All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 258
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ReviewGrieg: Violin Sonatas: no.1 in F major, no.2 in G major, no.3 in C minor
The Strad Issue: February 2016Description: Admirable playing – but it can’t match up to the competitionMusicians: Daniela Cammarano (violin) Alessandro Deljavan (piano)Composer: GriegDaniela Cammarano and Alessandro Deljavan offer commendable, thoughtful readings, rising to the various challenges of the fast movements and responding well to the abundant lyricism ...
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ArticleAn inside view of Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra with 12 GoPro cameras
The Cleveland Institute of Music has launched CIM Perspectives, a series of videos to be published on YouTube, in which student performers wear GoPro cameras during concerts to give viewers an idea of what it feels like to perform with an orchestra.In the first video the Cleveland Institute ...
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NewsDanish National Chamber Orchestra secures funding for the next three years
The ensemble faced closure at the end of 2014 when its state subsidy was suddenly withdrawn
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ReviewKancheli: Chiaroscuro; Twilight
The Strad Issue: February 2016Description: Kremer and friends locate the light and dark in Kancheli’s musicMusicians: Gidon Kremer, Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Kremerata BalticaComposer: KancheliGiya Kancheli’s pessimistic view of the world expresses itself in music that can be both simplistic and banal. Familiar, sentimental, often sickly Romantic chord ...
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BlogsA hybrid setup can be just as effective as a wholly authentic approach to Baroque performance
When recording Johann Joseph Vilsmaÿr’s Six Partitas, violinist Vaughan Jones experimented with period bows, gut strings and a lack of chin and shoulder rest before achieving the perfect balance
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin labelled Duiffoprugcar believed to be the work of J.B.Vuillaume
This illustration of a violin labelled Duiffoprugcar was published in The Strad, February 1974
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ArticleViolinist Midori on practising
The build up of skills is very exciting and motivating...' Violinist Midori speaks about practising for Classical Chops Watch: Violinist Midori on coping with stage fright Read: Never practise for more than five hours per day, says violinist Itzhak Perlman Read: 12 ways to encourage children to ...
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NewsSendai International Violin Competition 2016 names shortlisted candidates
The 40 selected violinists will compete for a $26,000 grand prize in Sendai, Japan in May and June
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ReviewSchubert: String Quintet in C major D956
The Strad Issue: February 2016Description: Schubert’s chamber masterpiece in an arrangement with added bottomMusicians: Amsterdam Sinfonietta Soloists, Rick Stotijn (double bass)Composer: SchubertTaking inspiration from a Sliding Doors vision of history – Domenico Dragonetti and Schubert as bosom buddies – the latest recording from the Amsterdam Sinfonietta takes ...
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ArticleViolinist Augustin Hadelich performs Sarasate's Zapateado
Violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Sarasate's Spanish Dance, op.23 no.2 'Zapateado' with pianist Akira Eguchi. The violinist has won the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category at the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles - his first Grammy.
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NewsViolinist Augustin Hadelich wins his first Grammy Award
The musician was honoured at the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
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NewsMichael Foyle wins 2016 Netherlands Violin Competition
The 24-year-old violinist receives €12,000 and performing opportunities
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ArticleViolinist Isaac Stern on what makes an artist
It takes a very peculiar combination of humility and arrogance. You need arrogance to believe in ideas of your own and humility enough to know you will never find the final answer' The great violinist Isaac Stern talks about musicianship and what it takes to be an ...
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ReviewShostakovich: Cello Concertos nos.1 & 2
The Strad Issue: February 2016Description: Capuçon and Gergiev find the chamber intimacy in the cello concertosMusicians: Gautier Capuçon (cello) Mariinsky Orchestra/Valery GergievComposer: ShostakovichIt is difficult for anyone recording these particular scores to ignore the towering presence of Mstislav Rostropovich, for whom both concertos were written and who ...
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Article12-year-old Veronika Mona Bogic gives winning de Falla performance at Grumiaux Violin Competition
Serbian violinist Veronika Mona Bogic gives a winning performance of Manuel de Falla's Danse Espagnole. The 12-year-old shared first place with 11-year-old Aliaksandra Arbuzava in the 13 years and under category at the International Grumiaux Violin Competition 2016 .Winner of the 10 years and under category was 9-year-old ...
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News2016 Borletti-Buitoni Trust awards go to Danish String Quartet and violinist Alexandra Conunova
The grants, worth £20,000 and £30,000, are also awarded to Calidore String Quartet, violinist Maria Milstein and violist Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad
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NewsThe Strad March 2016 issue is out now
What happened when top international luthiers created a group-made violin - Project 'OBIE 1' - at VSA/Oberlin Violin Makers Workshop
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ReviewBerg: Lyric Suite. Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht. Webern: Langsamer Satz; Five Movements op.5
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: March 2016Description: Expressions of love by the composers of the Second Viennese SchoolMusicians: Belcea Quartet, Nicolas Bone (viola) Antonio Meneses (cello)Composer: Berg; Schoenberg; WebernA theme of love runs through this very generously filled, 81-minute disc of music by the Second Viennese School ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on the importance of singing
When you play a stringed instrument, breathing and phrasing are so important' Violinist Itzhak Perlman and his wife Toby Perlman discuss why it's important for string players studying on the Perlman Music Program to sing in a WYNC radio interview. Read: More string players of today should ...
