All violin articles – Page 27
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Student creates 3D-printed violin bow
Following hot on the heels of recent experiments by Monad Studios to create a 3D-printed violin and a 3D-printed cello, a student at the Maryland Institute College of Art in the US has created a 3D-printed violin bow. Austin Peppel is interested in recreating the sound of a ...
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How to play the violin without a chin rest
After years of pain Elizabeth Wallfisch finally found comfort by removing her chin rest. She offers a step-by-step guide
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How to master bow speed and distribution
Physicists think of time and space as aspects of the same thing. Gerald Fischbach applies the same theory to bow division
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Viktoria Mullova performs Bartók's Violin Concerto no.2
Viktoria Mullova performs Bartók's Violin Concerto no.2 with Daniel Harding conducting The Mahler Chamber Orchestra.Watch Mullova perform Bach's Chaconne.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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Violinist Julian Rachlin named Royal Liverpool Philharmonic artist in residence
The musician will perform as soloist and conductor, and in chamber concerts in November 2015
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Gallery
From the Archive: an Alexander Despine violin, Turin 1828
This illustration of an Alexander Despine violin was published in The Strad, July 1970. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Alexander Despine was active little more than a century ago, but there is little reliable information on him. Several writers mention that he was a pupil ...
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Queen Elisabeth Competition 2015 names 12 finalists
A number of the violinists are prize winners from other international competitions
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Violin carries the weight of grand piano as substitute 'leg'
A violin is substituted for the leg of a grand piano and successfully holds its weight. Skip to 9:50 for the actual moment.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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Queen Elisabeth Competition names 24 violinists progressing to semi-finals
A number of the candidates are prize winners from other international competitions
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Julia Fischer performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
Julia Fischer performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Vasily Petrenko. Watch Fischer perform Paganini's Caprice no.2. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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Music teacher loses temper with violinist
A music teacher loses his temper with a group of chatting students - with destructive and comic results. A video bound to resonate with frustrated teachers the world over...Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues ...
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Queen Elisabeth Competition 2015 announces jury
The Brussels event is this year devoted to the violin
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Feature
How to improvise on the violin
Throw down your music and join in the fun. You too can learn to improvise and you can even teach somebody else, writes former Turtle Island String Quartet violinist Tracy Silverman
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Studying the violin with Ivan Galamian
Since his death Ivan Galamian has passed into legend as perhaps the greatest teacher the string world will ever know. Barbara L. Sand asked some of his ex-pupils whether their former master really lived up to his reputation
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Blogs
Tracing the development of violin f-hole design through peeling an orange
Considering the f-holes of the Amati ‘King’ cello, and playing with food, led Andrew Dipper to on a possible path to evolution
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Blogs
Bach to Moog: recording Bach for violin solo, string ensemble and Moog synthesiser
Composer, arranger and producer Craig Leon describes working on Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 with violinist Jennifer Pike and Moog Modular synthesiser. Listen to the recording below:
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American violin dealer and former teacher Alexander Ross charged with sexual assault
The alleged incident, involving a 13-year-old girl, occurred in February
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Violinist Yehudi Menuhin performs Wieniawski's Scherzo Tarantelle
Violinist Yehudi Menuhin gives an exceedingly fast performance of Wieniawski's Scherzo Tarantelle in 1947. Read Menuhin’s first appearance in The Strad, aged 10, in 1926. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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Video: Met Orchestra cellist performs 3D-printed cello
Designed by Monad Studios, the instrument was revealed at the 3D Print Design Show in New York
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Violinist Bin Huang appointed associate professor of violin at Eastman School of Music
The Chinese-born musician herself studied at the institution in Rochester, New York