All viola articles – Page 4
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Blogs5 tips for learning the Walton Viola Concerto
Norwegian violist Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad discusses the crucial challenges of one of his instrument’s core repertoire concertos
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VideoMasumi Per Rostad: Reger Viola Suite No. 1 in G minor
In this video from string maker D’Addario, Japanese-Norwegian violist Masumi Per Rostad performs Max Reger’s Viola Suite no.1 in G minor. Rostad writes: ‘Max Reger would often compress long harmonic progressions and jam them into just one or two beats. Therefore, I found it fitting to discover that his full ...
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VideoA six-string custom viola played by Henning Kraggerud
In this video, Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud amd jazz pianist Bugge Wesseltoft perform an inprovisation on a folk tune. Kraggerud is playing his custom-made ‘viola concorda’. ‘I was longing for a sound that I couldn’t produce, so I ordered a new instrument from Ariane Becker,’ he writes. ‘Listen to our ...
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FocusBrett Dean on his journey from Berlin Phil violist to full-time composer
The Australian violist and composer on taking career risks and the unique insights that came from playing the viola in an world-class orchestra
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VideoNewly discovered viola impromptu by Shostakovich performed by Paul Neubauer
A previously unknown work by Dmitri Shostakovich, this viola impromptu was discovered in Moscow’s central archive last year and revealed on the composer’s birthday in September. In this video, violist Paul Neubauer and pianist Wu Han perform the piece at Music@Menlo,
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NewsARD announces viola and piano trio participants for 2018
Launched in 1952, the competition focuses each year on different instrumental categories, selected from 21 disciplines
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ReviewPoul Ruders: Viola Concerto, Handel Variations. Lars Anders Tomter, Aarhus SO
Authoritative playing of music by a contemporary Danish composer
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NewsFinalists revealed at Primrose International Viola Competition
Los Angeles competition which counts Lawrence Power, Antoine Tamestit and Jennifer Stumm among previous winners, enters final
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NewsPrimrose viola competition enters semi-finals
Los Angeles competition which counts Lawrence Power, Antoine Tamestit and Jennifer Stumm among previous winners, enters final stretch
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ReviewLawrence Power: Harold in Italy – Bergen Philharmonic/Andrew Manze
BERLIOZ Harold in Italy; La captive (arr. Manze). MARTINI Plaisir d’amour (arr. Berlioz/Manze). WEBER Andante e Rondo ungarese; Invitation to the Dance
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ReviewJames Ehnes, BBCSO, Edward Gardner: Walton Viola Concerto
Dazzling performances of Walton’s string masterpieces
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VideoMartinů - Three Madrigals for violin and viola (no.1)
Duo Florent, comprising Arianna Dotto, violin, and Joachim Angster, viola, perform the first of Bohuslav Martinů’s Three Madrigals for violin and viola. Recorded in Lansing, Michigan, by Sergei Kvitko, www.bluegriffin.com
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VideoMilena Pajaro-van de Stadt: Brahms Viola Sonata No.2
Violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt and pianist Asiya Korepanova perform Brahms’s Sonata for Viola and Piano op.120, no.2, in E flat major. The video was filmed on 18 June 2017 at the Linehan concert hall, UMBC, Baltimore, as part of Festival Baltimore.
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NewsMilan Škampa, 1928-2018: the last of the Smetana Quartet
Milan Škampa, for many years violist of the Smetana Quartet and the last survivor of the six men who played in the group, died at his Prague home on 14 April. He would have turned 90 in June.
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NewsInstruments announced for Tokyo Stradivarius Festival 2018 exhibition
Eighteen Stradivari violins, a cello and a viola, plus an Andrea Amati will be featured
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FocusFrom the archive: a 1759 viola by Antonio Bagatella
In this article from the February 2015 issue of The Strad, Jens Stenz takes a close look at a short but broad 18th-century viola made in Padua
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FocusFrom the archive: a viola in the attic
In our October 2004 issue, Anthony Lane admires a recently discovered 1780 viola by William Forster, in pristine condition
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Julian Rachlin on Brahms’s Viola Sonata in F minor
The Lithuanian-born violinist and violist discusses technical preparation, character and colour in the first and second movements of op.120 no.1
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FocusViolist Lawrence Power on conventional wisdom and not being shy of picking up the violin
The British viola virtuoso is held up as a champion of his instrument by many young players. But, as he tells Toby Deller, he is more interested in being an adventurous performer and teacher who’s prepared to challenge norms
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NewsThe Strad March 2018 issue is out now
Viola player Lawrence Power talks about playing different instruments, good string teaching and why it’s important to challenge conventional wisdom