All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 242
-
ArticleViolinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt in page-turning disaster
Page-turner Anna Reszniak manages to prevent a performance by violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt at Sendesaal Bremen from descending into complete chaos by catching pages falling in all directions. Watch: A bow hair disaster
-
ReviewHorner: Pas de deux. Einaudi: Divenire. Pärt: Fratres. Sollima: Violoncelles, vibrez!
The Strad Issue: October 2015Description: The late film composer James Horner’s return to concert musicMusicians: Mari Samuelsen (violin) HŠkon Samuelsen, Alisa Weilerstein, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko, Clark RundellComposer: Horner, Einaudi, Pärt, SollimaJames Horner died on 22 June, at the age of 61, when his single-engine plane ...
-
ArticleA violin made of balsa wood
Douglas Martin, a US kayak designer and instrument maker who likes to experiment with unorthodox materials such as graphite fibres, performs his violin made of balsa wood.Watch: Violin made from 16,000 matchsticks is performed in concert
-
NewsRussian customs officials seize Czech Philharmonic concertmaster’s violin
Josef Š paÄek failed to fill out the correct paperwork for his 1855 Vuillaume, according to officers
-
NewsUniversity of Michigan to launch chamber music competition with $100,000 first prize
The M-Prize is the idea of Sphinx Organisation founder Aaron Dworkin
-
ArticleIda Haendel performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto
Ida Haendel puts her distinctive stamp on Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Franz Paul Decker in 1981. Read: Violinist Ida Haendel on Bach’s Chaconne Watch: Ida Haendel gives Royal College of Music masterclass
-
ReviewMendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major
The Strad Issue: October 2015Description: Steinbacher brings sweetness to two 19th-century concert warhorsesMusicians: Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Charles DutoitComposer: Mendelssohn, TchaikovskyThe absence of the ‘unusual’ need not equate with a lack of quality. This disc, nicely presented, tidily recorded and admirably accompanied by veteran ...
-
ArticleViolinist Joshua Bell performs Eleanor Rigby with Frankie Moreno
Violinist Joshua Bell performs an arrangement of The Beatles' Eleanor Rigby with Frankie Moreno.Read: Joshua Bell on the Stradivarius of his lifeWatch: When they were young - Joshua Bell
-
NewsLondon’s Royal College of Music granted planning permission to develop campus
The premises, opposite The Royal Albert Hall, will benefit from new performance spaces, recording facilities and practice rooms
-
Blogs‘Today's violinists make too much effort to produce a large sound,’ says Sasha Rozhdestvensky
The Russian violinist and Royal College of Music, London professor believes today’s playing has become more tense
-
NewsRare Mozart letter sells for $217,000 at auction
The signed note was written around 1786 and was sold through Boston company RR Auction
-
ReviewTartini: Violin Sonata in G minor ‘Devil’s Trill’; Pastorale in A major op.1 no.13. Veracini: Violin Sonatas in G minor op.2 no.5; in D minor op.2 no.12
The Strad Issue: October 2015Description: Devilish deeds and chromatic caprices from a multinational trioMusicians: Rie Kimura (Baroque violin) Fantasticus: Robert Smith (Baroque cello) Guillermo Brachetta (harpsichord)Composer: Tartini, VeraciniJoined by cellist Robert Smith and harpsichordist Guillermo Brachetta from her ensemble Fantasticus, Rie Kimura prepares the scene well for ...
-
NewsInternational Max Rostal Competition 2015 names violin and viola winners
Violinist Alican Süner and violist Diyang Mei triumphed in the finals
-
ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on mastering up-bow staccato
Josef Gingold: 'I'm sorry Mr Ysaÿe, I don't have a good staccato' Eugène Ysaÿe: 'Ah, don't worry, I'll give you a good staccato - and you won't forget!' While giving a masterclass for a young Cho-Liang Lin, violinist Itzhak Perlman relays a humorous story, passed on to ...
-
NewsRachel Barton Pine Foundation acquires ‘Arkwright Lady Rebecca Sylvan’ Stradivarius violin
The instrument will be loaned to a worthy young candidate
-
ArticleViolinist Vadim Repin gives masterclass on Saint-Saëns
You are not sure of yourself - so you pull away with your right hand, just in case you miss it' Vadim Repin gives a masterclass on Saint-Saëns's Introduction et rondo capriccioso, featuring American Fine Arts Festival student Timothy Chooi. Read: 6 pieces of advice for performers ...
-
NewsViolinist Augustin Hadelich wins inaugural Warner Music Prize, worth $100,000
The prize for musicians under 35 also includes the opportunity to make a recording for Warner Classics
-
ReviewBeethoven: Six String Quartets op.18
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: November 2015Description: A quartet fully alive to the characters of Beethoven’s early op.18 setMusicians: Jerusalem QuartetComposer: BeethovenThe Jerusalem Quartet members bring their own cultivated blend to these extraordinary works without either dampening their novelty or introducing anachronistic mannerisms: they respect the set’s ...
-
NewsLev Sivkov wins 2015 Naumburg International Cello Competition in New York
The 25-year-old Russian cellist receives $15,000 and two recitals
-
NewsThe Strad November 2015 issue is out now
Our North America focus traces the story of American lutherie - from the days of the earliest settlers to the rise of lutherie hubs in New York and Chicago
