy of French violinist Lucien Capet
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Premium ❘ Feature‘I’m always looking for something new’ - Midori: In love with music
Thomas May discovers how Midori’s remarkable range of commitments reflects her belief in art’s power to transform