All Regulars articles – Page 69
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Premium ❘ ArticleSeptember 2019: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the September 2019 issue
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ArticleSoundpost: Letters to the Strad
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: September 2019 issue
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: September 2019
Tchaikovsky Competition cello section winner Zlatomir Fung. Photo courtesy Astral Artists COMPETITION RESULTS The International Tchaikovsky Competition has announced its 2019 winners across all categories. Among the violinists, first prize went to Russian 30-year-old Sergey Dogadin, a student of Boris Kuschnir at the Music and Arts University ...
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NewsNew Products: September 2019
Core values Strings designed from the inside out to offer bassists maximum flexibility The initial idea was to make a special pizzicato string,’ explains Adrian Müller, technical director of German string maker Pirastro. ‘After a year of experimenting with different cores, we found that we had ...
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Premium ❘ FeatureSentimental Work: Barry Guy
The British double bassist recalls his first encounters with Iannis Xenakis’s solo work Theraps – including some frank exchanges with the composer himself
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FeaturePlaying fit for a queen: Postcard from Brussels
This year’s Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium was devoted to the violin, and showcased a set of distinct and accomplished performances by the twelve finalists, as Tim Homfray reports
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FeatureAnton Lukoszevieze: Life Lessons
The British cellist, composer and founder of new music group Apartment House on John Cage and how visual art helped to open his mind
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: the importance of practising in 5ths
How the ability to play in perfect 5ths can help you to hone your position, intonation and vibrato
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: October 1959
Violin teacher Noel Hale introduces Kató Havas’s New Approach to the world. This article prompted a huge correspondence in The Strad, reproduced in Havas’s 1968 autobiography
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DebateOrchestral Overload: Opinion
Conservatoires and youth orchestras in the UK too often timetable an excessive number of orchestral rehearsals and concerts. These rob students of precious hours of private practice, writes violin teacher Simon Smith
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FeatureThe human touch: Postcard from Sendai
No first prize was awarded in the violin section of this year’s Sendai International Music Competition, yet the Japanese contest showcased some sensitive and interesting performances, writes Chloe Cutts
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn focus: a c.1930 violin by Ignacio Fleta
Jordi Pinto examines an instrument by the important Spanish maker
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Premium ❘ ArticleAugust 2019: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the August 2019 issue
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ArticleSoundpost: Letters to the Strad
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: August 2019 issue
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Premium ❘ NewsSame but different: Premiere of the Month
Crossing borders with music for clarinet and string quartet
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: August 2019
Anna Im © Andi Crown COMPETITION RESULTS Anna Im has won the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in Auckland, New Zealand. The 21-year-old South Korean violinist, a student of Shmuel Ashkenasi at the Curtis Institute of Music, receives NZ$40,000 (£21,000), while second prize went to American Eric ...
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NewsNew Products: August 2019
On the back foot Improving the ergonomics of bass playing Sitting on a stool, most bassists will rest the instrument against the right leg, with the right foot on the floor and the left on the foot rest. ‘It puts your back in an unnatural ...
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FeatureBlaze of glory: Postcard from Montreal
At the Montreal International Musical Competition, Tom Stewart heard a winning performance full of fire among a seriously impressive field of contestants
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Making a Tourte-style eye
How to use gold, tortoiseshell and abalone in copies of works by the ‘father of the modern bow’
