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ArticleCellist Steven Isserlis on using vibrato to improve phrasing
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
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Four in one: London Sinfonietta principal violin plays Steve Reich
Jonathan Morton performs all four parts in Steve Reich’s Violin Phase
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2022 Freedman Fellowship winner Katie Yap performs
An extract from violist Katie Yap’s performance of Aftermath by Emily Sheppard
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Cellist David Finckel on vibrato
Cellist David Finckel introduces the subject of vibrato as part of a series of video demonstrations on cello technique. Vibrato, he says, 'connects the listener to the player's innermost feelings about the music. It should be something that reinforces the music, not something that is painted on top ...
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Esther Yoo’s practice tips: chord pizzicato
Yoo shares how mimicking a guitar pick with the index finger and thumb can help violinists with strumming technique
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Violin techniques with James Ehnes: pizzicato
‘Basically, you’re going to grab the string and pull it’
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The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective plays Mendelssohn
The ensemble presents the final movement of Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Sextet, in a filmed performance from November 2021
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Violinist Ray Chen gives left-hand pizzicato lesson
Violinist Ray Chen gives a video lesson on mastering left-hand pizzicato, as demonstrated in Paganini's Caprice no.24.
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Victoria Chiang demonstrates shifting exercises for viola
'You have to be able to move freely without your shoulder getting in the way' Peabody Institute of Music viola professor Victoria Chiang helps a student with shifting exercises during a National Philharmonic Masterclass in 2013. Explore more Technique like this in The Strad Playing Hub
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Viola power: Tabea Zimmermann performs with Israel Philharmonic viola section
The violist joined forces with the section to perform Atur Mizchech as an encore
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The most difficult cadenza: Philippe Hirschhorn performs the ‘Sauret’ Paganini cadenza
Check out this live footage of the violinist from 1967
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Cellist Nicholas Yee performs Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’
A cover of the Stranger Things hit that gave Kate Bush a number 1 in the charts 37 years after its original release
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Andie, Andy and Andy present a work for violin, trumpet and steel pan
Members of the Andes Trio, who all share the same first name, perform Akiho’s work ’the rAy’s end’
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New video: Le Concert de l’Hostel Dieu and David Chalmin ‘Let me freeze again’
This exclusive video to The Strad showcases a British/French fusion of baroque and contemporary music
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Cellist Leo Popplewell performs ‘El Cant dels Ocells’
Cellist Leo Popplewell performs El Cant dels Ocells ahead of his upcoming performance at Cheltenham Music Festival
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Experimental Bach: Fugue in C major for violin and voice
Violinist Laura Zarina records Bach’s Fugue for solo violin, singing the hidden chorales by herself.
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Violinist Midori Komachi performs Vaughan Williams at the composer’s home
Violinist Midori Komachi and pianist Simon Callaghan perform Vaughan Williams’s Romance
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Alisa Weilerstein discusses a new solo cello project
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein embarks on a new project incorporating contemporary compositions with J.S Bach’s famous solo cello suites
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New release: ‘Sahar’ from Iranian composer Aftab Darvishi’s debut album ‘A Thousand Butterflies’
Sahar is the first track from Aftab Darvishi’s new album evoking a life that has crossed continents.
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Passacaglia by Händel/Halvorsen - but not as you know it!
Malin Broman and Rick Stotijn present a unique arrangement of the beloved duet for violin, viola, harpsichord, cello, double bass, bassoon, as well as beat-boxing and singing…
