All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 141
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ArticleYura Lee wins solitary first prize at ARD Music Competition
The ARD Music Competition in Munich, Germany, finished yesterday with only one first prize being awarded across the four categories of violin, viola, piano trio and bassoon.The lone first prize of €10,000 went to South Korean Yura Lee in the viola division. Lee, a 28-year-old violinist and violist, studied at ...
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ArticleFedor Roudine wins Rodolfo Lipizer violin competition
Fedor Roudine, from Russia, won first prize at the Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition in Gorizia, Italy. The 21-year-old, who has studied since 2005 with Zakhar Bron at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, received 12,000 euros.Second prize went to Amalia Hall, 24, from New Zealand. French violinist David ...
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ReviewThe Art of the Violin. Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata no.1 in D minor op.75. Pierné: Violin Sonata in D minor op.36. Franck: Violin Sonata in A major. Massenet: ‘Méditation’ from Thaïs
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A warm-hearted exploration of Franco–Belgian violin sonatasMusicians: Solenne Païdassi (violin) Laurent Wagschal (piano)Composer: Saint-Saëns, Pierné, Franck, MassenetThe ‘Art of the Violin’ indeed. Specifically the Art of the Franco–Belgian Violin at the end of the 19th century. The composers are a cosy group, ...
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ArticleGreat teachers on film: Anner Bylsma
The Dutch cellist and pedagogue gives a masterclass on Hoffmeister's Concerto in E flat major, with Venezuelan double bassist Edicson Ruiz. Recorded in 2009. Read Ruiz's own thoughts on the Concerto in our December 2012 issue, available for download here. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...
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ArticleGreat players as teachers: Yehudi Menuhin
The great violinist gives a masterclass to some young musicians on Bach's Concerto for Two Violins in D minor and the Brahms Violin Concerto.Click here to hear Menuhin's advice on left-hand holdSubscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial.
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Article2014 Primrose Competition postponed until June
The American Viola Society (AVS) has put back the 2014 Primrose International Viola Competition by five months. The competition was scheduled to be held in Las Vegas from 12 to 18 January, but will now take place from 1 to 7 June, although the location is still to be confirmed.Since ...
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ArticleThe way they played: Michael Rabin
The American violinist (1936–1972) performs Fritz Kreisler's Caprice viennois and Tambourin Chinois Read about the great violin players in our Violin Heroes bookazine. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial.
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ArticleJetstar to allow violins and violas on flights
Australian budget airline Jetstar is set to amend its cabin baggage policy regarding musical instruments. The new policy will allow instruments up to 81cm long as carry-on baggage, which will include violin and viola cases. Jetstar, a low-cost subsidiary of Qantas Airways, currently allows baggage of up to 56cm in ...
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ArticleChina's international lutherie competition announces results
The results are in from the second China International Violin Making and Bow Making Competition, held in Beijing. In the violin division, the gold medal and 120,000 yuan (€14,500) prize went to Xiangwei Chen from China. Chen also won the silver medal. Bronze went to Min Sung Kim from Italy. ...
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ArticleTwo beloved pedagogues to be remembered in the US
Memorials for cellist János Starker and violinist Masuko Ushioda will take place over the next two weekends at the respective US institutions where they were longtime teachers. On Sunday 22 September the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, will honour János Starker at a free, public memorial. ...
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ArticleWhen they were young: Pinchas Zukerman
A young Pinchas Zukerman plays Schumann's Violin Sonata in F major 'F-A-E' - II. IntermezzoClick here to see an older Zukerman in performance with Itzhak PerlmanSubscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial.
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ReviewTrio
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: An intriguing disc of cello-led fusionMusicians: Jacob Szekely TrioComposer: VariousThis trio took me by surprise. Maybe it’s that the ‘piano’ of the booklet notes actually extends into synth and organ, or that the drums are heavy without drowning out the cello. Whatever, ...
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ReviewCorelli: Chamber Sonatas opp.2 & 4
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A masterclass in Baroque string playingMusicians: Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (director/Baroque violin)Composer: CorelliVolume 3 of the Avison Ensemble’s chamber music extravaganza commemorating the 300th anniversary of Corelli’s death focuses on the 24 Chamber Sonatas opp.2 and 4. These works demonstrate the ...
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Article23 Spanish orchestras perform simultaneous protest concert
More than a thousand professional orchestral musicians from across Spain took part in a simultaneous concert on 23 September, in protest against arts budget cuts and a sharp rise in VAT on concert tickets. Twenty-three out of the 26 orchestras that are members of AMPOS, the country's professional symphony orchestra ...
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ArticlePhiladelphia Orchestra recruits associate concertmaster
Shanghai-born violinist Ying Fu has joined the Philadelphia Orchestra as associate concertmaster. A first-prize winner at the 2011 Schmidbauer and 2012 Rodolfo Lipizer competitions, he has been a first violinist in the Cleveland Orchestra for the past two seasons.Ying Fu studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music before moving to ...
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GalleryMarsch–Impromptu sheet music could be key to Mittenwald buried treasure
Mittenwald in southern Germany has been playing host to a treasure hunt by Dutch film-maker Leon Giesen, who believes that gold and diamonds hoarded by the Nazis lies buried somewhere in the town. The clues are allegedly to be found in the sheet music of a ‘Marsch–Impromptu’ by Gottfried Federlein, ...
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ArticleVerdi's Quartet in E minor performed on four Stradivaris
The Stradivari Quartet – violinists Xiaoming Wang and Sebastian Bohren, violist Lech Antonio Uszynski and cellist Maja Weber – perform Verdi's Quartet in E minor at the newly opened Museo del Violino in Cremona, Italy. The concert took place on 21 September as part of the STRADIVARIfestival. ...
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ArticleCould Mittenwald be sitting on a fortune in Nazi treasure?
Mittenwald, the violin making hub in southern Germany, could be the last resting place of a cache of gold and diamonds belonging to Adolf Hitler, according to a Dutch film-maker. Leon Giesen, 51, has carried out three excavations in the Bavarian town and is seeking funding for a fourth, using ...
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ArticleThe Strad October 2013: Steven Isserlis talks to Ariane Todes
UK cellist Steven Isserlis has taken on the role of guest editor for The Strad's October 2013 edition. He's chosen a theme of 'great players from the past', and in this conversation with editor Ariane Todes, he discusses his conception for the issue.'I think the Bach playing of ...
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FocusWhy I became a musician, by Bronislaw Huberman
In this article from the May 1911 issue of The Strad, the great violinist, who is featured in our October special edition, explains his musical background and practical approaches
