All violin articles – Page 17
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NewsThe Strad April 2016 issue is out now
Twenty years after his breakthrough recording of the Mozart concertos, German violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann revisits the cycle on disc
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NewsChinese violinist Xiao Wang wins Byrd International Young Artist Competition
The musician is a former winner of the Szigeti and Seoul competitions
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NewsViolinists Tessa Lark and Alexi Kenney receive 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grants, worth $25,000
Further grants are awarded to violinist Sean Lee, cellist Jay Campbell and pianist George Li
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NewsCity of Birmingham Symphony names Kate Suthers second violin section leader
The Australian born violinist will join the orchestra in late May
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NewsLondon’s Royal College of Music receives rare Gagliano violin in its original Baroque set-up
The 1758 instrument has been gifted to the institution on permanent loan
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NewsVuillaume’s ‘Evangelists’ string quartet of instruments sells for £960,000
Constructed from matching wood in 1863 the instruments are based on Stradivari models
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NewsViolinist Janine Jansen to step down as artistic director of her chamber festival
Cellist Harriet Krijgh, aged 24, will take over the annual event in Utrecht from 2017
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ArticleMaxim Vengerov plays the ‘Schneiderhan’ Stradivarius violin - first prize for the Menuhin Competition 2016
There is nothing like a 301-year-old violin sound. I was very lucky, as at the age of 10, I was given the use of a half-size Strad. You immediately think that you are now going to be an amazing violinist because you are playing a Strad, with its ...
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ArticleViolin smashed onstage in Eight Songs for a Mad King
The King, played by Peter Tantsits, smashes a violin in the climax to International Contemporary Ensemble's production of Peter Maxwell Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King.
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ArticleHow effective is a modern violin and Baroque bow in period performance?
Dr Tomas Cotik, violin soloist, Amernet String Quartet member and professor at the University of Miami, performs the Largo from Bach's Violin Sonata no.3 on his modern violin and a Baroque bow. He describes his decision to use this combination for the recording below:'I usually play a modern ...
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Albani, Bozen, 1694
This illustration of a violin by Mathias Albani was published in The Strad, August 1974
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ArticleCigar box violin with guitar strings
A violin made from a cigar box is sound tested. The neck is made of pear wood, and the fingerboard of beech. The instrument is strung with standard guitar strings.Watch: Violin made from 16,000 matchsticks is performed in concertWatch: Glenn Donnellan plays his electric baseball bat violin
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NewsHRH Prince Charles agrees to be patron of Menuhin Competition 2016
The Prince of Wales, who knew violinist Yehudi Menuhin well, has given his ‘warmest good wishes’ to this year’s competitors
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NewsAirBerlin changes hand baggage restrictions to allow violins in the cabin
The airline has responded to recent criticism by string players highlighting its current strict cabin baggage rules
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FocusToday's string players forget they are telling a story, says cellist Raphael Wallfisch
Pauline Harding investigates why singers and instrumentalists can benefit hugely from listening to and working with each other
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NewsTarisio auction house launches new division for the violin trade
T2 will focus on speculative and restorable items
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Nicolo Amati, Cremona, 1660-70
This illustration of a violin by Nicolo Amati was published in The Strad, April 1975
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DebateMore string players of today should listen to singers past and present
The great string players of the past embodied the ‘singing’ style that signifies their relationship with vocalists of the time. Why can’t today’s stars capture the same atmosphere, asks Tully Potter
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News2016 Borletti-Buitoni Trust awards go to Danish String Quartet and violinist Alexandra Conunova
The grants, worth £20,000 and £30,000, are also awarded to Calidore String Quartet, violinist Maria Milstein and violist Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad
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NewsMichael Foyle wins 2016 Netherlands Violin Competition
The 24-year-old violinist receives €12,000 and performing opportunities