Videos – Page 49
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VideoAn afternoon with Carlos Arcieri
Luthier Carlos Arcieri is seen in his workshop in this short film by Emilio Seri made in 2018. Arcieri worked Wurlitzer’s in New York under Simone Sacconi and alongside René Morel, John Roskoski, Dario D’Attili, Luiz Bellini, William Salchow, Mario D’Alessandro and Vahakn Nigogosian until the shop closed in 1974. ...
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ArticlePavel Berman at Stradfest 2019: how to prepare for competitions
Russian violinist and teacher Pavel Berman talks to iClassical Academy’s Irma de Jong during Stradfest 2019 at the Royal Institution in London on 24 March 2019. Berman, who came to prominence when he won the first prize at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 1990, discusses how to prepare ...
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VideoLisa Batiashvili: Debussy Violin Sonata finale, with Milana Chernyavska
Filmed live in Berlin at Deutsche Grammophon’s Yello Lounge in January 2018. Violinist Lisa Batiashvili and pianist Milana Chernyavska perform Claude Debussy’s Violin Sonata in G Minor, L. 140: III. Finale. Très animé
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VideoCloser to Nature – a documentary about violin maker Dmitry Badiarov
The Russian violin-maker Dmitry Badiarov (based in the Netherlands) developed his love for carving wood after deciding to build his first sailing ship, aged 5. Since then his love for making violins has co-existed with his passion for sailing and the sea. In this film, which was presented at a ...
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VideoIda Haendel documentary trailer: The Haendel Variations
In a special tribute to Ida Haendel, we are republishing archive content related to the late violinist, who died last week
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VideoJoshua Brown performs Tchaikovsky Concerto at Leopold Mozart Competition
The competition-winning performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto by Joshua Brown in the finals of the Leopold Mozart Competition Augsburg. Featuring the Munich Radio Orchestra conducted by Domonkos Héja. Earlier in the video, Joshua Brown plays the Mozart Violin Concerto no.3 in G major K216. Video: Medienlabor Universität AugsburgAudio: Bayerischer ...
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VideoFrank Huang plays The Star-Spangled Banner
New York Philharmonic concertmaster Frank Huang plays his own arrangement of the United States national anthem before a November 2018 game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Houston Rockets at the Brooklyn Barclays Center
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VideoGidon Kremer talks about perfectionism and plays Caprice no.13
An excerpt from the film Gidon Kremer - Man of Many Musics by documentary maker Christopher Nupen. The complete film is available on the Allegro Films YouTube channel
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VideoIl Piccolo Violino Magico - Live streaming
Live stream from the first round (second day) at Il Piccolo Violino Magico competition in San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy. The competitiors, aged between 9 and 13, are: Toma Arakawa Miryam Capuano Ilva Eigus Teo Gertler Madeline Goh Mateusz Izdebski Theodor Kaskiv Yejin Kim Sofiia Kysliak Lira Masuda Flavia ...
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VideoJanine Jansen performs Brahms’s Violin Concerto conducted by Daniel Harding
Daniel Harding gave his final performances as Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris on 19 and 20 June, in a programme that included Janine Jansen performing Brahms’s Violin Concerto. Here she is in rehearsal.
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VideoHilary Hahn plays Sibelius aged 16
A look back to 1996, when a 16-year-old Hilary Hahn performed Sibelius’s Violin Concerto with conductor Lorin Maazel and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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VideoShannon Lee performs in the semi-final of the Sendai Competition
The Canadian violinist Shannon Lee is one of six musicians who will be competing in the final round of the Sendai International Violin Competition. Here she is in the semi-finals last Saturday, performing both as soloist and as concertmaster.
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VideoMicro-artist plays his micro-violin, weighing all of 0.74mg
In this video, the micro-artist Mattewada Ajay Kumar, who hails from Warangal, a city in the south Indian state of Telangana, plays his micro-violin: a tiny functional violin, weighing 0.74 mg and all of 2 cm long, sculpted from gold. The instrument, which comes complete with four metal strings and ...
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VideoIsabelle Faust: Largo from Bach’s Sonata in C Major
Soulful Bach from one of the composer’s most thoughtful interpreters
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VideoPavel Šporcl: Mendelssohn violin concerto
In this video, Pavel Šporcl performs Mendelssohn’s E minor Violin Concerto with the English Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Woods in concert at Cadogan Hall, London, on 9 June this year. Šporcl has sold more than 230,000 CDs in his career, with his latest recording, ‘Christmas On The Blue Violin’, ...
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VideoTwoSet Violin try bows worth $200,000 and $700,000
Brett and Eddy of TwoSet Violin join Nippon Violin CEO Sota Nakazawa to compare a $2,000 bow against examples by Peccatte and Tourte estimated to be worth in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The auction record for a bow by François Xavier Tourte is €576,600, as The Strad reported ...
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ArticleZoë Martlew bow explosion during performance
Cellist Zoë Martlew suffers what she describes as a ‘major bow dysfuntion’ about a minute into Juliana Hodkinson’s ‘amazing noise piece’ Scrape, for cello with metal plate, playback track and sound diffusion at the Dark Music Days festival in Reykjavik, Iceland. The complete performance is below: Video: Zoë ...
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VideoCharlie Siem records his first composition
In this video, violinist Charlie Siem talks us through the experience of recording his first composition, ‘Canopy’, which was featured on his Sony Classics album ‘In The Stars.’
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VideoKyung Wha Chung plays Schumann's Violin Sonata No 2 in 1997
In this video from 1997, the 30th anniversary of her international debut, Kyung Wha Chung plays Schumann’s Violin Sonata No 2
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VideoBrian Paul Benning plays a 1997 Viola d’amore
Brian Paul Benning - Artist-in-Residence at the 65-year-old family-run business Benning Violins in Los Angeles, California - plays a Viola d’amore crafted by violinmaker Eric Benning in 1997.
