All violinist articles – Page 5
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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
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NewsViolinist Joshua Bell joins US cultural mission to Cuba
The delegation includes writers, artists and musicians and aims to ‘advance deeper cooperation around the common bonds of our heritages’
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ArticleViolinist Anne Akiko Meyers performs with broken foot
Anne Akiko Meyers suffered a fall on Friday while walking with her children, just a few hours before she was due to give her second of three performances of Mason Bates’s Violin Concerto with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington.The violinist, who believed at ...
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BlogsIt’s the taking part that counts’: Are competitions always defined by results?
This year’s Menuhin Competition promoted a ‘non-competitive atmosphere of learning and exchange’, but how true was this for the performers, asks Charlotte Smith
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NewsZiyu He wins Menuhin Competition 2016 Senior Division
This year’s contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London
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NewsYesong Sophie Lee wins Menuhin Competition 2016 Junior Division
This year’s contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London
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NewsLong-time Academy of St Martin in the Fields violinist Alan Loveday has died aged 88
The New-Zealand born musician joined the ensemble in 1965
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Article12-year-old Yeyeong Jin performs at Menuhin Competition 2016
12-year-old violinist Yeyeong Jin performs in the 2016 Menuhin Competition Junior Semi-Finals.Her programme features the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata no.8, the Scherzo from Dvorák's Terzetto and Wieniawski's Variations on an Original Theme.Watch: 11-year-old Samuel Tan performs at Menuhin Competition 2016Read: Menuhin Competition 2016 names 10 violinists through ...
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2016 names 9 violinists through to the Senior Semi Finals
This year’s contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2016 names 10 violinists through to the Junior Semi Finals
This year’s contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London
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NewsBoston Symphony Orchestra appoints three new violists and a violinist
The four new players will join the orchestra from the 2016-17 season
