All violinist articles – Page 4
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov performs Komitas for Armenian memorial concert
Maxim Vengerov gives an emotional performance of Komitas for 'With You Armenia' - a series of concerts commemorating the centenary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, organised in collaboration with the 'Yerevan Perspectives' International Music Festival, which took place in Brussels in April 2015. Vengerov performs the work, ...
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NewsArmenian-American violinist Anahid Ajemian has died aged 92
The musician was a successful soloist and founding member of the Composers String Quartet
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ArticleViolinist Midori performs Brahms Violin Concerto
Midori performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta on 13 February 2013. Antje Weithaas continues The Strad’s marked-up sheet music series in association with Henle Verlag with the Brahms Concerto's first movement – giving bowings, fingerings and ideas for interpretation in ...
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ArticleViolinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs Schindler's List theme
Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs John Williams's Schindler's List theme in November 2015. Watch: Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter films her performance with a head cam Watch: Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs on Letterman
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NewsYura Lee named EnsŠ String Quartet first violinist
The artist replaces Maureen Nelson, who leaves to perform with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
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Premium ❘ FocusJosef Gingold and Jascha Heifetz are my violin heroes, says Joshua Bell
The American violinist remembers the warmth of his teacher, Josef Gingold, and his admiration for Jascha Heifetz in this interview with Ariane Todes from The Strad Violin Heroes edition
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News15-year-old violinist Daniel Lozakovich signs to Deutsche Grammophon
The multi prize-winning young musician will record Beethoven’s Violin Concerto as his first DG release
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NewsPacifica Quartet first violinist Simin Ganatra to depart the ensemble
The musician has performed with the ensemble since its inception in 1994
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ArticleViolinist Yoojin Jang gives winning Mendelssohn and Stravinsky performances at Sendai Competition
Yoojin Jang gives her winning performances of Mendelssohn and Stravinsky violin concertos in the final of the 2016 Sendai International Violin Competition with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Junichi Hirokami.Read: Yoojin Jang wins Sendai International Violin Competition 2016
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ArticleViolinist Ayana Tsuji gives winning Sibelius performance at Montreal Music Competition
18-year-old Japanese violinist Ayana Tsuji gives her winning performance of Sibelius's Violin Concerto at the 2016 Montreal International Music Competition with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.Read: Violinist Ayana Tsuji wins Montreal International Music Competition
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ArticleAdrian Anantawan, born without a right hand, performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
Adrian Anantawan, a Canadian violinist born without a right hand, performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with the help of a prosthetic arm.The violinist, who studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, features in The Strad's June 2016 issue analysis feature on the training of ...
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NewsViolinist Itzhak Perlman cancels North Carolina concert in protest move
The musician has issued a statement calling for the repeal of 'discriminatory law'
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NewsJi Won Song wins Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition
Each of the three finalists performed Mozart's Fifth Violin Concerto on 12 May in Augsburg, Germany
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BlogsYehudi Menuhin's 'Khevenhüller' Stradivarius violin copy by Emile Français
The instrument was made expressly for the great violinist for his 19th birthday, writes Stewart Pollens
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FocusYehudi Menuhin always let the student find their own voice, says violinist Daniel Hope
Hope speaks about Menuhin's influence on his life and career
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NewsAlban Berg Quartet founding violinist Klaus Maetzl has died
The Viennese musician was also concertmaster of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
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ArticleViolinist Yehudi Menuhin on the importance of practice
Anything that one wants to do really, one must do every day. It should be easy to the artist and natural as flying is to a bird' Violinist Yehudi Menuhin talks about the importance of practice. The interview is taken from 'The Menuhin Century' boxed set of ...
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NewsFresh from signing to Warner Classics, violinist Kyung Wha Chung to open Verbier Festival
The 68-year-old Korean returned to performing in 2010 following a finger injury
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NewsThe Strad May 2016 issue is out now
Our Yehudi Menuhin centenary edition celebrates the violinist and visionary in interviews and pictures
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ArticleYehudi Menuhin performs Bach at the age of 69
Yehudi Menuhin performs the Prelude from Bach's Solo Violin Partita no.3 in 1985 at the age of 69. The Strad's May 2016 issue, celebrating the life of Yehudi Menuhin, is out now - download on desktop computer or through The Strad App.