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Qualities to look for in a violin teacher: Rachael Ridge

2023-05-23T09:09:00+01:00

Find a teacher that has your best interests at heart, writes the violinist

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Isserlis and Doane remember their cello teacher, Jane Cowan

2023-05-04T09:17:00+01:00

Cellist Guy Johnston captures a conversation between two cello greats about a shared influence

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Words of Wisdom: Alice Schoenfeld

2023-04-19T08:46:00+01:00

An interview with the late violinist and pedagogue Alice Schoenfeld

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Words of wisdom from cellist Aldo Parisot

2023-04-12T08:32:00+01:00

As Yale School of Music announced the official retirement of the cello guru in 2018, we looked back at some of the inspiring quotes from an interview for The Strad conducted by one of his most illustrious students, Ralph Kirshbaum

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‘Twinkle’ always makes me cry: a Q&A with Suzuki trailblazer Helen Brunner

2023-04-06T08:56:00+01:00

Pioneering Suzuki teacher Helen Brunner answers our questions of what the Suzuki Method means to her

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11 views on teaching by Juilliard School violin professor Dorothy DeLay

2023-03-31T08:32:00+01:00

During the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover in 1995, jury member Dorothy DeLay led a 90-minute discussion on teaching. Evelyn Chadwick recorded some of her views.

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‘I try to teach the students to think for themselves’ – the singular teaching legacy of Dorothy DeLay

2023-03-31T08:31:00+01:00

Dorothy DeLay was born on this day in 1917. In this excerpt from September 2017, Laurie Niles speaks to former students about the legendary pedagogue’s teaching methods

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‘Don’t write it down. Remember it!’ - Inside Jascha Heifetz’s teaching studio

2023-03-29T10:58:00+01:00

Heifetz’s former personal accompanist Ayke Agus recalls the violinist’s incentives and methods for getting the best from his students

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Cellist Sihao He: My teaching methods

2023-03-03T11:57:00+00:00

Cellist Sihao He discusses the importance of tailoring one’s teaching to the specific needs of the student

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‘We learnt from her a love and respect for music’ - cellist Natalia Shakhovskaya

2023-03-02T09:02:00+00:00

Oskar Falta examines Natalia Shakhovskaya’s life and hears from some of her former pupils about her exacting teaching style

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Studying the violin with Carl Flesch: Yfrah Neaman

2023-02-13T09:49:00+00:00

Lebanese violinist Yfrah Neaman, who died in 2003, shared memories of his teacher with Evelyn Chadwick in December 1994

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Ivan Galamian: hand of steel

2023-01-23T14:09:00+00:00

Barbara L. Sand asked some of Galamian’s ex-pupils whether their former master really lived up to his reputation. Taken from the September 1997 issue of The Strad

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‘I had to disprove prejudices every day’: Leon Bosch’s Life Lessons

2022-09-26T08:00:00+01:00

The acclaimed solo and chamber bassist stresses the importance of self-reliance and self-discipline in building a meaningful career and life

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The Strad Podcast Episode #56: Richard Markson on teaching tone and sound

2022-09-01T08:30:00+01:00

‘You have to hear in your mind a sound that you want to make’

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Violist Cynthia Phelps on studying with William Primrose and Donald McInnes

2022-08-22T23:00:00+01:00

For some players, only the viola sound will do. But to bring out its full power, the New York Philharmonic violist sought help from a number of teachers, writes Ariane Todes

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‘Play to the exit sign!’ - Pinchas Zukerman: A matter of time

2022-08-16T22:28:00+01:00

Pauline Harding visits Dallas, Texas, to chat with violinist– violist Pinchas Zukerman about his illustrious past, a new masterclass series at Meadows School of the Arts, and his hopes for the future of technology in string teaching

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Should vibrato exercises be practised separately from the repertoire?

2022-08-04T23:00:00+01:00

Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts. From 2011

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‘Is it too late for me?’: Teaching adult students

2022-06-24T07:30:00+01:00

Cellist and teacher Ragnhild Sannes shares her experience teaching adult cellists and how the question of being too late to start needs reframing

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Teaching adult students: Find a teacher with passion and dedication

2022-06-22T07:30:00+01:00

Finding the right teacher can eliminate many of the insecurities associated with learning an instrument as an adult. Cellist and teacher Ariane Zandi shares her experience from a teacher’s perspective

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‘Don’t take yourself too seriously, but take what you do seriously’: Johannes Moser answers your questions

2022-06-10T10:43:00+01:00

Cellist Johannes Moser shares his expertise on performance, life as a busy musician, plus his favourite concert to date

Teacher profiles

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Qualities to look for in a violin teacher: Rachael Ridge

2023-05-23T09:09:00+01:00

Find a teacher that has your best interests at heart, writes the violinist

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Isserlis and Doane remember their cello teacher, Jane Cowan

2023-05-04T09:17:00+01:00

Cellist Guy Johnston captures a conversation between two cello greats about a shared influence

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Words of Wisdom: Alice Schoenfeld

2023-04-19T08:46:00+01:00

An interview with the late violinist and pedagogue Alice Schoenfeld

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Words of wisdom from cellist Aldo Parisot

2023-04-12T08:32:00+01:00

As Yale School of Music announced the official retirement of the cello guru in 2018, we looked back at some of the inspiring quotes from an interview for The Strad conducted by one of his most illustrious students, Ralph Kirshbaum

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‘Twinkle’ always makes me cry: a Q&A with Suzuki trailblazer Helen Brunner

2023-04-06T08:56:00+01:00

Pioneering Suzuki teacher Helen Brunner answers our questions of what the Suzuki Method means to her

Teacher profiles

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11 views on teaching by Juilliard School violin professor Dorothy DeLay

2023-03-31T08:32:00+01:00

During the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hannover in 1995, jury member Dorothy DeLay led a 90-minute discussion on teaching. Evelyn Chadwick recorded some of her views.

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‘I try to teach the students to think for themselves’ – the singular teaching legacy of Dorothy DeLay

2023-03-31T08:31:00+01:00

Dorothy DeLay was born on this day in 1917. In this excerpt from September 2017, Laurie Niles speaks to former students about the legendary pedagogue’s teaching methods

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‘Don’t write it down. Remember it!’ - Inside Jascha Heifetz’s teaching studio

2023-03-29T10:58:00+01:00

Heifetz’s former personal accompanist Ayke Agus recalls the violinist’s incentives and methods for getting the best from his students

SEI200204_097f credit Todd Rosenberg

Cellist Sihao He: My teaching methods

2023-03-03T11:57:00+00:00

Cellist Sihao He discusses the importance of tailoring one’s teaching to the specific needs of the student

02 Shakhovskaya, photo by Igor Grossmann

‘We learnt from her a love and respect for music’ - cellist Natalia Shakhovskaya

2023-03-02T09:02:00+00:00

Oskar Falta examines Natalia Shakhovskaya’s life and hears from some of her former pupils about her exacting teaching style