Teaching
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DebateOpinion: On the margins
Conservatoires should do more to make 17th-century music a fundamental part of the curriculum, writes Walter Reiter
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Henning Kraggerud: Life Lessons
The Norwegian violinist and composer explores the importance of finding a work’s inner meaning when creating one’s musical voice
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Technique: Early music articulation for modern instrumentalists
How to use Baroque bow techniques to build variety, lightness and flow into every phrase
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Article
Violist Geraldine Walther to head Colburn School chamber programme
Walther spent 14 years with the Takács Quartet, following almost three decades as prinicpal violist of the San Francisco Symphony
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Technique: Cello warm-ups - the left-hand
Exercises and advice to help string players develop a left hand that is strong, balanced and agile
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News
‘Open strings are just as interesting as a Brahms sonata’ – Coosje Wijzenbeek
In this interview from 2012, The Netherlands’ most celebrated pedagogue (and Janine Jansen’s teacher) tells us about her approach
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Hideko Udagawa: Life Lessons
Like her teacher Nathan Milstein, the Japanese–British violinist argues that technique isn’t everything
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Debate
Opinion: Follow the science
A teacher can never rest on their laurels with a pupil – it’s important to keep observing how things are going and ask questions, says Naomi Yandell
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Blogs
Desmond Cecil: My time with violinist Max Rostal
Excerpt from Desmond Cecil’s newly published memoir: ‘The Wandering Civil Servant of Stradivarius’
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Life Lessons: François Rabbath
The French-Syrian double bassist, who turns 90 today, considers his unique technical journey, the inspiration he drew from crustaceans, and the benefits of playing a waiting game
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Technique: Cello warm-ups - the bow arm
How to prepare the whole body for efficient, time-saving repertoire practice
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Yo-Yo Ma gives online masterclass for Youth Music Culture Guangdong
The session covers topics such as ’activating the imagination’, ‘relaxing while playing’ and ’finding a story in music’
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Analysis February 2021: Brave new educational world?
The recent normalisation of virtual learning has raised the profile of subscription-based online instrumental tuition – but it’s still no substitute for one-to-one teaching. By Harry White
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Technique: Melodic string-crossings
How to play controlled, smooth and seamless melodic lines
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‘He inspired us to believe we could master anything we wanted’ – remembering cello pedagogue George Neikrug
Cellist George Neikrug, who died in 2019 at the age of 100, was a celebrated performer and orchestral principal. However, his skills as a pedagogue were second to none, writes University of Wisconsin-Whitewater professor Benjamin Whitcomb, who has gathered personal recollections
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Violinist Pinchas Zukerman on left and right hand intensity
’I want piano in the right hand and fortissimo in the left hand…’ In this masterclass clip Pinchas Zukerman talks to student Wu Jie about modifying left and right hand intensity to create a variety of sounds in Franck’s Violin Sonata. Read: ‘Young players today should be realistic ...
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Violinist Tomás Cotik on how to produce clear and controlled ricochet bowing
The violinist demonstrates ricochet technique in a series of videos
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George Neikrug: Memories of a legend
Cellist George Neikrug, who died in 2019 at the age of 100, was a celebrated performer and orchestral principal. However, his skills as a pedagogue were second to none, writes University of Wisconsin-Whitewater professor Benjamin Whitcomb, who has gathered personal recollections
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Technique: Ricochet
How to produce clear and controlled bounced bowings on the violin
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What technical exercise has brought you the swiftest results?
The Strad's panel of experts answer string teaching questions from readers as part of our Teacher Talk series
