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Postcard from Odense
This year’s Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition, which took place in March, succeeded not only as a joyous celebration of the composer’s music, but in bringing together exciting young players set to make their mark on the world stage, writes Charlotte Smith
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Life lessons: Maxim Rysanov
The Ukrainian violist on long pedagogical relationships and the surprises of concert life
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Life Lessons: Matthew Barley
The British cellist on memory, nationalism and his long journey – via a skiing accident – to technical confidence
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Soundpost – Letters to The Strad
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world
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Competitions, Awards and Appointments
US violinist Stella Chen won first prize at the Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition . The 26-year-old, who studies at the Juilliard School with Li Lin and Catherine Cho and at the New England Conservatory with Donald Weilerstein, receives €25,000, a CD recording, engagements and the four-year use of ...
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New Products: July 2019
Turning heads The past few years have seen an explosion in the number of musicians who, instead of using traditional paper parts, play from a digital file displayed on a tablet computer. Now, a team of audio engineers from the University of Jaén in the Spanish ...
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Natalie Clein – Life Lessons
The British cellist recalls her time studying with Heinrich Schiff in Vienna, and the authors and recordings that still inspire her today
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A musical outcast? Harold en Italie as metaphor for the viola itself
Toby Deller argues that the title character of Harold en Italie is a social outsider whose isolation is a metaphor for the viola’s struggle for acceptance throughout musical history
