All violin articles – Page 8
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Violinist Reinhard Goebel on adapting to focal dystonia
The condition forced the musician and early music specialist to make a radical career change - he is now a conductor
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From the Archive: a Niccolò Amati violin, 1654
This illustration of an Amati violin was published in The Strad, April 1913. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs
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From the Archive: a Bergonzi violin
This illustration of a Bergonzi violin was published in The Strad, February 1913. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: This is a really typical specimen of the master’s own model, exhibiting his peculiarities in the matter of outline and other details. Bergonzi varied his instruments ...
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Why historic recordings deserve more air time
Broadcasters routinely neglect and patronise historic recordings made by some of the greatest-ever string players, in favour of modern ones. They're failing in their duties, according to Tully Potter
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Can you tell a fake instrument from the genuine article?
With more and more instrument forgeries finding their way on to the market, how do experts, dealers and buyers stay wise to deception? Femke Colborne finds out
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Should violin makers embrace cutting edge computer analysis?
Violin maker Sam Zygmuntowicz explores how high-tech ways of analysing violins and their sound could help makers and even influence the future forms of instruments
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House surveys are standard practice, so why not instrument surveys?
Roger Hargrave argues that buyers should insist that dealers provide full condition reports
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9 views on antiquing a modern violin
Tips and opinions from The Strad's archive on capturing a classic look in new instruments – or not
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Jacob Stainer: Micro-CT analysis of top-block and pins
In the April 2019 issue of The Strad, Rudolf Hopfner explains how the neck root and top-block of a Jacob Stainer violin made after 1650 gives insights into his working methods – and solves a mystery about the maker’s training in the process. This video, made up of hundreds of ...
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7 tips for giving a child their first violin lesson
Géza Szilvay, co-founder of the Colourstrings method, gives advice for how a teacher should approach the very first violin lesson with a young beginner student
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12 interpretation and technique tips for string soloists
Making the transition from practice room to concert hall, whether for a competition or public performance, is itself a technical challenge. These tips were extracted from a masterclass given by Marianne Piketty and Nora Chastain and first published in 2014
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Peter Sheppard Skærved: violin and viola works by Hans Werner Henze
Piquant and lyrical playing of some 20th-century violin and viola works
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10 tips for improving your scales
Guidance from The Strad 's archive on tuning, bow control, shifting, direction and pulse
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News
Indianapolis '21st Century Violin Search' names two winning luthiers
Instruments by the winners will be bought by the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis and loaned to the laureates of the 2018 contest
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Philadelphia concertmaster David Kim on ‘super slow’ practice, muscle memory and concerto prep
Explore more Featured Stories like this in The Strad Playing Hub In this film for J.W. Pepper, Philhadelphia Orchestra concertmaster David Kim talks about how he organises his practice, and how he prepares for important concerts. Created by J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc. Produced by Rocco Richardson, Celena McAfee ...
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Christian Tetzlaff: Bartók Violin Concertos
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu: Impressive performances in one of a recent brace of Bartók concertos
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Martinů - Three Madrigals for violin and viola (no.1)
Duo Florent, comprising Arianna Dotto, violin, and Joachim Angster, viola, perform the first of Bohuslav Martinů’s Three Madrigals for violin and viola. Recorded in Lansing, Michigan, by Sergei Kvitko, www.bluegriffin.com
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Augustin Hadelich plays the Sarabande from Bach Partita no.2
Augustin Hadelich plays the Sarabande from Bach’s Partita no.2 in D minor as an encore following a performance of the Britten Violin Concerto with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (click here to view). The video was recorded at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit on 24 March 2018. ...
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Pablo de Sarasate's violins. A short documentary with live performances
Nicole Crespo O’Donoghue visits the Sarasate museum in Pamplona, Spain, and plays the great virtuoso’s Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin, as well as taking a close look at a Gand & Bernardel which was his graduation prize from the Paris Conservatoire.