All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 116
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bène Quartet players caught up in aircraft fire
The four members of the Ébène Quartet were among the 213 passengers aboard Air France flight AF 217 when one of its engines caught fire on 11 March. The aeroplane, a twin-engine Airbus A330, was forced to return to Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai after just 27 minutes in ...
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CITES backs 'passports' for instruments containing endangered species
Delegates at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) have accepted a draft resolution to implement a so-called 'musical instrument passport' for musicians to present when crossing international borders. The passport, which will contain details of all protected species (such as ivory and tortoiseshell) within the instrument, will ...
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Musicians hail EU ‘instruments on planes' debate
European airlines will be obliged to lay out their terms and conditions for carrying musical instruments, both in the cabin and in the hold, under new revisions proposed by the European Commission (EC). The proposals, which could become law as early as 2014, will also ensure that instruments are not ...
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ArticleViolin said to have been played as Titanic sank to be auctioned
A violin that belonged to Wallace Hartley, bandmaster on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, is to go on display in Belfast City Hall at the end of March. According to specialist Titanic auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son, the water-damaged instrument is the one played ...
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Cellist Philip De Groote retires after 40 years with Chilingirian Quartet
Philip De Groote, the cellist of the Chilingirian Quartet, has retired after 40 years of performing with the group. The Johannesburg-born De Groote co-founded the ensemble with violinist Levon Chilingirian in 1971. Alongside his chamber music career, De Groote has been active as a soloist and as a teacher at ...
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Hill violin bow from 1900 realises 4,400 per cent on estimate at auction
A bow discovered in a pile of rubbish sold for £3,600 at a UK auction on 13 March. It was found during a house clearance, along with a violin in a heavily mildewed case. Together with a mandolin, the entire lot was given an estimated price of £50–80, making the ...
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ArticleStradivarius exhibition at Oxford's Ashmolean brings together over 20 Strad violins, violas and cellos
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, UK, is to hold a major Stradivari exhibition this summer. Stradivarius, which runs from 13 June to 11 August, will feature 21 Stradivaris drawn from international and private collections, London's Royal Academy of Music and the Ashmolean's own collection. The exhibition ...
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ArticleTabea Zimmermann and Antoine Tamestit rehearse
Recorded on 20 March 2013 at London's Wigmore Hall. Composer George Benjamin comments on the two violists' performance of his 1997 work Viola, Viola. Transcript: Remember the chords are always, I repeat, like scissors, sshh, so it's not a nice sound, it's *chuh*. [Tabea Zimmermann demonstrates] In ...
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ArticleIntroduction to klezmer fiddle
Alicia Svigals presents a guide to performing traditional Jewish folk music
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ArticleNew Zealand violinist Benjamin Baker, 23, takes £5,000 first prize in Windsor
New Zealand-born violinist Benjamin Baker has won the fourth Windsor Festival International String Competition. The 23-year-old (pictured), who is studying with Natasha Boyarsky at the Royal College of Music, received £5,000, engagements, a solo recording with Champs Hill Records and a violin bow. As part of the ...
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ReviewBeethoven: Concerto for violin, cello and piano in C major op.56, Piano Trio in E flat major op.1 no.1
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A well-integrated ensemble in both concerto and chamber contextsMusicians: Claremont Trio, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra/MartinuWestComposer: BeethovenMartinuWest secures incisive playing from the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra in the opening tutti of the ‘Triple’ Concerto, a work that ought by rights to ...
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ArticleAlbert Spalding plays Brahms Hungarian Dances
US violinist Albert Spalding was born 125 years ago this year. He made very few recordings: this one was issued by the Remington label and the transfer is from an old vinyl LP pressing.
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GallerySau-Wing Lam Collection
Some classic instruments currently on display at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, until 30 June 2013
