All Steven Isserlis articles
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FeatureSentimental Work: Steven Isserlis
Beethoven’s Cello Sonata no.4 was the gateway the British cellist needed to understand the myriad delights and complexities of the composer’s work
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Article
My Heroes: Steven Isserlis on Pablo Casals and Daniil Shafran
Pablo Casals’s musical commitment and Daniil Shafran’s ease and freedom were sources of inspiration for the British cellist
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Review
Steven Isserlis; Dénes Várjon: Chopin
Steven Isserlis passionately argues the case for Chopin’s Cello Sonata
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Video
'Playing', a short film from St Mary's Music School, Edinburgh
Violinist Nicola Benedetti and cellist Steven Isserlis feature in this new short film showing them tutoring pupils from Scotland’s national music school, St Mary’s in Edinburgh. The teenage pupils on the brink of leaving the school are violinist Sophie Williams and cellist Hugh MacKay.
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Focus
Cello journey: the best recordings of Ernest Bloch's Schelomo
Intended to be played as a seamless integrated whole, with an equality between the cellist and the orchestra, rather than as a concertante piece, Bloch’s Hebraic rhapsody Schelomo has been recorded by many cellists in numerous ways – and it seems that there is something special about almost all ...
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News
Classical strings in the 60th Grammy Awards nominations
The Recording Academy unveils nominations for all categories, including nods for Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Augustin Hadelich, Steven Isserlis and Frank Peter Zimmermann
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Article
Cellist Steven Isserlis receives €25,000 Glashütte Original Music Festival Award
The artist will donate his cash prize to the International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove, London Music Masters and Rhapsody in School programmes
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News
Cellist Steven Isserlis receives Wigmore Medal
The British artist receives the award 'in recognition of his commitment to, and belief in Wigmore Hall and in everything that it represents'
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News
Cellist Steven Isserlis to receive €25,000 award in Germany
British cellist Steven Isserlis has been named as the winner of the 2017 Glashütte Original MusicFestivalAward. Worth €25,000, the award will be presented at the Dresden Music Festival on 23 May, when Isserlis will perform Prokofiev's Cello Concerto in E minor with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under ...
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News
Steven Isserlis appointed Royal Academy of Music visiting cello professor
The British cellist will present regular masterclasses and work with students on ‘side-by-side’ ensemble projects
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Article
Steven Isserlis performs Dvorák Cello Concerto
British cellist Steven Isserlis performs Dvorák's Cello Concerto with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Shallon in 1991. Watch: ‘If career becomes more important than the music, your soul becomes empty ,’ says cellist Steven Isserlis Watch: Cellist Steven Isserlis on using ...
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Blogs
Steven Isserlis and his Stradivarius cello – the relationship between soloist and instrument
In the process of researching his book on Stradivari instruments, Toby Faber spoke to the British cellist about the powerful connection between a musician and his instrument
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Blogs
'If career becomes more important than the music, your soul becomes empty,' says cellist Steven Isserlis
It's great to have a successful career, but if the career becomes more important than the music, your soul becomes empty' 'I don't have any regular students, but I do feel a duty to teach as I had so many wonderful teachers in my life' ...
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Review
Bach: Viola da gamba sonatas: no.1 in G major BWV1027, no.2 in D major BWV1028, no.3 in G minor BWV1029; Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV639. Handel: Violin Sonata in G minor. D. Scarlatti: Sonat
The Strad Issue: November 2015 Description: Steven Isserlis finally joins forces with Richard Egarr in a Bach extravaganza Musicians: Steven Isserlis (cello) Richard Egarr (harpsichord) Robin Michael (cello continuo) Composer: Bach, Handel Given their impressive individual track records with Bach, this first recording collaboration by Steven Isserlis ...
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Review
Grieg: Cello Sonata in A minor op.36. Hough: Sonata for Cello and Piano Left Hand ‘Les adieux’. Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata no.2 in D major op.58
The Strad Issue: August 2015 Description: Authoritative musicianship from Isserlis and Hough in Romantic sonatas Musicians: Steven Isserlis (cello) Stephen Hough (piano) Composer: Grieg, Hough, Mendelssohn Grieg’s Cello Sonata encompasses a wide-ranging emotional landscape, to which Steven Isserlis and Stephen Hough, a magnificent partnership, respond with big-hearted ...
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Article
Cellist Steven Isserlis on using vibrato to improve phrasing
Make sure the vibrato helps the phrasing – at the moment you are going against the music' Steven Isserlis gives a cello masterclass on Schumann's Fantasiestücke op.73, recorded at the International Musicians' Seminar, Prussia Cove. The student is Ani Kalayjian. The full 73-minute video is ...
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Article
Steven Isserlis on period instruments and his Stradivarius cello
I have always said that playing on an authentic or period instrument is like acting Shakespeare with original pronunciation. It will makes some things simpler and clearer' Steven Isserlis talks about his love of period instruments and his Stradivarius cello ahead of performances with the Academy of Ancient ...
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News
Cellist and teacher Rhuna Martin has died at the age of 82
The South-African born artist was a highly influential pedagogue at such London institutions as the Royal College of Music and Guildhall School
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Article
Steven Isserlis on using the right amount of vibrato
You do need vibrato to emphasise phrasing and emotion, but not as an automatic part of your sound' Cellist Steven Isserlis puts former BBC Young Musician of the Year winner Guy Johnston through his paces in Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata at the International Musicians' Seminar Prussia Cove, and ...
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Blogs
Steven Isserlis on his long-time collaborator, the late John Tavener
The British cellist talks to Chloe Cutts about the conception and premiere of The Protecting Veil
