All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 188
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Joseph Guarneri filius Andrea
This illustration of a violin by Joseph Guarneri was published in The Strad, January 1914. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: There may be many interested in Italian work who, either ‘know not Joseph’, son of Andrea Guarneri, or in some way confuse his productions ...
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From the Archive: a violin by Joseph Guarneri filius Andrea
This illustration of a violin by Joseph Guarneri was published in The Strad, January 1914. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:There may be many interested in Italian work who, either ‘know not Joseph’, son of Andrea Guarneri, or in some way confuse his productions with ...
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NewsViolist Kim Kashkashian awarded Golden Bow
The annual prize is given by the Foundation of the Geigenbauschule Brienz in Switzerland
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ArticleMinnesota Orchestra’s Roger Frisch plays violin during brain surgery
Minnesota Orchestra associate concertmaster Roger Frisch believed that his career might be over when he began to suffer with essential tremors, which affected his ability to bow smoothly. A common condition, the tremors are caused when the part of the brain which controls movement misfires, sending erroneous signals ...
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NewsViolinist Kyung Wha Chung to make UK stage comeback
The return follows a five-year hiatus for the Korean artist and educator due to injury
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ArticleVadim Repin conducts and performs Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto
Violinist Vadim Repin’s Trans-Siberian Arts Festival in Novosibirsk suffered a last-minute no show in April, when conductor Valery Gergiev was delayed in New York. Rather than cancel the concert, artistic director Repin decided to conduct and play Shostakovich's Violin Concerto no.1 himself – the first time such ...
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NewsMozarteum Orchestra Salzburg principal double bass Martin Bürgschwendtner has died aged 48
The musician performed with the orchestra for 30 years
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NewsConductor and period music specialist Frans Brüggen has died aged 79
The Dutch musician co-founded the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
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ArticleCellist David Finckel on smooth bow changes
'Dorothy DeLay said, 'I never saw a bow change that I couldn't hear'. And she's right.' Cellist David Finckel talks about how to achieve smooth and fluid bow changes. Read The Strad's 6 tips for smooth bow changes and David Finckel's 10 habits of successful ...
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ReviewRubbra: Cello Sonata in G minor op.60. Rawsthorne: Cello Sonata in C major. Moeran: Cello Sonata in A minor
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A welcome instalment in the cellist’s ongoing exploration of British cello repertoireMusicians: Paul Watkins (cello) Huw Watkins (piano)Composer: Rubbra, Rawsthorne, MoeranVol.3 of Paul and Huw Watkins’s British Cello and Piano series takes us to the years of austerity immediately after World War ...
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NewsProfessor Zakhar Bron launches International Boris Goldstein Violin Competition Bern
The Swiss competition takes place in January next year
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ReviewSchubert: Violin Sonatas in D major D384, A minor D385 & G minor D408, Rondo in A major D438
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Sensitive accounts of four works from 1816Musicians: Sara Trickey (violin) Daniel Tong (piano) Callino QuartetComposer: SchubertIn order to improve sales of sheet music to amateur musicians, Schubert’s posthumous publisher downgraded the composer’s three violin sonatas to the less demanding medium of sonatina. In recent times ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Ferdinando Gagliano, Naples 1774
This illustration of a violin by Ferdinando Gagliano was published in The Strad, May 1958. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: Ferdinando Gagliano was the eldest of the third generation of Gaglianos, a family of luthiers who enjoyed a virtual monopoly of violin making in ...
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NewsEdinburgh luthier crafts ‘Wilfred Owen Violin' to commemorate First World War
The instrument has been made from the branch of a tree growing in the grounds of the former Craiglockhart War Hospital
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ArticleJascha Heifetz gives violin masterclass
You're playing it too safe. Let's do it more dangerous' Violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz gives a masterclass for students at the University of Southern California. First up to perform is Varoujan Kodjian in Wieniawski's Polonaise Brillante no.2. Read Sherry Kloss's account on what it was like to ...
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ReviewHaydn: String Quartets op.20 no.1 in E flat major, no.3 in G minor & no.4 in D major
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Refreshing accounts of early Haydn from a prize-winning ensembleMusicians: Tinalley QuartetComposer: HaydnThis recording opportunity formed part of the Australian Tinalley Quartet’s first prize in the ninth International Banff String Quartet Competition (2007). For various reasons the end product, captured in ...
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ReviewBritish Music for Cello and Piano. W. Busch: Suite for cello & piano. Leighton: Partita op.35. Wordsworth: Cello Sonata no.2. Cooke: Cello Sonata no.2
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Valuable rediscoveries from the more conservative school of British compositionMusicians: Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Raphael Terroni (piano)Composer: Busch, Leighton, Wordsworth, CookeIt seems clear from the booklet notes that the composers featured on this enterprising and clearly recorded release were far too ...
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NewsThe Strad September 2014 issue is out now
Our education focus celebrates the great teachers of today's leading players
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ArticleViolinist Philippe Quint tells a story about Dorothy DeLay
'What in the world was that?!' 'You didn't like that Ms DeLay?' Violinist Philippe Quint tells a story about legendary Juilliard School teacher Dorothy DeLay and her teaching methods. In The Strad's September issue, out now, some of today's leading performers speak about their most influential ...
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NewsDrink and drug addiction is rife in the classical music world, says cellist
The comments were made by a former National Youth Orchestra musician taking part in new documentary, ‘Addicts' Symphony'
