All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 119
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FocusAmsterdam rehouses some beautiful gambas in its newly renovated Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam reopened on 13 April after a ten-year renovation programme. As well as its famous collection of Dutch art, the museum displays a number of special collections, with a dedicated music room housing violas da gamba and other instruments. Find out more here
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DebateNo more excuses - Sally Beamish
Sally Beamish laments that it's taken the tragic death of violinist Frances Andrade for the damage done by predatory music teachers to be seriously addressed
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FocusExciting to see Simon Fischer's new book on show at Frankfurt Musikmesse!
Violin pedagogue Simon Fischer, The Strad's long-serving regular columnist, has just had his new book, The Violin Lesson, published. You can buy his other publications, Basics and Practice, at The Strad Library
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GalleryCover History: Christian Tetzlaff
Christian Tetzlaff is on our cover for the April 2013 issue, but it's not his first time there. Here he is in 1995 and 2005.
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FocusIn life, if you do something you have to go for it. Pursue your dreams with eternal optimism
Viola player and pedagogue Nobuko Imai offers a few choice words of wisdom
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ArticleBeethoven's op.74 - Allegretto con Variazioni
In the May issue, violist Simon Aspell of the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet is asked to name one of the greatest chamber music pieces for viola. He selects the viola variation in the last movement of Beethoven's String Quartet op.74 'Harp': 'I think this variation stands in relief ...
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma takes centre stage on Arts Advocacy Day in the US
The cellist and arts education campaigner Yo-Yo Ma played a leading role in Arts Advocacy Day in the US on Monday. The highlight of the day, which was sponsored by Americans for the Arts, the national arts advocacy organisation, was a lecture given by Ma in Washington DC's ...
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ArticleLast-minute deal between St Paul Chamber Orchestra musicians and management is set to end lock-out
The six-month lock-out of St Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) musicians may be about to end after the players reached a tentative deal with SPCO management yesterday. The musicians must now vote to accept the agreement, which calls for their annual pay to be cut by $15,000 ...
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma and Lil Buck perform 'The Swan'
Yo-Yo Ma performing Saint-Saëns's 'The Swan' with young dancer Lil Buck in 2011. The two performed the same piece during Ma's lecture in Washington DC on 8 April 2013 for Arts Advocacy Day.
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ArticleCanadian violinist Andrew Dawes receives Governor General's lifetime achievement award
Canadian violinist Andrew Dawes is to receive a lifetime achievement award as part of the 2013 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. Dawes, 73, is one of six award-winners, each of whom will receive C$25,000. Dawes is best known as first violinist of the Orford Quartet, with ...
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ArticleThe Beaux Arts plays Dvorák
The Beaux Arts Trio performs the Andante from Dvorák's 'Dumky' Piano Trio op.90. The trio had its first performance on 11 April 1891.
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ArticlePeter Schidlof plays Walton's Viola Concerto: second movement
Peter Schidlof (1922–87), the Amadeus Quartet's violist, performs the second movement of William Walton's Viola Concerto on BBC Two in 1968. UPDATE (26 March 2014): His instrument, the 1719 'Macdonald' Stradivarius viola, is being offered for sale by Sotheby's and Ingles & Hayday. Click here to ...
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ArticleElias and Heath quartets feature among nominees for UK's RPS Music Awards
The Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) has unveiled the shortlist for its annual music awards. The awards are among the most prestigious given for live classical music-making in the UK. The Elias Quartet (pictured) and Sheffield-based promoter Music in the Round are both shortlisted in the Chamber ...
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ArticleInfluential French-Canadian violin pedagogue Jean Cousineau dies at the age of 75
The French-Canadian violinist, pedagogue and composer Jean Cousineau has died in Montreal at the age of 75. He was hailed by Shin'ichi Suzuki as the most important violin teacher in North America for his influential work with early learners, and the Montreal academy that he established has ...
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BlogsColin Davis 1927–2013: a personal tribute
Ariane Todes reflects on the great conductor's generosity with amateur musicians
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ArticlePhilip Glass Violin Concerto no.2
Philip Glass's Second Violin Concerto received its European premiere on 17 April 2010 at London's Royal Festival Hall. Subtitled 'The American Four Seasons' it was reviewed by Tim Homfray in the July 2010 edition of The Strad: 'The second movement (summer?) was peaceful and beautiful, with [soloist ...
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ArticleTitanic bandleader Wallace Hartley's letter goes up for auction
A letter written by Titanic violinist and bandleader Wallace Hartley aboard the doomed ship is set to be sold on 20 April at an auction in Wiltshire, UK. The letter, which Hartley wrote to his parents four days before the disaster, is being sold by Henry ...
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BlogsWhat do wine and violins have in common?
What can we learn about violin experiments from wine connoisseurs? Ariane Todes fills her glass in the name of research
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ArticleMy Name Is Anthony Gonsalves
'You see the whole country of the system is juxtapositioned by the haemoglobin in the atmosphere because you are a sophisticated rhetorician intoxicated by the exuberance of your own verbosity!' In the May 2013 issue, we trace the colourful history of violin music in the Bollywood ...
