All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 129
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FocusSexism in the string world exposed – in 1891
Comments in our March 1891 issue provoked some emancipated responses
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BlogsEqual-opportunities looksism applies
Male players are under as much pressure as women to look good, argues Ariane Todes
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GalleryFemale string players from the past
Images from The Strad archives going back to the 19th century bring back to life some of the forgotten female string players of the past, and prove how appearance has always been important in classical music
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FocusWhat happens when a stolen Strad is recovered?
Violin dealers and musicians are not alone in following the auction performance of rare musical instruments. The spectacular saleroom prices realised by the finest violins have also attracted thieves in search of fresh goods for the illicit art market. While post-theft claims for insured instruments are often quickly settled, the ...
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ReviewTelemann: 12 Fantasias for solo violin TWV40:14–25
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Stylish performances of Telemann’s solo violin fantasiasMusicians: Maya Magub (violin)Composer: TelemannMaya Magub’s accounts confirm her musical allegiances in both modern and period camps – she uses a modified c.1760 Gagliano violin tuned to modern concert pitch, a relatively modern bow, a combination ...
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ArticleLuthier–dealer reunited with stolen violins after seven years
An Italian violin maker and dealer has been reunited with two violins that were stolen from him in Paris seven years ago. Alberto Giordano (pictured), from Genoa, was on his way to the Musicora expo in March 2006 when his case containing a Giuseppe Pedrazzini, a Paolo ...
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GalleryStradivari exhibition at the Ashmolean
A landmark stringed instrument exhibition opens today at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, UK. Stradivarius brings together 21 instruments by the Cremonese master, together with a display of his original tools, models and patterns. We went along to a sneak preview yesterday, and here are some photos to whet your ...
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Blogs
Blind test in Oxford
The Telegraph has done a little blind test on three violins - a Strad, an old German model and a £40 supermarket rig.
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ArticleGreat teachers on film: Mstislav Rostropovich
The Russian cellist coaches at the Kronberg Academy
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ReviewSchnittke: Piano Quartet, String Trio, Piano Quintet
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Performances that get to the heart of a Russian composer’s bared emotionsMusicians: Molinari Quartet, Marcin Swoboda (viola) Louise Bessette (piano)Composer: SchnittkeWhen Schnittke composed his Piano Quintet between 1972 and 1976, the deaths of his mother and of his friend Shostakovich weighed heavily ...
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ArticleLindsay Quartet co-founder Roger Bigley dies aged 69
Violist Roger Bigley, one of the founders of the UK-based Lindsay Quartet, has died at the age of 69. Bigley (pictured) formed the quartet at London's Royal Academy of Music in 1966 with violinists Peter Cropper and Michael Adamson and cellist Bernard Gregor-Smith. After studying with Sidney Griller, ...
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ArticleComedy moments: Woody Allen plays cello in a marching band
'He had no conception of the instrument. He was blowing into it'
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ArticleUK's Northern Sinfonia awarded royal status
The Northern Sinfonia, the UK's only full-time professional chamber orchestra, will from now on be known as the Royal Northern Sinfonia. The 'royal' title was bestowed on the Gateshead-based orchestra by the Queen. It is the first such honour for any UK orchestra for more than 20 ...
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ReviewSciarrino: String quartets nos.7 & 8, Sei quartetti brevi
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Confident accounts of the work of an Italian modernistMusicians: Prometeo QuartetComposer: SciarrinoIt’s easy for the strange, evanescent, half-heard micro-gestures of contemporary Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino’s fragile music to sound cold and clinical – a catalogue of glistening sound effects with no story ...
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ArticleWhen they were young: Vadim Repin
A documentary follows the violin star as a twelve-year-old
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BlogsJames Ehnes, Charles Beare and three Strads at the Sheldonian
Ariane Todes reports from a fascinating evening for violin lovers
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ArticleComedy moments: Szigeti spars with Jack Benny
The Hungarian violinist plays stooge to the great comedian
