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NewsSpanish cellist Pablo Ferrández receives Rheingau Music Festival award
The 24-year-old musician will be presented with his €15,000 prize in July
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ArticleBaltimore Symphony Orchestra gives free Peace Concert
Thank you everybody for sharing this sense of community with us. Music has incredible power to bring us together and to not be misunderstood in the way that words can' † BSO music director Marin AlsopThe Baltimore Symphony Orchestra gave a free Peace Concert yesterday (29 April 2015) ...
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FeatureStudying the violin with Ivan Galamian
Since his death Ivan Galamian has passed into legend as perhaps the greatest teacher the string world will ever know. Barbara L. Sand asked some of his ex-pupils whether their former master really lived up to his reputation
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ArticleHeifetz, Rubinstein and Piatigorsky perform Mendelssohn
Legendary musicians, violinist Jascha Heifetz, pianist Artur Rubinstein and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky perform Mendelssohn's Piano Trio no.1 † a work they recorded along with the trios of Ravel for RCA Victor in 1949.The Strad's May 2015 issue, out now, examines how the advent of recording at the dawn ...
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ReviewBoccherini: Cello Sonatas no.1 in A minor; no.2 in C major; no.6 in A major. Cirri: Cello Sonatas op.15: no.3 in F major; no.4 in A major; no.5 in G minor
The Strad Issue: May 2015Description: Stylish sonatas from two quintessential Baroque composersMusicians: Catherine Jones (cello) Giulia Nuti (harpsichord) Alison McGillivray (cello) William Carter (archlute/guitar)Composer: Boccherini, CirriBoccherini’s richly decorated, galant melodic idiom is difficult to realise successfully, especially while contending with brilliant left-hand passagework in the upper register, ...
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ReviewBrahms: Piano Trio no.3 in C minor op.101. Schubert: Piano Trio no.2 in E flat major D929
The Strad Issue: May 2015Description: A worthwhile Wigmore recital coupling 19th-century blockbuster triosMusicians: Sitkovetsky TrioComposer: Brahms, SchubertNamed after its violinst, Alexander Sitkovetsky (a relative of violinist–conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky), this trio is captured in full flight at a Wigmore Hall concert, with scintillating playing with which it is ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman performs Wieniawski at the age of 14
A 14-year-old Itzhak Perlman gives a sensational performance of the third movement of Wieniawski's Second Violin Concerto on US television. Watch Perlman at the age of 13 performing the third movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto on the Ed Sullivan Show. Subscribe to The Strad or download our ...
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FeatureHow to improvise on the violin
Throw down your music and join in the fun. You too can learn to improvise and you can even teach somebody else, writes former Turtle Island String Quartet violinist Tracy Silverman
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NewsDouble bassist and teacher Leopold Andreev (1923–2015)
Leopold Andreev, the Moscow-based double bassist and teacher, died on 4 May at the age of 91. For almost a quarter of a century he taught a generation of double bassists at the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, while continuing a busy career as a professional musician.Born on 11 October 1923, ...
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ArticleViolinist Leila Josefowicz performs John Adams's Scheherazade.2
The level and intensity of emotional output in this piece is beyond anything I’ve done' Violinist Leila Josefowicz performs and discusses John Adams's Scheherazade.2 † dramatic symphony for orchestra and violin, a work that she premiered with the New York Philharmonic in March 2015. Read: Leila Josefowicz ...
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NewsCellist Eric Jacobsen named Orlando Philharmonic music director
Cellist and conductor Eric Jacobsen has been appointed music director of the Orlando Philharmonic orchestra in Florida, US. The New York-based musician will take up the post in October 2015. Jacobsen is a co-founder of chamber ensemble The Knights, and the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, which was featured ...
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ReviewFrench Cello Sonatas II. Fauré: Romance in A major op.69; Berceuse in D major op.16; Élégie in C minor op.24; Three Romances Without Words op.17. Franck: Cello Sonata in A major. Saint-Saëns: Cello So
The Strad Issue: May 2015Description: Warm-toned playing in a second instalment of French cello worksMusicians: Julian Steckel (cello) Paul Rivinius (piano)Composer: Fauré, Franck, Saint-SaënsGerman duo Steckel and Rivinius follow up their well-received 2011 French Cello Sonatas disc with an equally rewarding second instalment. Franck’s Sonata opens in ...
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NewsQueen Elisabeth Competition 2015 announces jury
The Brussels event is this year devoted to the violin
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NewsAmerican violist Allan Nilles joins Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
The musician was formerly a member of the San Diego Symphony
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NewsViolinist Joshua Peters wins Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition
The Canadian event is devoted to exceptional performances of contemporary repertoire
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ArticleMusic teacher loses temper with violinist
A music teacher loses his temper with a group of chatting students - with destructive and comic results. A video bound to resonate with frustrated teachers the world over...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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NewsAirline workers broke my cello, says American musician
Nashville cellist Nicholas Gold checked his instrument into the hold with Southwest Airlines
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NewsCellist Sol Gabetta named Dresden Philharmonic artist in residence
The Argentine musician will tour with the German orchestra to the UK
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ArticleJulia Fischer performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
Julia Fischer performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by Vasily Petrenko. Watch Fischer perform Paganini's Caprice no.2. 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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NewsSalomon Quartet founding violist Trevor Jones has died
The British musician was one of a group of pioneering period performers
