All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 192
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ArticleTime for Three performs Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah
American string trio Time for Three, a group that defies traditional genre classification, performs an original arrangement of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah at a workshop for high school musicians in Kitchener, Ontario. Read Time for Three's 7 ways to build a 21st century music career. Subscribe to ...
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BlogsPerforming from memory has given our string quartet new life
After twelve years together, playing and recording from memory were key to an exciting rebirth for the Chiara Quartet, writes cellist Gregory Beaver
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NewsJulie Albers named Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra principal cellist
The American musician officially takes up her role in the 2015-16 season
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NewsMiklós Perényi appointed Royal Northern College of Music International Chair in Cello
The cellist joins the UK institution this year
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ArticleBrain surgery cures violinist's essential tremors
Just a month after it was reported that Minnesota Orchestra musician Roger Frisch played his violin during brain surgery to cure his essential tremors, another video has emerged showing Naomi Elishuv, a former violinist in the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, undergoing the same operation with equally ...
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ArticleGidon Kremer performs Bernstein's Serenade conducted by the composer
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium' this month, here is violinist Gidon Kremer performing the fourth movement 'Agathon' with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bernstein. Read a feature on the work in the Strad's November 2014 ...
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by John Hare, 1720
This illustration of a violin by John Hare was published in The Strad, October 1913. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs
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NewsIstván Várdai wins Germany's ARD International Music Competition top cello prize
The 28-year-old Hungarian has been a prolific prize winner in recent years
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ArticleJanine Jansen and Sakari Oramo perform La Cucaracha at The Proms
Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo swaps his baton for a violin at the Last Night of the Proms 2014 at London's Albert Hall, joining Janine Jansen in a spirited and humorous arrangement of La Cucaracha. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...
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NewsElectric guitar overtakes violin on list of students' most popular musical instruments
A comprehensive study undertaken by the UK's ABRSM finds shifting trends from traditional to pop instruments
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NewsCellist Yo-Yo Ma receives Amsterdam's Concertgebouw Prize
The artist was honoured for his longstanding contribution to the venue
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NewsMoscow violin making competition announces winners
The ‘Violin: Soul and Shape' event took place this month, recognising makers in several categories
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ArticleViolinist Hilary Hahn on choosing fingerings
I choose fingerings that don't get in the way of the music and that don't make the passage sound technical' Violinist Hilary Hahn gives advice on choosing fingerings for different passages and works. Read about other leading string players as tutors in the Strad's September issue education ...
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GalleryYale School of Music: The Petryn Collection
The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments recently acquired more than 20 stringed instruments and bows from the Andrew F. Petryn Collection. Here are five of the highlights: violins by Nicolò Amati, Matthias Klotz and Johann Klotz, an 18th-century English cello, and a c.1770 quinton by Nicolas Augustin Chappuy. ...
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NewsInternational Violin Competition of Indianapolis announces all-female final
Five Korean artists and one American will perform two concertos each over the coming days
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NewsViolinist Hilary Hahn cancels further performances
The artist's recovery from an inflamed muscle has taken longer than expected
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ArticleCavaleri Quartet performs Schubert's Death and the Maiden
The Cavaleri Quartet performs the First Movement of Schubert's String Quartet no.14, 'Death and the Maiden' at Schubertiade in Austria in 2013. The quartet's violist Ann Beilby contributes a Practice Diary to The Strad's September 2014 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download ...
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Premium ❘ DebatePersonality is no longer encouraged in musical performance
Not too long ago mass audiences and critics alike revered overtly personal performances, yet today superimposing one's personality over that of the composer is regarded as poor musicianship, writes Henry Roth
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BlogsVideo: how I came to play Pablo Casals's 1733 Goffriller cello, by Amit Peled
The Israeli artist tells of his first encounter with Casals's cello in 2012, and how he came to be loaned the instrument by Marta Casals Istomin. Watch a clip of him playing the instrument below.
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ArticleGreat players as teachers: Pablo Casals in 1960
In this ten-minute clip from 1960, the great cellist teaches students at UC Berkeley about interpretation and technique, using Brahms' Sonata no.1 in E minor op.38. With Nina de Veritch (cellist) and Janet Goodman (pianist) Read about other leading string players as tutors in the Strad's ...
