All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 207
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NewsStudy finds musical training may focus attention and reduce anxiety in children
Psychiatrists at the University of Vermont College of Medicine monitored 232 children
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ArticleViolinist Josef Suk performs Dvorák's Violin Concerto
Violinist Josef Suk performs the first movement of his great grandfather Antonín Dvorák's Violin Concerto with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.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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ArticleViolist Lech Antonio Uszynski performs the 'Gibson' Stradivarius on Polish television
Violist Lech Antonio Uszynski performs a Polish Caprice by Grazyna Bacewicz on the 'Gibson' Stradivarius on Polish television.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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NewsCellist Denis Brott appointed Member of the Order of Canada
The musician has been recognised for his work as an instrumentalist and teacher
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ReviewSchnittke: String Trio Weinberg: String Trio. Kurtág: Signs, Games and Messages (excerpts) Penderecki: String Trio
The Strad Issue: January 2015Description: Stylish performances that lack interpretative fireMusicians: Ensemble EpomeoComposer: Schnittke, Kurtág, PendereckiFor its second disc – generously filled, and rewardingly programmed – string trio Ensemble Epomeo focuses on music composed in Eastern Europe and Russia in the late 20th century, playing with a ...
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NewsViolinist Leonidas Kavakos sues luthier for snapping $80,000 bow
The artist took his bow to a violin shop in California to investigate the cause of a curvature
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FocusCellomania: Amsterdam’s Fifth Cello Biennale
With appearances from Mischa Maisky, Gary Hoffman, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Anner Bylsma and 2Cellos, this year's event was not to be missed, writes Heather Kurzbauer
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NewsFifth Windsor International String Competition announces eight semi-finalists
The competitors will perform at Windsor Castle, outside of London, in March
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ReviewSomis: Violin Sonatas op.1
The Strad Issue: January 2015Description: Lively performances of music by a little-known but key 18th-century composerMusicians: Kreeta-Maria Kentala (violin) Lauri Pulakka (cello) Mitzi Meyerson (harpsichord)Composer: SomisAs a pupil of Corelli and teacher of Pugnani and some of the 18th century’s leading French violinist–composers, Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763) ...
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NewsObituary: violinist Lydia Mordkovitch
The Russian violinist who trained with Oistrakh was known for her gutsy, passionate playing
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ArticleThe Nightingale Quartet performs Shostakovich
The Nightingale Quartet performs the Adagio from Shostakovich's Third String Quartet. The Copenhagen-based ensemble is featured in The Strad's January 2015 issue, out now.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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NewsVideo: musicians gather in London’s Trafalgar Square to pay tribute to Charlie Hebdo victims
The performance of Barber’s Adagio for Strings featured 150 players
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NewsStudy finds music is universal – from the rainforest to the metropolis
Researchers tested emotional reactions to a number of works on Congolese Pygmies and Canadian musicians
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NewsFrank Peter Zimmermann to part ways with ‘Lady Inchiquin’ Stradivarius
The instrument is part of the art collection of the failed Düsseldorf-based bank WestLB AG and will be auctioned off
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ReviewStravinsky: Violin Concerto in D major. Arrieu: Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor
The Strad Issue: January 2015Description: Welcome revival of a forgotten violinist in 1950s French radio recordingsMusicians: Jeanne Gautier (violin) RTF National Orchestra/Jacques Pernoo, Eugène BigotComposer: Stravinsky, ArrieuThe marvellous violinist Jeanne Gautier (1898–1974) has long languished in undeserved oblivion. A superb virtuoso who embodied a quintessentially Gallic blend ...
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Article5 solutions to slipping violin pegs
Online piano and violin tutor Alison Sparrow demonstrates five ways to prevent slipping violin pegs.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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NewsTarisio auction house launches Tarisio Trust Young Artists Grants
The five awards of $3,000 will support innovative stringed instrument projects
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ReviewVivaldi: Concerto in G minor for two cellos and orchestra RV531 Vivaldi: (arr. two cellos, Lloyd Webber) Concertos in G major for two mandolins RV532, for cello in E minor RV409, for oboe and bassoon
The Strad Issue: January 2015Description: A final recording from a forcibly retired master of the celloMusicians: Julian Lloyd Webber, Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cello) European Union Chamber Orchestra/Hans-Peter HofmannComposer: Vivaldi, PiazzollaThere is only one extant concerto by Vivaldi for two cellos, but Julian Lloyd Webber has very successfully ...
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Blogs
Virtuosity and intuition combine at Berlin's Feuermann Cello Competition
The recent Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann in the German capital was a fitting tribute to the man it was named after, writes Rebecca Schmid
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ArticleViolinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs Stravinsky encore
Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs her own cadenza improvisation for Stravinsky's Violin Concerto with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, featuring violinist Alejandro Rutkauskas.Kopatchinskaja has written a Practice Diary in The Strad's January 2015 issue, out now.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...
