All violinist articles
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NewsItzhak Perlman targeted in social media scam
The 78-year-old superstar violinist has warned his Facebook followers not to be fooled by anyone masquerading as him online
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NewsViolinist and conductor Liana Isakadze has died
The Georgian musician, who studied with Oistrakh and received first prize at the 1970 Sibelius Competition, was 77 years old
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FocusMy violin heroine Maud Powell, by Rachel Barton Pine
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine examines why Powell's pioneering contribution to the art of violin recording so richly deserved the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 56th Grammy Awards in 2014
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NewsBaroque violinist and conductor Florence Malgoire has died
The French early music specialist was 63 years old
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NewsViolinist charged with attempted murder via rat poison
The 62-year-old musician in the Schleswig-Holstein Symphony Orchestra is accused of giving the poison to three people, including two fellow musicians
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ReviewBook review: If You Only Knew: The Autobiography of violinist David Garrett
Tully Potter reviews the memoir of superstar violinist David Garrett
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NewsColombian violinist and conductor Carlos Villa has died
The former concertmaster of the New Philharmonia Orchestra was 84 years old
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NewsViolinist Edith Peinemann has died aged 85
The musician and tutor was a favourite of George Szell and William Steinberg
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NewsViolinist Volker Worlitzsch has died aged 78
Concertmaster of the NDR Radio Philharmonic for 39 years, he was also a chamber musician and tutor
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FeatureStudying the violin with Carl Flesch: Yfrah Neaman
Lebanese violinist Yfrah Neaman, who died in 2003, shared memories of his teacher with Evelyn Chadwick in December 1994
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ReviewBook review: The Creative Worlds of Joseph Joachim
Robin Stowell reviews a collection of papers on the 19th-century violin virtuoso, edited by Valerie Woodring Goertzen and Robert Whitehouse Eshbach
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Blogs'I often have to battle negative thoughts on stage,' says violinist Joshua Bell
The star performer talks about channelling nervous energy and thinking oneself confident
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FeatureShould soloists always perform music from memory?
Pointless and terrifying, or essential for musical communication? Playing without the music arouses some strong opinions, finds Laurinel Owen
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen gives left-hand pizzicato lesson
Violinist Ray Chen gives a video lesson on mastering left-hand pizzicato, as demonstrated in Paganini's Caprice no.24.
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NewsViolinist, 25, killed in train accident
Daniel Guillen-Navarro, first violinist with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, has died in a train accident in Münchendorf
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NewsViolinist Roger Stimson has died
The British orchestral and chamber musician was 73 years of age
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Blogs5 pieces of advice for playing Bach by violinist Lisa Batiashvili
The artist shares her ideas about performing works of the great Baroque composer
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FocusYehudi Menuhin's marked-up copy of Bach's Solo Violin Sonata no.2
Have a small peek into the workings of Menuhin's interpretation. Taken from The Strad's May 2016 issue.
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NewsViolinist Arkadij Vinokurow dies aged 72
The Ukrainian musician and professor worked in Austria for the last three decades of his life
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ReviewBook review: The King of Violins: The Extraordinary Life of Ma Sicong, China’s Greatest Violin Virtuoso
Tully Potter reviews a biography of a renowned violinist who fell foul of Maoist China