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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’
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: Keep the wolf from the door
Joseph Curtin describes a quick and simple method for violinists to eliminate a wolf tone on their instrument, along with the science behind it
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Johannes Moser on Mendelssohn’s Cello Sonata no.2
Johannes Moser takes a look at tempo, dynamics and the relationship between instruments in the exciting and energetic first movement of the D major op.58 Sonata
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Walking bass
Essential foundations for producing a jazz bass-line with good sound, rhythm and harmony
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: August 1959
Violinist Mavis Bacca Dowden reports from the fourth edition of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition, where Jaime Laredo was victorious and Joseph Silverstein came third
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DebateA 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
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ArticleSentimental Work: Gary Hoffman
For the American cellist, Brahms’s op.99 Sonata in F major is the alpha and omega of cello playing, allowing for every possible feeling and a vast array of interpretations
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FeatureNatalie 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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FeaturePostcard 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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ArticleLife lessons: Maxim Rysanov
The Ukrainian violist on long pedagogical relationships and the surprises of concert life
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FeatureLife Lessons: Matthew Barley
The British cellist on memory, nationalism and his long journey – via a skiing accident – to technical confidence
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ArticleSoundpost – Letters to The Strad
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world
