All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 214
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ArticleNikolaj Znaider performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto
The Strad's March 2015 cover star, Nikolaj Znaider, performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Juraj Valcuha in October 2011. The violinist talks about the importance of practising Bach and basics in his blog for The Strad. Subscribe to The Strad or download our ...
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BlogsViolinist Nikolaj Znaider on conquering performance nerves
The Strad’s March 2015 cover star says musicians must always put the music first
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NewsSimon Rattle announced as London Symphony Orchestra music director
The British conductor will join the LSO in September 2017
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BlogsViolinist-conductor Anshel Brusilow on bringing performing wisdom to the podium
After twelve years as a concertmaster the artist switched to conducting and turned his back on playing for ever
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ReviewThe Catalan Virtuoso. Cervera-Bret: Elegía, Romanza, Nocturno, Reverie, Berceuse, Recuerdo de Londres, Cielo gris, Introducción y tarantel-la, Fascinación, El carnival de Venecia
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: Virtuoso bass playing in rarely heard Catalan miniaturesMusicians: Leon Bosch (double bass) Sung-Suk Kang, Min-Jung Kym (piano)Composer: Cervera-BretThe double bassist–composer Josep Cervera-Bret (1883–1969) is the least known of the trio of virtuosos (the others were Pedro Valls and Anton Torello) who comprised ...
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NewsNew York’s last classical sheet music store to close
Frank Music Company, which opened in 1937, will cease trading on Friday
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ArticleDavid and Igor Oistrakh perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante
David Oistrakh and his son Igor Oistrakh perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante viola and violin parts respectively with the Moscow Philharmonic conducted by Yehudi Menuhin.Watch David Oistrakh perform Bach's Double Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin.Read about David Oistrakh and Joseph Szigeti's 's influence on Prokofiev's violin concertos and sonatas in ...
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ReviewFauré: Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor op.15. Bonis: Piano Quartet no.1 op.69
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: Fauré’s First Piano Quartet and a delightful discovery from a contemporary of DebussyMusicians: Giardini Piano QuartetComposer: Fauré, BonisThere are many good things on this recording. The playing is fluid and often extremely beautiful, the tone sweet and appealing. First impressions, sadly, are ...
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NewsNew York's Avery Fisher Hall to be renamed David Geffen Hall following $100m donation
The entertainment mogul-turned-philanthropist will contribute toward the concert hall’s extensive renovation
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BlogsPlaying with gut strings and a period bow refines your awareness of sound
Chiaroscuro Quartet second violinist Pablo Hernán Benedí explains why the ensemble chooses to perform entirely on period set-ups
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NewsBorodin Quartet signs to Decca Classics
Long-standing Russian quartet will record major Shostakovich cycle
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ArticleViolin string vibrations captured on video
Watch string vibrations captured with a CMOS sensor, 24 frames per second video and 1/4000 shutter speed. According to the film's author, it has not been edited. The effect can be explained by 'the refresh rate of the camera catching the vibration at different parts of the arch'.Subscribe ...
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NewsCleveland Orchestra principal violist Robert Vernon to retire after 40 years
The long-serving musician will continue as an instructor at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Juilliard School
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BlogsHow to build and diversify your music career
British cellist Gabriella Swallow shares her path to forging a unique musical identity and helps fellow musicians to think outside the box
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on building a career in music
The most important concert date you will ever have is your second. Securing one concert is fine, but being asked back is the key!' Violinist Itzhak Perlman talks about being diagnosed with Polio, winning competitions and building and sustaining a career. Subscribe to The Strad or download ...
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ReviewGadenstätter: bersten/platzen. Koglmann: Days of Yore. Osborne: Roma Diaries
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: Contemporary works performed by their committed dedicateeMusicians: Florian Kitt (cello) Aima Maria Labra-Makk (piano)Composer: Gadenstätter, Koglmann, OsborneBursting/splitting is the usefully if uncomfortably graphic title of Clemens Gadenstätter’s 25-minute work of 2012, apparently divided into four sections. Coherence is hard to establish from ...
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News2-string 3D printed violin to be revealed in New York
The instrument is one of five pieces created using the cutting edge technology
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NewsIn Mo Yang wins 2015 Paganini International Violin Competition
The 19-year-old artist receives €20,000 and concert opportunities
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ArticleDigital representation of Bach's First Cello Suite
One of a series of experiments by Magnatune, this animated video represents the cellist's bowing and its relationship to the musical line in the Prelude of Bach's First Cello Suite.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single ...
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ArticleViolinist Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Paganini's God Save the King
Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Paganini's fiendishly difficult Variations on 'God Save the King'. Zimmermann was recently forced to part ways with the 1711 ‘Lady Inchiquin’ Stradivarius – his principal performing violin for the past 13 years. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
