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NewsThe Strad August 2015 issue is out now
As he celebrates his 70th birthday, violinist Itzhak Perlman talks about empowering the next generation of string players
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NewsViolin section cancelled at 2015 Beijing International Music Competition
The organisers of this year’s Beijing International Music Competition (BJIMC) have announced that the violin section of this year’s contest has been cancelled. The cello section will go ahead as planned.According to a statement, the BJIMC’s decision to cancel the violin part of the competition was taken because ...
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NewsViolinist Janine Jansen to receive 2015 Bremen Musikfest Award
Dutch violinist Janine Jansen has been announced as the winner of this year’s Bremen Musikfest Award. The 37-year-old will receive the honour at a concert during this year’s festival, which takes place from 29 August to 19 September.In its citation, the jury said, ‘As a soloist and as ...
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ReviewJa(zz)smine Rice – Violin Mysteries. : Chaconne from Partita no.2 BWV1004. Dinescu: Mtram. Meyer: Misterioso. Kaunzner: Jasmine Rice; Trois Nocturnes; Wintersonnenwende. Schnyder: The Four Winds
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: An unconventional album from a violinist with a questing mindMusicians: Viktoria Kaunzner (violin) Veit Hertenstein (viola) Sorin Creciun, Roman Salyutov, Wonsun Choi (piano)Composer: Bach, Dinescu, Meyer, Kaunzner, SchnyderThis album collects together recordings made over several years by South Korea-based German violinist Viktoria ...
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ReviewBach: Six Cello Suites BWV1007–12
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: August 2015Description: Watkin chooses two cellos for a personal tour of Bach’s SuitesMusicians: David Watkin (cello)Composer: BachDavid Watkin doesn’t make the Suites sound easy. He does, though, play them with a conversational intimacy that suggests how, over the years, they have become ...
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ArticleViolinist Joshua Bell performs Piazzolla's Las cuatro estaciones Porteñas
Watch a three-minute clip of Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields performing the Argentine composer's Four Seasons in Buenos Aires at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 19 July.Click here to read Joshua Bell's thoughts on how conducting improves his violin playingClick here to read ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a viola by Daniel Parker, London, 1714
This illustration of a viola by Daniel Parker was published in The Strad, December 1973. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Daniel Parker’s existing instruments are very few in number. It is probable that many have never been identified as his work. Besides being one of ...
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NewsCandidates named for 2015 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover
The organisers of the ninth Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover have named the candidates for this year's contest. Taking place from 27 September to 10 October, the competition will bring together 39 violinists from 14 countries.Among the candidates are Yoo Jin Jang (pictured), a finalist at last ...
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BlogsCellist Lynn Harrell on the art of playing up high
The American musician tells Pauline Harding that many tuning problems stem from a lack of exposure to the upper registers
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NewsNoga Quartet receives grand prize at Melbourne Chamber Music Competition
The Noga Quartet (pictured) has been awarded the Grand Prize at the seventh Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. The Berlin-based quartet, made up of violinists Simon Roturier and Lauriane Vernhes, violist Avishai Chameides and cellist Joan Bachs, received a cash prize of AU$24,000. The foursome performed Bartók's String ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on working with John Williams on Schindler's List
In Schindler's List there were many places where there was no music at all - and that made it so much more dramatic and meaningful when the music began' Violinist Itzhak Perlman discusses working with film composer John Williams on Schindler's List and Fiddler on the Roof. ...
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NewsUS violin maker Edward Campbell dies aged 86
US violin maker Edward Campbell died on 18 July at the age of 86. A founder member of the Violin Society of America (VSA), he made more than 180 instruments during his long career, while the apprenticeship programme he set up at his shop in Boiling Springs, PA, ...
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BlogsListening to my idols makes me a better violinist, says Alexandra Conunova
Listening to recordings is a valuable part of practice, the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition finalist tells Pauline Harding
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NewsLos Angeles to gain Young Artists Symphony Orchestra
A new orchestra for pre-professional musicians has been formed in Los Angeles. The Young Artists Symphony Orchestra (YASO) will present its inaugural concert on 11 October, conducted by violinist and artistic director Alexander Treger (pictured).The orchestra, which has received funding from an education foundation, will bring together musicians ...
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NewsHallé Orchestra announces 'pay what you like' concert
Manchester's Hallé Orchestra is to perform a concert based on a 'pay what you like' model, whereby concertgoers will decide after the performance how much they ought to pay for the experience. CAlled 'Priceless Classics', the concert will take place at the city's Bridgewater Hall on 6 September.Audience ...
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ArticleItzhak Perlman performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
Here's violinist Itzhak Perlman in a classic performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy. Read Itzhak Perlman's blog on optimum practice length. Read a special interview with the great virtuoso in celebration of his 70th birthday in The Strad's August 2015 ...
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ReviewSoli. Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin. G. Benjamin: Three Miniatures. Carter: Four Lauds – nos.1 & 3. Kurtág: Six Miniatures. Penderecki: Cadenza
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: Tamsin Waley-Cohen alone in a sequence of solo worksMusicians: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin)Composer: Bartók, G. Benjamin, Carter, Kurtág, PendereckiThe opening Chaconne of Bartók’s adieu to music is spaciously conceived by Tamsin Waley-Cohen (taking 14 minutes to the 9 of its dedicatee Menuhin), without ...
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NewsViolinist and teacher Václav Snítil (1928–2015)
Violinist and pedagogue Václav Snítil died on 19 July aged 87. The second violinist of the original Vlach Quartet, he was also active in chamber groups such as the Smetana Trio and the Czech Nonet, a chamber ensemble of the Czech Philharmonic, and was a ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman performs on Sesame Street
Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs with the puppet Telly in a classic episode of Sesame Street from 1980. Read Itzhak Perlman's blog on optimum practice length. Read a special interview with the great virtuoso in celebration of his 70th birthday in The Strad's August 2015 issue, out now. ...
