All Solo articles – Page 8
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ArticlePatricia Kopatchinskaja performs Ravel's Tzigane
Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, who has won the 2014 RPS Music Award for Instrumentalist, performs Ravel's Tzigane with the Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Jean Jacques Kantorow. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click ...
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ArticleFédor Roudine performs Waxman's Carmen Fantasie
Fédor Roudine, who has recently won the Henri Marteau Violin Competition in Germany, performs Waxman's Carmen Fantasie with pianist Paula Peluso at the Second International Violin Competition in Buenos Aires.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single ...
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ArticleKyung-Wha Chung performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
Kyung-Wha Chung appears on BBC television for the first time in 1971, performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn. Read former LSO concertmaster John Georgiadis's article on working with Previn here.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of ...
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Premium ❘ FeatureWhat does the future hold for English fiddling?
Jon Boden explains the difficulties of finding an authentic playing style for traditional English tunes
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BlogsWriting a violin concerto in the 21st century
Composer Nimrod Borenstein, who has written a new violin concerto for Dmitry Sitkovestky, writes about historical precedent, expectation and the challenge of beauty
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ArticleNadja Salerno-Sonnenberg performs Rachmaninov's Vocalise
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, who appears on the cover of The Strad's May 2014 issue, performs Rachmaninov's Vocalise with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott in the lobby of San Francisco's Classical 102.1 KDFC-FM. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To ...
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ArticleCellist Dane Johansen performs Bach's Cello Suite no.3
Cellist Dane Johansen, who has made a video demonstrating 'blurred' string-crossing for The Strad to accompany his Practice Diary in the May issue, performs the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no.3. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...
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ArticleNadja Salerno-Sonnenberg performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, who appears on the cover of The Strad's May 2014 issue, performs the Third Movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase ...
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ArticleJulian Lloyd Webber performs Fauré's Elegy
British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, who has today announced his forced retirement from playing due to injury, performs Fauré's Elegy with pianist Peter Pettinger. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleCellist Dane Johansen demonstrates 'blurred' string-crossing
US cellist Dane Johansen demonstrates 'blurred' string-crossing to accompany his Practice Diary on solo Bach in The Strad's May 2014 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleXavier Foley performs Bottesini's Double Bass Concerto no.2
Xavier Foley, winner of the $50,000 Sphinx Competition 2014, performs Bottesini's Double Bass Concerto no.2 in the Senior Division final. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleNadja Salerno-Sonnenberg performs on Sesame Street
Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, who appears on the cover of The Strad's May 2014 issue, performs to Big Bird on Sesame Street. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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BlogsCreating a broad portfolio career rewards both musician and audience
Cellist and baritone Matthew Sharp explains why you should broaden your musical horizons ahead of his RE:naissance festival, celebrating Shakespeare's 450th anniversary, at London's Kings Place
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ArticleThomas Gould performs Shardad Rohani's Violin Adagio
British violinist Thomas Gould, who has recently signed a four-album deal with Edition Classics, performs Shardad Rohani's Adagio for Violin and Orchestra with the Orion Orchestra at London's Cadogan Hall in 2010. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...
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ArticleItzhak Perlman performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
Virtuoso violinist Itzhak Perlman, who this week was mistreated at Toronto airport, performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen, conducted by James Levine.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleJános Starker performs Bach's Cello Suite No 3
János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue, performs the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no.3 in Tokyo in 1988.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleJános Starker performs Kodály's Solo Cello Sonata
János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue, performs the First Movement of Kodály's Solo Cello Sonata in Tokyo in 1988.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleMenuhin Competition winner Stephen Waarts performs Haydn, Grantham and Szymanowski
Menuhin Competition 2014 Senior Division winner Stephen Waarts performs the first and fourth movements from Haydn's String Quartet op.76, no. 2, 'Quinten', Donald Grantham's Black-Eyed Suzy and Szymanowski's Nocturne and Tarantella, op.28 in the competition semi-final. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ArticleJan Vogler performs Bach's Cello Suite no.3
Jan Vogler, who has described his life as a musician in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall for The Strad's March 2014 German special, performs the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no.3. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ArticleKenneth Arthur Renshaw performs Ravel's Tzigane
Kenneth Arthur Renshaw, who won the Senior Prize at the 2012 Menuhin Competition in Beijing, performs Ravel's Tzigane in the Semi Finals. The 2014 Menuhin Competition is currently taking place in Austin, Texas. It has recently been announced that the 2016 Competition will take place in ...