In this video from 2002, Ida Haendel plays JS Bach’s Chaconne from Partita No.2 in D minor.
Her dog was called Decca.
Read: ‘She was a strong woman when there were comparatively few great women soloists’ – Tasmin Little on Ida Haendel
Read: Ida Haendel: Grande dame of the violin
Watch: Ida Haendel plays informally in 2009
Read: Violinist Ida Haendel has died
In this video, made by young violinist siblings Leia and Leo Zhu during lockdown, Leia pays homage to the great violinist Ida Haendel, who died on 1 July 2020 at the age of 96. Also shared is footage of Leia’s meeting with Haendel in February 2018 (from 3.30). The video ...
The composition forms part of the ensemble’s forthcoming album of Mason’s works
Following Ida Haendel’s death at the age of 96 in July, Tully Potter surveys the career of an exceptional performer and a remarkable woman
In this video London-based French violinist Esther Abrami practises with a rescue kitten in her pouch. On her Facebook page, Abrami says: ’This kitten was abandoned but thankfully rescued by the cat shelter Association Féli-Cité . As a host family I took care of her for the past week. ...
A 60-minute documentary featuring interviews with some of the greatest 20th-century Italian luthiers
The three ‘Wind Songs’ were written by Garth Knox for Katherine Clarke as part of her ‘Singing Viola’ project . The first song is called ‘Wild Wind’. An Irish monk wrote this short poem in the margin of a Latin text he was recopying and illustrating in the 9th ...
No comments yet