All Video articles – Page 83
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ArticleMaking music at 8,000 feet - Stockhausen's Helicopter String Quartet
Stockhausen's infamous Helicopter String Quartet - which requires the musicians to play and sing as an ensemble while travelling in four separate helicopters - is performed at the Salzburg Festival in 2003.The flying quartet is only one part of the composer's opera, Mittwoch aus Licht (Wednesday from Light), ...
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Article'More violas!' demands Sergiu Celibidache
It's enough to strike fear in the heart of any self-respecting orchestral violist. Romanian maestro Sergiu Celibidache yells 'Viola!' at the top of his voice during a rehearsal of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony in the hope that the section will respond. Judging from his expression, the end result is ...
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ArticleStranded youth orchestra musicians perform in airport terminal
Musicians of the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra were stranded at New York's JFK Airport in June 2016 when their flight to Spain for a concert tour was cancelled at midnight.In response, the young performers took out their instruments and played Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations in the terminal. ...
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Article94th birthday interview with violinist Ivry Gitlis
When conductors and managers happily say of a soloist, 'He's very reliable', it's really a terrible thing. People said Heifetz's playing was perfection - but he was perfect in the sense that he was always on the edge of an abyss' In celebration of his 94th birthday, ...
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ArticleGil Shaham performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
Gil Shaham gives a particularly joyful performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lan Shui in May 2016. The full concert can be viewed at medici.tv. Read: Violinist Gil Shaham on the irresistible lure of 1930s violin concertos Watch: Violinist Gil Shaham ...
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ArticleRichard Lin performs Paganini at Shanghai Isaac Stern Violin Competition
Richard Lin performs Paganini Caprices for Solo Violin nos.24 and 10 at the Quarter-Finals of the Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition 2016. Lin is one of 18 violinists selected to progress to the Semi-Final rounds, taking place this week. Read: Shanghai Isaac Stern Violin Competition reveals ...
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ArticleViolinist Ida Haendel performs Paganini Caprice no.17
A video clip has surfaced in recent days of violinist Ida Haendel performing Paganini's Caprice no.17 and the Andante from Bach's Solo Sonata no.2. The live television studio recording was made during the 1980s. Read: Violinist Ida Haendel on Bach's Chaconne Watch: Ida Haendel gives Royal College ...
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ArticleViolinist and violist Pinchas Zukerman on sound production
You need to have the mechanism organised so that you can feel free to express yourself - which then becomes Schubert or Beethoven or Brahms. So you must separate the technique from the music. Most of the time when we try to express ourselves we lose the ...
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ArticleFire alarm rudely interrupts violinist's recital
The fire alarm intrudes on a performance of César Franck's Violin Sonata by violinist Aurora Mendez and pianist Dr Soyeon Kim at Montclair State University. For a while the performers valiantly continue despite the noise, but eventually are forced to stop - prompting a joking comment from an ...
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ArticleViolinist Pinchas Zukerman performs Wieniawski's Polonaise in D major
Violinist Pinchas Zukerman gives a show-stopping performance of Wieniawski's Polonaise no.1 in D major.Read: ‘Playing the viola is greatly beneficial to all violinists,’ says Pinchas ZukermanPinchas Zukerman is interviewed in The Strad’s September 2016 issue about his life in string education and his global vision for the future ...
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ArticleSarah Chang performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen aged 19
Sarah Chang gives a showstopping performance of Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen at the age of 19 in 1999. Read: Divide your practice into hour-long chunks, says violinist Sarah Chang Read: What do violinists Sarah Chang and Hilary Hahn keep inside their instrument cases? Watch: When they were young - ...
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov performs Wieniawski's Légende
Maxim Vengerov performs Wieniawski's Légende at Festival Luna Classics in Nyon, Switzerland in 2014 in celebration of his 40th birthday.Watch: Violinist Maxim Vengerov performs Paganini’s Caprice no.24Watch: Maxim Vengerov on playing the violin like MozartWatch: Maxim Vengerov on taking time to explore the fingerboard
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ArticleViktoria Mullova plays Sibelius Violin Concerto
Viktoria Mullova performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest in April 2016. Watch: Violinist Viktoria Mullova gives winning performance at the 1980 Sibelius Competition
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ArticleFormlabs' 3D-printed acoustic violin made from white resin
Formlabs engineer Brian Chan and violinist Rhett Price have combined forces to build a 3D-printed violin from white resin.The instrument was made with SLA (StereoLithoGraphy) printing technology - which lends itself well to intricate details and a smooth surface finish - rather than a FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) ...
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Article93-year-old violinist Ivry Gitlis performs Kreisler
93-year-old violinist Ivry Gitlis joins pianist Khatia Buniatishvili to perform Kreisler's Liebesleid, Schön Rosmarin and Syncopation, alongside Maria Theresia von Paradis' Sicilienne at an Aix-en-Provence concert in April 2016, broadcast by ARTE Concert. Read: 8 opinions on performance and career by violinist Ivry Giltis Watch: Ivry Gitlis ...
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ArticleAnne-Sophie Mutter performs Sibelius Violin Concerto
Anne-Sophie Mutter performs the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons in May 2015. Read: ‘Extremes of constant vibrato or none at all do not solve musical problems,’ says violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter Watch: Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter films her performance with a head ...
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ArticleA violin bow with a mind of its own
A violinist's enthusiastic final bow stroke makes for a finale to remember in this orchestral concert from 2013.Watch: A bow hair disasterWatch: Violist Yuri Bashmet in tailpiece disasterWatch: Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt in page turning catastrophe
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ArticleRenaud Capuçon performs Gluck's Melodie on solo violin
Renaud Capuçon performs Gluck's Melodie on solo violin as an encore at a concert with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony in May 2016.Watch: Violinist Renaud Capuçon performs in the Paris MetroWatch: Capuçon brothers – violinist Renaud and cellist Gautier – perform together at the BBC Proms
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Article'You must play as naturally as you sing': violinist Isaac Stern in China
One sings very naturally. You must figure out how to make that sound on your violin' In this clip from the 1979 documentary 'From Mao to Mozart', violinist Isaac Stern demonstrates to a young student the importance of listening and playing like a singer. Watch: Violinist Isaac ...
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ArticleMadeleine Mitchell on becoming a complete violinist
The violinist and Royal College of Music, London professor speaks about adopting a rounded approach to being a musician
