All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 197
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ArticleJames Ehnes performs Walton's Violin Concerto at The Proms 2014
James Ehnes performs Walton's Violin Concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Thomas SøndergŠrd at the BBC Proms 2014 in London's Royal Albert Hall.Ehnes performs on the Antonio Stradivari 'Marsick' violin, 1715, as featured in The Strad's 2015 calendar, 'Violins of the Stars', on sale ...
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BlogsWhat I look for in a competition winner, by violinist Pierre Amoyal
The Singapore International Violin Competition jury member gives an insight into his decision-making process
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NewsViolinist In Mo Yang wins 2014 Concert Artists Guild Competition
The Korean musician receives $5,000 and two years of management
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NewsLufthansa airline loses cello, says musician
Lachezar Kostov was forced to perform several concerts on borrowed instruments before being reunited with his cello
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Giovanni Battista Rogeri, Brescia
This illustration of a violin by G.B. Rogeri was published in The Strad, May 1931. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:G.B Rogeri was born in Bologna about 1650, and records show that he came to Cremona to learn fiddle-making from Niccolo Amati. The influence of ...
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ArticleViolinist Renaud Capuçon performs in the Paris Metro
Two years after Joshua Bell posed as an incognito busker in Washington DC's Metro, violinist Renaud Capuçon took to the Paris Metro to try the same trick. The film, made by Simon Lelouch, shows the interest, or lack thereof, demonstrated by the busy travellers as Capuçon performs ...
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ArticleViolinist Hilary Hahn performs Bach's Sarabande from Partita no.2
Violinist Hilary Hahn performs the Sarabande from Bach's Solo Partita no.2. Hahn has been forced to withdraw from all performances since July this year due to injury. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues ...
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FocusThere's more to making a good sound than bowing parallel to the bridge
In our July 2006 issue, cellist Gerhard Mantel writes that there's more to good tone production than keeping the bow parallel to the bridge
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NewsViolinist Hilary Hahn cancels yet further concerts
The star soloist is continuing to recover from a muscle injury
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NewsNew York Philharmonic gives violinist Frank Huang week-long concertmaster trial
The American musician is the second candidate to audition for the role following the departure of Glenn Dicterow
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ArticleViolinist Pinchas Zukerman on James Ehnes
He's very exuberant in his playing, but clean, straightforward and honest. I don't like all that moving around. If you want to do that, be a dancer.'Violinist Pinchas Zukerman talks about fellow virtuoso James Ehnes and his similarities to Jascha Heifetz.James Ehnes, appears on the cover of The ...
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NewsMemphis Symphony musicians agree on 38 per cent pay cut
It is hoped the one-year emergency measure will help the orchestra balance its books
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BlogsRe-launching a performing career after injury
Cellist Corinne Morris writes about how she regained her playing career and a foothold in the marketplace after a five-year gap
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on different playing characteristics
Violinist Itzhak Perlman gives a masterclass on achieving different characteristics in performance - and demonstrates 'heavy' and then 'funny' performances of the opening of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues ...
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ArticleParrot attacks violinist
A parrot, which according to its owner normally 'loves to dance' to Celine Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On' from the movie Titanic, has a change of heart...Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click ...
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FocusViolinist György Pauk on studying with Ede Zathureczky and Leó Weiner
The violinist and professor was brought up in the Hungarian tradition, which offered him the secrets of how to defy gravity, writes Jessica Duchen
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Domenica Montagana violin, 1715
This illustration of a Domenica Montagana violin was published in The Strad, June 1912. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: Of all the fiddles whose pictures have appeared in The Strad I can recall none to which that much abused word ‘unique’ can be more ...
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ArticleViolinist James Ehnes performs Paganini's Caprice no.24
The Strad's November 2014 issue cover star, violinist James Ehnes, performs Paganini's Caprice no.24.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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NewsArmida Quartet receives Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival ensemble prize
The annual award, worth €10,000, is given alongside ‘Young Elite’ solo and audience prizes
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ReviewZemlinsky: String Quartets vol.2: no.1 in A major op.4 & no.2 op.15
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: November 2014Description: Lustrous performances of music by a key figure of Viennese musical lifeMusicians: Escher QuartetComposer: ZemlinskyCatalogue Number: Naxos 8.573088This disc completes the Escher Quartet’s Zemlinsky cycle so effectively begun a year ago with recordings of the later two quartets (reviewed October ...
