Podcasts – Page 4
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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 #56: Richard Markson on teaching tone and sound
‘You have to hear in your mind a sound that you want to make’
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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
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #51: John-Henry Crawford on Latin American music
The cellist speaks about the parallels between language and music, as well as exploring new sound worlds in his new album Corazón
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #50: Itamar Zorman on violin globetrotting
The Strad’s 50th podcast episode celebrates violin repertoire from around the world
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #49: Zina Schiff and Avlana Eisenberg on mother and daughter collaboration
The violin/conductor mother and daughter team speak about working together on their new album of works by William Grant Still
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #48: Noah Bendix-Balgley on performing under pressure as a concertmaster
Yes, the Scheherazade and Ein Heldenleben solos are nerve-wracking for everybody…
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #47: Korinthia Klein on basic instrument maintenance
‘When you’re armed with good knowledge, you can make better decisions’
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #46: Billy Tobenkin on starting the cello at 25
’I encourage adults that I encounter to dream bigger than you would imagine’
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #45: The New Zealand String Quartet on its 35th anniversary
‘Make sure the music is first and the ego last’ - words of advice from the long-standing ensemble
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #44: Amit Peled on playing in cello choirs
The cellist speaks about the educational and professional benefits of playing in a massed ensemble
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #43: Jan Vogler on music festivals
’They celebrate music, they celebrate friendship, they celebrate communication between different cultures’
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #42: Kerenza Peacock on environmental awareness and musical connection
‘A violin was once a tree’ - the violinist speaks about the connection musicians have with the environment, as well as using music to drive environmental and social awareness
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #41: Ani Aznavoorian on Armenian music
’It’s our way of maintaining our culture and paying it forward to the next generation’
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #40: Naomi Yandell on teaching beginner bow holds
A must-listen episode for anyone flummoxed by the tricky concept of teaching new string players how to hold a bow
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #39: Kronos Quartet’s David Harrington on musical activism
’I didn’t have a choice, I had to play that piece’ - Kronos Quartet’s founding violinist on using music to speak out against injustice, as well as giving a voice to the voiceless
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FocusThe Strad Podcast Episode #38: Eldbjørg Hemsing on Norwegian music
The violinist outlines the history of classical and folk music in Norway and illustrates her sentimentality behind the sound of her home country