All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 238
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ArticleCellist János Starker on vibrato
Vibrato is tension and release. I had an argument with Paul Rolland, who claimed I was rolling above the note and back, but I don't think so. I am in the middle of the note and then releasing' Cellist János Starker speaks about vibrato in an interview with Paul Katz ...
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Premium ❘ FocusAnalysing a Mantegazza viola, 1796
The large proportions of this instrument give it a powerful sound that make it ideal for string quartets, says Sam Zygmuntowicz
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NewsCellist Nicolas Altstaedt named chief conductor of Austrian-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic
The young musician succeeds Adam Fischer, who founded the orchestra almost 30 years ago
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ArticleViolinist Jascha Heifetz imitates bad playing
Violinist Jascha Heifezt gives a wincingly accurate impression of a bad performance he once heard of Vieuxtemps' Fourth Violin Concerto - proving not only his gifts as a performer, but also as a sharply observant comic. Read former Heifetz pupil Sherry Kloss's article: Studying the violin with ...
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NewsViolinist Sofiia Suldina wins 2015 Concours Nicati in Switzerland
The competition is dedicated to contemporary music and open to instrumentalists, singers and ensembles
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BlogsVideo: Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton perform in the film Limelight
The great screen comedian Charlie Chaplin teams with the equally great Buster Keaton in the film 'Limelight' - giving a disastrously funny performance on violin and piano respectively.Watch the video below:Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton (limelight... by Mallu-palaceChaplin was an accomplished amateur violinist who composed many of the ...
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ArticleViolinist Jascha Heifetz...and goat!
It may be childish, but it tickled our funny bone...A mash-up between Jascha Heifetz performing the finale of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and a particularly vocal (and remarkably in tune) goat.Watch a video of Heifetz imitating bad playing.
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NewsEntries now open for 10th Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition
Open to violinists under the age of 30, the contest takes place 16-22 April 2016 in Denmark
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ArticleString quartet entertains motorists in M5 traffic jam
A string quartet gave an impromptu performance during a traffic jam on the M5 in Somerset, UK over the weekend - traffic had come to a standstill when a horse escaped.Violinist Lu Jeffery joked to the BBC that their next venue could be the M6 or M25.
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NewsSeattle Symphony double bassist Bruce Lawrence has died aged 88
The former jazz musician was the first African American to join the orchestra in 1968
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ArticleCellist Amit Peled performs Fauré's Papillon
Amit Peled performs Fauré's Papillon - a favourite encore piece of Pablo Casals - at the Heifetz International Music Institute on Casals' own 1733 Goffriller cello, presented to him by Casals' widow, Mrs Marta Casals Istomin.Read Peled's article for The Strad: How I came to play Pablo Casals’s ...
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NewsNoah Bendix-Balgley steps down officially as Pittsburgh Symphony concertmaster
The 31-year-old violinist will concentrate fully on his other role as Berlin Philharmonic concertmaster
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GalleryFrom the Archive: The ‘Isador Berger’ Stradivarius violin, Cremona, 1705-10
This illustration of the ‘Isador Berger’ Stradivarius was published in The Strad, November 1960. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The ‘Isador Berger’ Stradivarius dates from the period 1705-1710 and is representative of the best period of his work. The instrument has for the past 70 ...
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ArticleGretchen Carlson performs Sarasate at the Miss America Pageant 1989
Gretchen Carlson from Minnesota - winner of the 1989 Miss America Pageant - demonstrates impressive violin playing skills in Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen.
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NewsChristie’s exhibits $60m Stradivarius and Guarneri collection in Shanghai and Hong Kong
'The Art of Music' sale features seven violins and one cello from a private European collection
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ReviewC. Schumann: Romances op.22. R. Schumann: Violin Sonata no.2 in D minor op.121; Märchenbilder op.113
The Strad Issue: September 2015Description: Bright and brisk performances of music by the two SchumannsMusicians: Nurit Stark (violin/viola) Cédric Pescia (piano)Composer: C. Schumann, R. Schumann:Joseph Joachim, who premiered Robert Schumann’s D minor Sonata, proclaimed it ‘one of the loveliest creations of recent times’. It’s hard not to ...
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NewsLeonard Frey-Maibach, aged 24, named Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra principal cellist
The French musician has performed with the orchestra for two years
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ArticleCaught on security camera: woman steals violin from Canadian store
A woman was captured on security camera last week stealing a violin worth $2,616 from Fantasie Music in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The woman is shown brazenly wrapping the instrument - a Fantasie Flame Violin MV400-2 - in her jacket, as the store's owner plays violin for his customers.The ...
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FocusUsing harmonics as a violin teaching and practice tool
Although harmonics are most often used for musical effect, in the search for a perfectly pure sound they can be a wonderful aid to learning and practice, argues Laura Reed
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ArticleCaught on security camera: insurance worker steals £300,000 viola from London train
Last month we reported that UK insurance worker Stephen Tillyer had been found guilty of stealing a £300,000 16th-century viola, mistakenly left on a train by London Symphony Orchestra principal violist Edward Vanderspar.Vanderspar forgot to pick up his instrument when he alighted at his station from the London ...
