All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 132
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FocusRich pickings
Ariane Todes turns to Chris Thile for help transferring her violin skills to the mandolin
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ArticleTeaching association honour for violin pedagogue Kató Havas
Hungarian-born violin teacher Kató Havas is to receive a lifetime achievement award from the British branch of the European String Teachers Association (ESTA). The 92-year-old pedagogue is known for developing innovative ways of string teaching, which she wrote up as the New Approach. A particular focus of ...
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ArticleBoston museum launches musical instruments e-book
Boston's Museum of Fine Arts has launched an e-book showcasing 100 musical instruments from its collection. The e-book is an electronic version of a 2004 MFA Highlights book, but includes 23 new video clips and 25 audio samples, so that users can see and hear some of ...
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Comedy moments: Charlie Chaplin plays violin
The great comedian is accompanied by Buster Keaton
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ArticleGreat teachers on film: Josef Gingold
The pedagogue leads a student through Brahms's Sonata no.1
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ArticleBassist Richard Davis named 2014 NEA Jazz Master
Bassist and pedagogue Richard Davis has been named as one of four 2014 NEA Jazz Masters by the National Endowment for the Arts in the US. The NEA Jazz Masters is America's highest honour for jazz, and comes with a one-time award of $25,000. Davis, along ...
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ArticlePierre Fournier Award winner Chiara Enderle performs Dvorák
The 21-year-old Swiss cellist recenly won the Pierre Fournier Award at London's Wigmore Hall. Here she performs Dvorák as part of the London Masterclasses in 2011.Look out for a short interview with Chiara Enderle in the October issue of The Strad. Subscribe here or download our digital edition ...
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DebateEmbrace the difference
Luthiers often have more experience than players of Baroque instruments and bows. So, says US bow maker David Hawthorne, they should be fearless in producing authentic equipment to enlighten and inform
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ArticleWhen they were young: Leila Josefowicz
The violinist performing the Vieuxtemps Concerto no.5 at the age of twelve
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ArticleLawrence Hurst heads list of 2013 ISB award winners
American double bassist and pedagogue Lawrence Hurst has received the International Society of Bassists (ISB) 2013 Distinguished Achievement Award. Hurst (pictured) was chair of the string department at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music from 1987 to 2012, and served as president of the ISB from ...
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FocusViolinist Isabelle Faust on finding a balance in Bach
The musician explains the challenges of interpreting the great master
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ArticleViolist and pedagogue David Schwartz dies aged 96
US viola player and teacher David Schwartz has died at the age of 96. In a varied career, he performed as a soloist, a session player, and in orchestras and chamber groups. Born in 1916 in Detroit, Schwartz studied with Louis Bailly and Max Aronoff at ...
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ArticleTarisio posts June auction results
Tarisio has released the results of its June sale in London. The top lot was a Pressenda violin from 1828 (pictured), which fetched £276,800. The internet auction house also had two violin bows in its top five, with an F.X. Tourte making £60,000 and a Persoit, which was ...
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FocusThe six classes of player
An article from The Strad, October 1918, provides a nuanced but provocative account of instrument tone
