All violin articles – Page 16
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BlogsIt’s the taking part that counts’: Are competitions always defined by results?
This year’s Menuhin Competition promoted a ‘non-competitive atmosphere of learning and exchange’, but how true was this for the performers, asks Charlotte Smith
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NewsDocumentary charts friendship between Holocaust survivor and schoolgirl through donated violin
Joe’s Violin’ premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this month
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, 1671
This illustration of a violin by Andrea Guarneri was published in The Strad, September 1975. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Illustrated is a well preserved example of Andrea's work which bears its original label 1671, the final numerable being indistinct. This violin is described on ...
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Article12-year-old Yesong Sophie Lee gives 2016 Menuhin Competition winning performance
12-year-old Yesong Sophie Lee gives her winning performance in the 2016 Menuhin Competition Junior Finals at London's Royal Academy of Music.The young violinist leads the Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra as soloist in Summer from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and also performs the world premiere of the new commission for ...
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Article20-year-old Yu-Ting Chen performs at Menuhin Competition 2016
20-year-old violinist Yu-Ting Chen performs in the 2016 Menuhin Competition Senior Semi-Finals.Her programme features the first movement of Bartók’s Solo Sonata, the Adagio con espressione from Beethoven’s String Trio op.9 no.3, Enescu’s Impromptu Concertant and Szymanowski's Nocturne and Tarantella.Watch: 11-year-old Samuel Tan performs at Menuhin Competition 2016Read: Menuhin ...
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ArticleYesong Sophie Lee performs at Menuhin Competition 2016
12-year-old violinist Yesong Sophie Lee performs in the 2016 Menuhin Competition Junior Semi-Finals.Her programme features the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata no.8, two movements from Dvorák's Terzetto in C, and Waxman's Carmen Fantasy.Watch: 11-year-old Samuel Tan performs at Menuhin Competition 2016Read: Menuhin Competition 2016 reveals five Junior Finalists
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NewsOrchestre Métropolitain gifts violin to homeless Montreal busker
Mark Landry, who frequently busks on the Montreal Metro, had his violin stolen last week
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2016 reveals four Senior Finalists
This year’s contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London
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Article16-year-old Ziyu He performs at Menuhin Competition 2016
16-year-old violinist Ziyu He performs in the 2016 Menuhin Competition Senior Semi-Finals.His programme features the first movement of Bartók's Solo Sonata, the Adagio con espressione from Beethoven's String Trio op.9 no.3, Enescu's Impromptu Concertant and Paganini's Variation 'Nel cor piu non mi sento'.Watch: 11-year-old Samuel Tan performs at ...
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2016 reveals five Junior Finalists
This year’s contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London
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Article12-year-old Yeyeong Jin performs at Menuhin Competition 2016
12-year-old violinist Yeyeong Jin performs in the 2016 Menuhin Competition Junior Semi-Finals.Her programme features the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata no.8, the Scherzo from Dvorák's Terzetto and Wieniawski's Variations on an Original Theme.Watch: 11-year-old Samuel Tan performs at Menuhin Competition 2016Read: Menuhin Competition 2016 names 10 violinists through ...
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NewsSnapped violin tuning screw causes serious damage to boy’s eye
The 14-year-old student’s family is suing the local school district for medical damages
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2016 names 9 violinists through to the Senior Semi Finals
This year’s contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London
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FocusFrom the Archive: a violin by Jacob Stainer, Absam, c.1660
This illustration of a violin by Jacob Stainer was published in The Strad, May 1975. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Jacob Stainer, the most celebrated of all the German school of makers, was born at Hall, near Absam, Austria in 1621. His distinctive model was ...
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Article11-year-old Samuel Tan performs at Menuhin Competition 2016
11-year-old Samuel Tan, youngest competitor in the 2016 Menuhin Competition, performs in the first round of the Junior Division.His programme features the first movement of Bach's Second Violin Concerto, the first movement of Grieg's Sonata no.1, Wieniawski's Etude-Caprice op.18, no.4 and Enescu's Ballade.Read: Menuhin Competition 2016 names 10 ...
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2016 names 10 violinists through to the Junior Semi Finals
This year’s contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London
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ArticleMaxim Vengerov performs on a 1740 Guarneri del Gesù - Menuhin Competition 2016 Junior First Prize
Maxim Vengerov performs Ernst's The Last Rose of Summer on a Guarneri del Gesù c.1740 violin, previously played by Hungarian violinist and conductor Sándor Végh. The instrument will be loaned to the winner of the 2016 Menuhin Competition Junior Category for two years by Florian Leonhard Fine ...
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FocusBach should only be played as an encore in special circumstances, says violinist Arabella Steinbacher
The Strad asks six international solo violinists what the encore tradition means to them, and to reveal their personal favourites
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ArticleViolinist Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Mozart's Third Concerto
A youthful Frank Peter Zimmermann performs the first movement of Mozart's Third Violin Concerto conducted by Bernard Haitink. The violinist discusses re-recording the Mozart violin concertos, 20 years after his breakthrough recording cycle, in The Strad's April 2016 issue - download on desktop computer or through The ...
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ArticleViolinist Leonidas Kavakos performs Tárrega encore
Leonidas Kavakos performs Ruggiero Ricci's arrangement of Francisco Tárrega's Recuerdos de la Alhambra as an encore. The violinist contributes to The Strad's Encores feature, published in the April 2016 issue - download on desktop computer or through The Strad App.