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VideoItzhak Perlman swaps out violin for pizza oven
The violinist truns his talents to pizza making, and shares a favourite recipe. Watch Prince Philip and the Queen listen to an Itzhak Perlman recital in 2007 Read Never practise for more than five hours per day, says violinist Itzhak Perlman
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In the Green Room: Interview with Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason
Concluding the Southbank Centre’s interview series ‘In the Green Room’, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his pianist sister Isata Kanneh-Mason talk about their rise to fame, the repertoire they love and the experience of playing at the Royal Wedding. Read Sheku Kanneh-Mason refused UK passport Read UK passport approved ...
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Hilary Hahn plays for Midori
One superstar violinist performs for another at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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Solem Quartet: a reflection on Bartók’s Quartet No. 5
Ahead of their new concert series, ’Beethoven Bartók Now’, which launches on Thursday 1 July at St. Giles Church, Camberwell, the Solem Quartet reflects on Bartók’s Quartet No.5. Watch Solem Quartet performs Bill Withers’ Lovely Day from lockdown
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María Dueñas performs Bruch’s Violin Concerto no.1
The performance took place in March 2021, shortly before Dueñas was named winner of the 2021 Menuhin Competition Senior Division
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Janine Jansen: ‘Falling for Stradivari’ cinema trailer
The new documentary will profile the virtuoso violinist’s relationship with 12 Stradivari violins as she prepares to record on them for her new album
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Maxim Vengerov plays Bach’s Partita in D minor
The Russian violinist plays Bach’s Partita in D minor No 2, BWV1004 and Handel’s Violin Sonata No 4 in this performance with pianist Vag Papian at the Third International Rostropovich Festival in 2012. Watch Effortless Beethoven from Maxim Vengerov Watch Maxim Vengerov’s daughter Lisa interrupts live masterclass ...
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In the Green Room: Interview with Nicola Benedetti
This video features Nicola Benedetti in conversation with Toks Dada, the Southbank Centre’s Head of Classical Music. about her experience of the pandemic and plans for the future. Watch Nicola Benedetti and friends explore the psychology and physicality of playing Watch Nicola Benedetti talks to Sheku Kanneh-Mason ...
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The World Premiere of ‘Bertha’
‘Bertha’, choreographed by Cathy Marston (the brain behind the ROH’s The Cellist ) in collaboration with Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet, explores the psyche of Bertha Mason, the love-scorned antagonist of the novel ‘Jane Eyre.’ With a score for violin and handpan, this origin story of ‘the woman in the attic’ ...
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Violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft performs ‘Yumeji’s Theme’ from In the Mood for Love
The recording with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra featured on the violinist’s 2020 album Incantation
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Violinist Viktoria Mullova performs at the V&A
Mullova joins the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Oliver Zeffman to perform Mozart
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Music for Self-Isolation - Documentary
Music for Self-Isolation began as a project to raise spirits and create music for those forced into self-isolation. In just 6 weeks, Frank Horvat, Associate Composer at the Canadian Music Centre, composed 31 short solo and duo works for a variety of instruments and voice. The project has evolved, over ...
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Janine Jansen plays Histoire du Soldat
The violinist joined Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra musicians for the performance on 4 June
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Cellist Peter Gregson performs Patina, an original composition
The work is scored for solo cello, analogue synthesisers, piano and string orchestra and explores ‘the presence of absence’
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Yo-Yo Ma answers Twitter users’ questions on all things cello
Erudite quick-fire queries from the finest minds of social media
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Berlin Philharmonic concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley gives Mahler First Symphony masterclass
In this video Noah Bendix-Balgley, First Concertmaster with the Berlin Philharmonic, gives tips on playing the audition excerpt for violin from Mahler’s 1st Symphony. Watch Berlin Philharmonic violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley gives Mozart audition masterclass Read Noah Bendix-Balgley steps down officially as Pittsburgh Symphony concertmaster
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Nicola Benedetti and Lawrence Power play Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante
The performance with the Oxford Philharmonic was streamed on 23 May, and also includes Benedetti performing Mozart’s Fifth Violin Concerto
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How to play The Marriage of Figaro on the double bass
Italian bassist Davide Botto gives a tutorial, courtesy of String Virtuoso
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Keila Wakao’s prize-winning performance at the 2021 Menuhin Competition Junior Finals
The 15-year-old Japanese violinist performs works by Bloch, Bates and Wieniawski
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Gil Shaham on the advice he received from mentors
As part of the Dorothy DeLay MasterClass Series, organized and directed by the violinist and teacher Dmitri Berlinsky, violinist Gil Shaham talks about his teachers Samuel Bernstein and Dorothy DeLay, advice he received from Isaac Stern and more. Watch Perlmans on the golden era of the violin school ...
