All violin articles – Page 16
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NewsViolinist Emily Sun wins Royal Over-Seas League Gold Medal 2016
The Australian musician is a student of Itzhak Rashkovsky at London’s Royal College of Music
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ArticleJanine Jansen performs Brahms Violin Concerto
Janine Jansen performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Bernard Haitink in 2014.Antje Weithaas continues The Strad’s marked-up sheet music series in association with Henle Verlag with the Brahms Concerto's first movement – giving bowings, fingerings and ideas for interpretation in our June ...
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NewsViolinist forced to carry unprotected instrument on lap on British Airways flight
Cecilia Bernardini was asked by staff to remove the instrument from its case, which was then checked into the hold
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FocusA history and anatomy of Beethoven's 'Kreutzer' Sonata
The dedicatee of Beethoven's 'Kreutzer' Sonata considered it so impenetrable that he never even played it. Rok Klopčič untangles some of the difficulties of this much-loved work
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NewsSendai International Violin Competition 2016 names six finalists
The violinists are competing for a $26,000 grand prize in Sendai, Japan
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GalleryFrom the Archive: A violin by Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona 1734, 'The Gillott'
This illustration of a violin by Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù' was published in The Strad, November 1977. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:In due course the 1734 'del Gesù' passed via John Hart's to Joseph Gillott, renowned pen manufacturer, but whose fame is more likely ...
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FocusWas Maud Powell's famous Guadagnini violin actually a modern instrument?
Joseph Curtin examines the evidence – and the violin itself – to discover whether the American luthier George Gemünder was its actual maker
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the Archive: A violin by A.S.P. Bernadel, Avignon, 1850
This illustration of a violin by A.S.P. Bernadel was published in The Strad, January 1976
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NewsThe Strad June 2016 issue is out now
We investigate the relationship between Stradivari's purfling corners and his violin forms
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GalleryFrom the Archive: A violin by Giuseppe Gagliano of Naples, 1785
This illustration of a violin by Giuseppe Gagliano was published in The Strad, March 1978. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The handsome Gagliano illustrated here is by Giuseppe, the second son of Nicolo whose models he followed. For some years Giuseppe shared a workshop with ...
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BlogsYehudi Menuhin's 'Khevenhüller' Stradivarius violin copy by Emile Français
The instrument was made expressly for the great violinist for his 19th birthday, writes Stewart Pollens
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Article13-year-old violinist Eduard Kollert performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
13-year-old violinist Eduard Kollert, who yesterday won the Junior first prize at the 2016 Novosibirsk International Violin Competition in Russia, performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen at the International ‘Nutcracker’ Contest for Young Musicians in Moscow in 2015. Kollert is a student of Professor Zakhar Bron, who was chair of ...
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ArticlePhotographing a 299-year-old Stradivarius violin
After each shot I turn the violin 30 degrees and take another picture. I have to turn the violin to shoot it in 12 different angles. It's all about precision'What does it take to photograph the qualities of a Stradivari violin? Photographer Søren Jonesen takes us through the ...
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ArticleDavid Garrett tries out Stradivari and Guarneri 'del Gesù' violins
My favourite violin maker is 'del Gesù', but in this acoustic the Strad is the best. It's tough for me to admit that, but this instrument has all of the right qualities' David Garrett tries out several violins by Stradivari and Guarneri 'del Gesù' at Cremona's Museo ...
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NewsViolinist Amalia Hall wins Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists Competition
The New Zealand musician has won both the String section and the overall award
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by C.F. Gand, Paris, c.1820
This illustration of a violin by Charles François Gand was published in The Strad, September 1977. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Charles François Gand is the most important member of a family of talented French makers who, after Lupot, ranks next to Pique and Vuillaume. ...
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ArticleViolinist Rachel Barton Pine performs her own Happy Birthday variations
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs her own virtuoso arrangement of Happy Birthday - 'Introduction, Theme and Variations on the Birthday Song' - for the Lake Forest Symphony's 75th anniversary gala in November 2007. Read: American Airlines pilot denies Rachel Barton Pine access to cabin with her violin ...
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ArticleRavi Shankar, Alla Rakha and Yehudi Menuhin Trio
Ravi Shankar: 'Our teaching is based on oral tradition; our music is not written down.'Yehudi Menuhin: 'That's why it's alive!'Violinist Yehudi Menuhin discusses and plays Indian music with friend and colleague Ravi Shankar.The Strad's May 2016 Menuhin Centenary issue is out now – download through The Strad App ...
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ArticleViolinist Yehudi Menuhin on the importance of practice
Anything that one wants to do really, one must do every day. It should be easy to the artist and natural as flying is to a bird' Violinist Yehudi Menuhin talks about the importance of practice. The interview is taken from 'The Menuhin Century' boxed set of ...
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ArticleJames Ehnes performs on the Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Lord Wilton' violin
James Ehnes performs Tchaikovsky's Melody, op.42 no.3 on the Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Lord Wilton' violin, 1742. The instrument was one of several great Cremonese violins associated with Yehudi Menuhin, who acquired it in 1978 from Jacques Francais in New York. On his death in 1999 it ...
