All viola articles – Page 8
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Nobuko Imai gives viola masterclass
Watch your breathing as you play - breathe out as you begin your first phrase' Amsterdam Conservatory viola professor Nobuko Imai gives a masterclass at the University of Valencia. Read: The viola should sound like a human voice, says Nobuko Imai
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The importance of 'after-processing' for practice
Musicans often find that a difficult passage has been magically solved upon returning to it the next day, writes Rok Klopčič
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Teaching tips: students switching instruments
How do you spot when a young student has chosen the wrong instrument, and how do you find out which would suit them better? Pedagogue and author Mimi Butler takes a look at the issues involved
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How to improve your playing with slow practice
Does slow and steady win the race when it comes to practice, or does a more up-tempo approach bring the best results, asks Rok Klopčič
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Violin, violas and cello, worth $160,000, stolen in Melbourne, Australia
The five instruments were taken from a parked car last month
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Making a string quartet of instruments
South African luthier Brian Lisus documents the making of the Quartet for Peace - a string quartet of instruments dedicated to Nelson Mandela.Read The Strad's article on the evolution of the Quartet for Peace.
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The daily torment suffered by violists
Was violin too hard?''Hey, what's it like never playing in tune?'Submediant has produced a spoof video of the daily abuse suffered by violists in an effort to #endviolajokes. A female violist walks the streets of New York and is subjected to taunts and catcalls.Read: The history of the ...
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Kim Kashkashian gives Walton Viola Concerto masterclass
The phrase is three big steps towards the public...' American violist Kim Kashkashian gives a masterclass on Walton's Viola Concerto at the Peabody Institute of Music in Baltimore. Read: Kim Kashkashian - ‘The emotional landscape of Hindemith’s music is a joy to enter’
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra appoints two new violists
Sunghee Choi and Youming Chen join the orchestra from the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Kansas City Symphony respectively
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Violist Antoine Tamestit performs Hindemith on the 'Mahler' Stradivarius
Antoine Tamestit performs the fiendishly difficult fourth movement of Paul Hindemith's Solo Viola Sonata op.25 no.1 on the 1672 'Mahler' Stradivarius - one of very few violas made by the famous luthier, on loan through the Habisreutinger Foundation.Watch: Vadim Repin performs on seven Stradivarius and Guarneri violins
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Debate
There should be greater transparency in the string-manufacturing industry
Thomas Zwieg, vice president and product development manager at Larsen Strings A/S in Denmark, calls for an internationally accepted standard for measuring string tension
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Blogs
I didn’t understand really good ensemble playing before joining the LSO, says violist Paul Silverthorne
As the London Symphony Orchestra’s long-serving viola principal prepares to leave for a new Chinese appointment, he speaks to Toby Deller about 25 wonderful years with the ensemble
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Analysing a Mantegazza viola, 1796
The large proportions of this instrument give it a powerful sound that make it ideal for string quartets, says Sam Zygmuntowicz
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Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra appoints new violist Hyobi Sim
The Curtis Institute and Juilliard School graduate is an active chamber musician
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Insurance worker convicted of stealing £300,000 viola from a London train
London Symphony Orchestra principal violist Edward Vanderspar had accidentally left his instrument on the train
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The evolution of violin bow hold
From the awkward grips of the past to the relaxed approach of today, the bow hold has come a long way. Globalisation has a lot to do with it, says John Krakenberger
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From the Archive: a viola by Daniel Parker, London, 1714
This illustration of a viola by Daniel Parker was published in The Strad, December 1973. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Daniel Parker’s existing instruments are very few in number. It is probable that many have never been identified as his work. Besides being one of ...
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Armida Quartet to pay tribute to Artemis Quartet violist Friedemann Weigle
The Armida will give a special performance in honour of their late mentor at the Rheingau Musik Festival
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Artemis Quartet violist Friedemann Weigle has died aged 53
The musician was also a professor at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin
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American violist Joseph de Pasquale has died aged 95
The musician was principal violist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Philadelphia Orchestra