All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 158
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ArticleDavid Oistrakh
One of the preeminent violinists of the 20th century, David Oistrakh is often mentioned with the respect commanded by luminaries such as Jascha Heifetz. He was a key musical figure in the Soviet Union during World War II, premiering new concerti by Miaskovsky, Khachaturian and Prokofiev. After ...
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ArticleDomenico Dragonetti
Domenico Dragonetti was Europe's first - and possibly the world's finest - virtuoso double bassist. Born in Venice, the son of a poor barber, he received violin instruction from a local shoemaker, who later persuaded him to take up the double bass. The young Dragonetti demonstrated prodigious ...
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ArticleJacqueline du Pré
Described by Itzhak Perlman as ‘one of the most unique musical personalities ever to perform on stage,’ Jacqueline du Pré is regarded to be among the greatest cellists of the twentieth century. Born in Oxford in 1945, her musical education saw her study with legendary cellists Pablo ...
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ArticleJames Ehnes
Born in Brandon, Canada, in 1976, James Ehnes attained musical recognition at a young age. He began learning the violin with Francis Chaplin from the age of nine and became the youngest ever musician to win first prize in strings at the Canadian Music Festival aged 12. ...
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ArticleIsabelle Faust
Isabelle Faust was born in Esslingen, Germany in 1972. As a teenager she studied with Denes Zsigmondy and Christoph Popppen and won the International Leopold Mozart Competition of Augsberg in 1987 as the youngest entrant. She then went on to become the first German violinist to win ...
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ArticleJulia Fischer
Born in Munich in 1983, Julia Fischer has appeared regularly with the world’s most celebrated orchestras and conductors. Trained at the Leopold Mozart Conservatoire in Augsburg by Lydia Dubrovskaya, whom she credits with teaching her 'the Oistrakh sound', Fischer won first prize at the Menuhin Competition in ...
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ArticleFrank Peter Zimmermann
The German violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann studied with Valery Gradov, Saschko Gawriloff and Herman Krebbers before going on to play with many of the world's major symphony orchestras and conductors. He has recorded all the major violin concertos for EMI Classics, and, apart from engagements with orchestras, ...
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ArticleSol Gabetta
An Argentine cellist of French and Russian descent, Sol Gabetta rose to prominence after winning the Crédit Suisse Young Artist Award in 2004. She followed this success with her debut performance with the Wiener Philharmoniker and Valery Gergiev and won the Würth-Preis of the Jeunesses Musicales in ...
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ArticleGary Hoffman
Gary Hoffman was born into a family of musicians in Vancouver, Canada in 1956. He made his public debut at Wigmore Hall in London at the age of 15 before giving his first concert in New York in 1979. At the age of 22, he became the ...
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GalleryName the maker: a violin by Pietro Giacomo Rogeri
This illustration of a violin by Pietro Giacomo Rogeri was published in The Strad, July 1925. The following text is extracted from an article accompanying the photograph: For absolute perfection of form, beauty of material and workmanship and purity of tone, the violin here will hold its own with any ...
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ArticleGidon Kremer
Born in Riga, Latvia, Gidon Kremer began studying at the age of four with his father and grandfather, who were themselves distinguished string players. At the age of seven, he entered Riga Music School before moving to the Moscow Conservatory at the age of 16 to study ...
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ArticleGil Shaham
Born to scientist parents, the American Jewish violinist Gil Shaham began violin lessons at the age of seven. He studied with Samuel Bernstein at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem, then with Dorothy DeLay at the Aspen Music School in Colorado, then his career took off ...
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ArticleIvry Gitlis
Ivry Gitlis, the Israeli violinist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, was born in Haifa, Palestine Mandate, to Jewish parents. He studied with a long line of teachers, among them George Enescu, then went on to perform with orchestras all over the world such as the New York Philharmonic, ...
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ArticleMidori Goto
Born in Japan, Midori Goto began her studies with her mother - also a concert violinist - at the age of three and made her debut in Osaka, Japan, four years later. At the age of nine she played at the Aspen Musical Festival, before enrolling at ...
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ArticleIda Haendel
Born in Chelm, a small town in provincial Poland, Ida Haendel first picked up her father's violin at the age of 3 and won her first competition, the Huberman Prize, when she was five, playing Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Her family recognised her potential immediately and spent several ...
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ArticleHilary Hahn
The 2013-14 season marked the 30th anniversary of two-time Grammy-winning American violinist Hilary Hahn’s first violin lesson. In the two decades since her professional debut, she has delved into core repertoire, contemporary music, and less familiar classic compositions with equal commitment. Hilary Hahn has released 15 albums ...
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ArticleJascha Heifetz
Considered by many to be the finest violinist of all time, Jascha Heifetz had a long and successful performing and recording career beginning in Vilnius, Russian Empire (now Lithuania), where he was born. Initially taught by his father, a local violin teacher, he went on to study ...
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ArticleNobuko Imai
Japanese violist Nobuko Imai started to learn the violin at the age of six and attended the Toho School in Tokyo at the age of 15 to study with Toshiya Eto. Here Imai took up the viola as a second instrument and developed a strong affinity with ...
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ArticleIsaac Stern
Isaac Stern, one of the youngest of the great violinists of the 'Golden Age', was celebrated as much for his humanitarian endeavours as his mastery of the violin. Born in Kremenets, Ukraine in 1920, Stern was removed by his parents to San Francisco before his first birthday. ...
