All violin articles – Page 12
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'Sometimes my violin gets grouchy,' says Midori
It's very, very capricious; it's very temperamental; it gets grouchy' Midori speaks about her relationship with her 1734 Guarneri del Gesù and about her belief that the instrument is 'a living being' for Big Think. Watch: Violinist Midori on practising Watch: Violinist Midori on coping with stage ...
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Review
Stojowski: Violin Concerto in G minor; Romanze in E flat major, Wieniawski: Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs de l’opéra Faust de Gounod
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Fine advocacy for some less-visited gems of the Romantic violin tradition Musicians: Bartlomiej Niziol (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Lukasz Borowicz Composer: Stojowski, Wieniawski Catalogue number: HYPERION CDA ...
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From the Archive: copy of a late Stradivarius violin by Nicholas Lupot
This illustration of a violin by Nicholas Lupot was published in The Strad, February 1983. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Lupot was the first maker, together with his colleague Francois Pique, to recognise and establish beyond doubt the superiority of the Stradivarius model and to ...
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News
Violinist forced to store unprotected instrument at his feet on Vueling flight
José Manuel Jiménez García posted photos of the incident on his Facebook page
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Review
C. Matthews: Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto no.2; Cortège
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Two string concertos by one of today’s leading British composers Musicians: Leila Josefowicz (violin) Anssi Karttunen (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oliver Knussen, Rumon Gamba; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly Composer: Colin Matthews ...
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Violinist Leila Josefowicz performs Paganini aged 13
13-year-old Leila Josefowicz plays 'La Campanella' from Paganini's Violin Concerto no.2 with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by John Williams in 1991. Watch: When they were young: Sarah Chang
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Meister: Il giardino del piacere – Sonatas nos.1, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 12
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: The Diderot finishes off a project begun by Reinhard Goebel Musicians: Diderot Ensemble/Johannes Pramsohler (violin) Composer: Meister Catalogue number: AUDAX ADX13705 The period-instrument Diderot Ensemble completes a ...
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Violinists Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman perform together in 1978
In this live recording from 1978, violinists Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman perform Wieniawski's Etude Caprices op. 18 nos. 1 and 2, Spohr's Duo Concertante, and Handel-Halvorsen's Passacaglia together at London's Royal College of Music. Filmed by Christopher Nupen and recently released on YouTube by Allegro Films, ...
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Blogs
'Bach should be played with vibrato,' says violinist Pinchas Zukerman
The veteran violinist, violist, conductor and pedagogue is interviewed in The Strad's September 2016 issue
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News
Royal Scottish National Orchestra names Lena Zeliszewska as associate principal first violin
The violinist takes up her new role at the beginning of the orchestra's 2016-17 season
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra appoints three new front desk string players
The orchestra welcomes a new principal cello, principal second violin and sub principal viola
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Conductor Lorin Maazel demonstrates his skills as a violinist
In this rare clip, conductor Lorin Maazel, who died in 2014, demonstrates his skills as a violin soloist, performing and conducting the third movement of Mozart's Violin Concerto no.3 with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.At various points in his life Maazel was music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre ...
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Review
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole; Guitarre; Fantaisie norvégienne; Romance–sérénade; Fantaisie-ballet; Introduction and scherzo (Namouna); Violin Concerto in F major; Cello Concerto in D minor; Concerto russ
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Young Queen Elisabeth soloists present Lalo’s complete concertante works Musicians: Vladyslava Luchenko, Woo Hyung Kim, Lorenzo Gatto, Elina Buksha (violins); Ori Epstein (cello), Nathanaël Gouin (piano), Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Jean-Jacques Kantorow ...
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Advice for travelling string players
Dr Tomas Cotik shares personal anecdotes and tips from his life as a travelling violinist
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News
Violinist Maxim Vengerov appointed visiting professor at London's Royal College of Music
The virtuoso performer will visit the college at least three times per year
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Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor op.61; Haydn: Concerto in F major for violin, keyboard and strings
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: The Elgar Concerto’s first Soviet recording by the scion of the Oistrakh family Musicians: Igor Oistrakh (violin), Natalia Zertsalova (piano), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Valentin Zhuk Composer: Elgar, Haydn Catalogue ...
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From the Archive: a violin by Carlo Ferdinando Landolphi, Milan, 1752
This illustration of a violin by Carlo Ferdinando Landolphi was published in The Strad, October 1982. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The earliest records say that this instrument was owned by Count Alfred Belissa of Genoa. A letter written on the Count's personal stationary stated ...
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Focus
Should violin students take a long summer break without practising?
Top string teachers Mimi Zweig and Géza Szilvay answer a reader's question for The Strad's Teacher Talk section
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'Art takes time,' says violinist Pinchas Zukerman
We like to see things today grow within 24 hours, but it doesn't work like that. Art needs time.'Pinchas Zukerman talks about musical education in China and describes the growth of classical music in the country as a long and complicated process.Read: 'Playing the viola is greatly beneficial ...
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Review
Brahms: Complete Piano Trios; ‘Double’ Concerto in A minor op.102
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Brahms’s three piano trios and the concerto for the same soloists Musicians: Hagai Shaham (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Arnon Erez (piano) Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie/Daniel Raiskin Composer: Brahms Catalogue ...