All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 249
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NewsChristel Lee wins 2015 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition
The 25-year-old US violinist receives €25,000 and concert opportunities
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ArticleChristel Lee performs Sibelius Violin Concerto
Christel Lee performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto in 2014.The US violinist has been named the winner of the 2015 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Finland and receives €25,000. Watch Lee performing in the competition final here.
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Francesco de Emiliani, Rome, 172-
This illustration of a violin by Francesco de Emiliani was published in The Strad, November 1969. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The subject of this month’s illustration is a very handsome and finely preserved example of the work of Francesco de Emiliani who worked in ...
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ArticleVideo: Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Mozart's Violin Concerto no.3
Conductor and early music pioneer Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who announced his retirement on Saturday 5 December, conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Mozart's Violin Concerto no.3 in G major K216, with soloist Gidon Kremer. Violinist Ray Chen will give a Masterclass on the first movement of this concerto in ...
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FocusDegrees: Alex Marshall
Cellist and pop vocals, alumnus of a ‘combined pathway’ bachelor of arts degree in classical cello and pop vocals at Leeds College of Music, UK
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NewsEarly music pioneer Nikolaus Harnoncourt announces retirement
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, one of the founders of the early music movement in the 1950s, has announced his retirement. The conductor, who founded the period-instrument ensemble Concentus Musicus Wien in 1953, made the announcement on 5 December, the day before his 86th birthday, in a handwritten letter published ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on buying his Stradivarius
Two weeks after buying our house in Long Island - when we had absolutely no money at all - the Stradivarius violin suddenly became available' Itzhak Perlman speaks about buying his violin - the 'Soil' Stradivarius of 1714 - at Elon University. Read: Violinist Itzhak Perlman on conquering performance nerves
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FocusDegrees: Chan Lee
Violinist, undergraduate student on the bachelor of music – major performance (orchestral instruments) programme at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, in Montreal, Canada
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FocusDegrees: Ekaterina Frolova
Violinist, performance masters student at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (MDW), Austria
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FocusDegrees: Eric Smith
Cellist, masters student at the University of North Texas College of Music
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FocusDegrees: Louise Salmo
Violinist, artist diploma student at the Lyon Conservatoire of Music and Dance, France
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FocusDegrees: Sophie Radke
Cellist, alumnus of the bachelor of music (elite) with honours course at the University of Tasmania, Australia
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ArticleChristian Poltéra performs Bach on 1711 Stradivarius cello
Cellist Christian Poltéra performs the Sarabande from Bach's First Cello Suite at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark.The instrument features in The Strad’s 2016 calendar, ‘Cellos of the Stars’, on sale now.John Dilworth explores the stories and craftsmanship behind each of the twelve instruments showcased in ...
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ArticleAugustin Hadelich performs Paganini's Caprice no.9
The German violinist, who has just been nominated for a classical Grammy award, gives a rendition of Paganini's Ninth Caprice 'The Hunt' as an encore after a performance with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on 25 April 2014. 'I change all of my strings at the same time, ...
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NewsHadelich, Tetzlaff, Takács, Eighth Blackbird receive classical Grammy nominations
The nominations for the 58th annual Grammy Awards were announced on 7 December. In the classical categories, the Seattle Symphony received three nominations for its recording of Dutilleux’s Métaboles, Symphony no. 2 ‘Le double’, and the violin concerto L’arbre des songes featuring Augustin Hadelich (pictured). Hadelich, who ...
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FocusHow to improve your playing with slow practice
Does slow and steady win the race when it comes to practice, or does a more up-tempo approach bring the best results, asks Rok Klopčič
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ReviewBrahms: String Quartets op.51: no.1 in C minor, no.2 in A minor; In stiller Nacht
The Strad Issue: December 2015Description: A faithful approach to the score mutes the drama of Brahms’s op.51Musicians: Quiroga QuartetComposer: BrahmsOver the years, Brahms’s first two string quartets have become tarnished with so much ‘interpretative insight’ that the Quiroga Quartet’s unaffected performance of the C minor Quartet at ...
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Article9-year-old violinist Leia Zhu gives winning Mendelssohn performance at Moscow ‘Nutcracker’ Contest
Leia Zhu, aged nine, won first prize in the stringed instrument category of the 2015 International ‘Nutcracker’ Contest for Young Musicians in Moscow on 7 December. The UK violinist is the youngest contestant to win a gold medal in the competition's 16-year history.This year the televised contest received ...
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NewsAirline refuses to accept teenager’s violin, and also turns down payment in euros
The 16-year-old was told by Ryanair staff that he must pay to take his instrument into the cabin in pounds sterling
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NewsViolinist Jun Hong Loh wins Gisborne International Music Competition in New Zealand
The 25-year-old musician receives a cash prize and a concert engagement with Orchestra Wellington
