All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 149
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ArticleAmerican violinist Stephen Waarts wins Young Concert Artists auditions
Violinist Stephen Waarts was the only string player among the three first-prize winners of this year's Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York. The 17-year-old American violinist, who studies at the Curtis Institute of Music with Aaron Rosand, joins the roster of Young Concert Artists, and will receive at ...
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FocusFrom the archive: The tale of the King of Spain Strads
The set of decorated Stradivari instruments housed at the Royal Palace of Madrid made news recently when they received their first public performance, by the Quiroga Quartet from Spain (see link below). The stringed instruments have an eccentric history, shrouded in mystery and conflicting views. Stradivari made them for the Spanish ...
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ArticleLouis Spohr winner David Castro-Balbi performs Mendelssohn
The French violinist David Castro-Balbi performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor op.64 at the finals of the Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists in Weimar, Germany.Read Rebecca Schmid's report on the competition. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial.
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ArticleThe Dover Quartet performs Beethoven's String Quartet no.8
Banff International String Quartet Competition winners, the Dover Quartet, from the US, perform Beethoven's String Quartet no.8 in E minor. op.59 no.2 in the competition finals. Read Harriet Smith's report from the competition in the November 2013 issue of The Strad. Subscribe to The Strad ...
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BlogsSteven Isserlis on his long-time collaborator, the late John Tavener
The British cellist talks to Chloe Cutts about the conception and premiere of The Protecting Veil
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ReviewMozart: String Quartet in G major K387. Beethoven: String Quartet in E minor op.59 no.2 ‘Rasumovsky’
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Highly detailed yet risk-free performances, with rather dry soundMusicians: Meccorre QuartetComposer: Mozart, Beethoven Taking the second prize in last year’s Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in London, the Polish-based Meccorre Quartet has achieved a great deal since its formation five years ...
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FocusExpert advice on bow hold, bow changes and collapsing top finger joints
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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FocusFrom the archive: Mozart's Pietro Antonio Dalla Costa Violin
This article from The Strad, December 1945, describes the story behind the Dalla Costa violin believed to have been owned and played by Mozart during his years living in Vienna.Click on the pdf to read the article. Click here to read the news story about the Dalla Costa violin donated ...
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ArticleBeethoven Cello Sonatas on film: Natalia Gutman and Viacheslav Poprugin
Cellist Natalia Gutman and pianist Viacheslav Poprugin perform Beethoven's Cello Sonata no.4 in C op.102. Listen to how other great cellists tackled the Beethoven Cello Sonatas: Pierre Fournier and Wilhelm Kempff Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax Leonard Rose and pianist Glenn Gould Miklós Perényi and pianist ...
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ArticleViolin believed to have belonged to Mozart donated to Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation
A violin believed to be the instrument Mozart owned and played during the years he lived in Vienna from 1781 has been donated to the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg, Austria.The instrument contains an inside label stating the name of the Italian maker Pietro Antonio Dalla Costa, a member of ...
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ArticleEU to simplify customs procedures for musicians carrying instruments
The European Union is about to simplify its rules for musicians temporarily importing instruments for professional use. Under a new amendment to the Customs Code, to be applied from next Thursday 21 November, musicians visiting the EU with a portable musical instrument as professional equipment will be able to use ...
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ArticleBeethoven Cello Sonatas on film: Li-Wei Qin and Jeremy Young
Celiist Li-Wei Qin and pianist Jeremy Young perform Beethoven's Sonata no.5 in D major op.102 no.2, third movement. Listen to how other great cellists performed the Beethoven Cello Sonatas: Pierre Fournier and Wilhelm Kempff Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax Leonard Rose and pianist Glenn Gould ...
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ReviewParry: String Quartet no.3 in G major, String Quintet in E flat major
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Admirably clear performances in two world-premiere recordingsMusicians: Bridge Quartet, Robert Gibbs (viola) Composer: ParryParry produced his Third String Quartet in 1878. It was performed two years later and eventually disappeared, to be found in the papers of Gerald Finzi in 1992. This is the first ...
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FocusFrom the archive: The day the 'Huberman' Strad reappeared
In this article from The Strad 1987, Charles Beare recalls the media storm that followed the discovery of the stolen Stradivari violin
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BlogsLeonidas Kavakos on modern violin making: 'This is an art that I want to support'
The Greek violinist offers an enlightened view of modern instruments that might inspire other players, as Ariane Todes reports
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FocusEight great performances of the Beethoven Cello Sonatas
Over the past week we’ve been posting videos of some of the finest performances of the Beethoven Cello Sonatas on YouTube. The playlist begins with Rostropovich and Richter performing – for the first and only time in concert – the complete set at the Edinburgh Festival in 1964, ...
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ArticleRussian and South Korean share first prize as Jan Rakowski Competition opens up to foreign candidates
Karolina Errera, 20, from Russia, and Sejune Kim, 25, from South Korea have shared first prize at the Jan Rakowski Viola Competition in Poznan, Poland. The two winners also each received a special prize endowed by the Mayor of Poznan. This is the first time in its history that that ...
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ReviewPrevin: Two Little Serenades. Gould Bassoon Sonata (arr. ?mietana). Bach: Partita no.2 in D minor BWV1004. Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Impeccable technique and intonation in a wide-ranging recitalMusicians: Alicja ?mietana (violin) Evelyne Berezovsky (piano) Composer: Previn, Gould (arr. ?mietana), Bach, PärtThis is the type of programme we hear all too often as young performers seek to show that they are ...
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ArticleBritten Centenary: the Amadeus Quartet perform the String Quartet no.2 in C major
To mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, The Strad has put together a series of videos exploring the composer's string works. Here, the Amadeus Quartet perform Britten String Quartet no.2 in C op.36. Other performances of Britten's string works: Janine Jansen performs the Violin Concerto ...
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ArticleBeethoven Cello Sonatas on film: Miklós Perényi and András Schiff
Cellist Miklós Perényi and pianist András Schiff perform Beethoven's Cello Sonata in A op.69 – Adagio Cantabile and Allegro vivace.Listen to how other great cellists performed the Beethoven Cello Sonatas:Pierre Fournier and Wilhelm Kempff Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav RichterYo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel AxLeonard Rose and pianist Glenn ...
