All violinist articles – Page 8
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NewsViolinist Dennis Kim appointed concertmaster of Buffalo Philharmonic
The Korean-born musician takes up his post this month
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen reviews fans' up bow staccato videos
Violinist Ray Chen shares his humorous reviews of videos sent in by string players in response to his up bow staccato masterclass.Read The Strad’s 6 ways to improve your staccato.Watch Ray Chen performing Ysaÿe’s Solo Sonata no.6 at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Belgium in 2009 – ...
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NewsRheumatologist, violinist and instrument collector Ephraim P. Engleman has died aged 104
Dr Engleman worked until his death at the University of California, and practised his violin for an hour a day
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Focus6 ways to develop a smooth legato
Tips from The Strad’s Archive on producing a fluid and beautiful tone
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ArticleViolinist David Oistrakh performs Ravel's Tzigane
Violinist David Oistrakh performs Ravel's Tzigane with pianist Frida Bauer. For an entirely different interpretation, watch Patricia Kopatchinskaja perform the work.
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NewsViolinist Daniel Hope wins 2015 European Cultural Prize for Music
The award this year celebrates the 25th anniversary of German Reunification
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NewsViolinist, aged 10, expelled from school for carrying knife for ‘trimming bow hairs’
The student’s parents have requested that a judge overturn the expulsion to prevent ‘defamatory stigma’
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ArticleViolinist Viktoria Mullova performs Prokofiev's Second Concerto
Viktoria Mullova performs the second movement of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto no.2 conducted by Jeffrey Tate. The violinist is releasing an all-Prokofiev album, including the Second Concerto, this week.
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NewsDmitry Smirnov wins 2015 Tibor Varga Violin Competition Sion Valais
The 21-year-old Russian also received the audience prize at the Swiss event
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ArticleViolinist Nemanja Radulović performs Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy
Nemanja Radulović, who has been named Violin Newcomer of the Year at the 2015 ECHO Klassik awards, performs Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra at Thétre Antique d'Orange in France. The 30-year-old Serbian signed an international contract with DG at the beginning of 2014. ...
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ArticleHappy Birthday violinist Maxim Vengerov
Violinist Maxim Vengerov is given a birthday surprise during a performance in Amsterdam in 1994.Watch Vengerov giving a showstopping performance of Bazzini's Dance of the Goblins with pianist Itamar Golan from the same concert.
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ArticleArnold Schwarzenegger the violinist
Movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger gives a fairly convincing impression of playing bluegrass violin in this short clip from the 1976 film 'Stay Hungry'.Watch actors Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany 'playing' the violin and cello respectively in the film Master and Commander.
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NewsViolinist James Clark to step down as leader of Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Clark, who is also co-leader of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, will spend more time on chamber pursuits
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen gives up bow staccato masterclass
Violinist Ray Chen shares his technique for mastering up bow staccato - making use of tremolo.Read The Strad's 6 ways to improve your staccato.Watch Ray Chen performing Ysaÿe’s Solo Sonata no.6 at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Belgium in 2009 – which he later won.
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ArticleJi Young Lim performs Mozart at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition 2015
Ji Young Lim performs Mozart's Fourth Violin Concerto at the 2015 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels - where she took home the €25,000 first prize.Ji Young Lim is one of five recent winners of international string competitions who talk about their strategies for success in The ...
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NewsThe Strad September 2015 issue is out now
Violinist Nicola Benedetti talks about her mission to make string teaching available for all
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ArticleMaxim Vengerov gives Sibelius Violin Concerto masterclass
Remember you are accompanying here - otherwise everyone will hear these exercises! It's very important not to take attention away from the theme.'Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Sibelius's Violin Concerto and speaks about the importance of emphasising the theme - even when the soloist is required to ...
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ArticleViolinist Jascha Heifetz performs Hora Staccato
Jascha Heifetz demonstrates impeccable bow control in up- and down-bow staccato in his arrangement of Dinicu's Hora Staccato. Read The Strad's 6 ways to improve your staccato.
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ArticleViolinist David Garrett performs Mozart aged 14
A barely recognisable David Garrett gives an assured performance of the third movement of Mozart's Third Violin Concerto at the age of 14 in 1994 with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne conducted by Heinrich Schiff. Watch the violinist performing Tartini’s Devil’s Trill Sonata. Subscribe to The Strad ...
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ArticleNathan Milstein performs his own Paganiniana
Legendary violinist Nathan Milstein performs his own Paganiniana - a fiendishly difficult set of variations based on Paganini's Caprice no.24. Read The Strad's article: Celebrating the great violinist Nathan Milstein Read: Jascha Heifetz and Nathan Milstein – two titanic violinists who still divide opinion today Subscribe to ...
