All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 268
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ReviewDvorák: String Quartet no.13 in G major op.106. Janácek: String Quartet no.1 ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’. Suk: Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale ‘St Wenceslas’ op.35
The Strad Issue: May 2016Description: The Wihan Quartet brings symphonic space to three Czech worksMusicians: Wihan QuartetComposer: Dvorák; JanácekThe Wihan’s performance of Dvorák’s Thirteenth Quartet injects passion into every bar of the opening movement, the composer’s profusion of dynamic indications used to create so many tonal nuances. ...
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ReviewDvorák: Violin Concerto in A minor op.53; Romance in F minor op.11. Suk: Fantasy in G minor op.24
The Strad Issue: May 2016Description: Characteristically searching playing from Tetzlaff and StorgŠrdsMusicians: Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/John StorgŠrdsComposer: Dvorák; SukSometimes first impressions can be misleading. Although this disc begins with impassioned orchestral playing, answered by equally committed sound from Christian Tetzlaff, the recording sounds a little ...
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NewsCellist Yoon-Kyung Cho wins Musicians’ Company Prince’s Prize Competition
The Korean musician receives £10,000 and the £500 audience prize
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ArticleMariinsky Theatre Orchestra performs at Palmyra ruins in Syria
Valery Gergiev conducted the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra in a concert at the ruins of Palmyra, Syria yesterday. The historic site was recaptured from the so-called Islamic State (IS) by Syrian forces backed by Russian air strikes in March.The orchestra performed works by Bach, Prokofiev and Shchedrin at Palmyra's ...
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FocusFrom the Archive: a cello by Edmund Aireton, London c.1790
This illustration of a cello by Edmund Aireton was published in The Strad, January 1978. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Edmund Aireton was born in 1727 and died in 1807. He worked for Peter Walmsley who had his workshop at 'Ye Golden Harp', Piccadilly, London ...
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BlogsPostcard from European String Teachers Association conference 2016
Tartini, folk music, improvisation and puppetry: Pauline Harding reports on the 2016 ESTA conference, this year in Slovenia
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NewsBBC Young Musician of the Year names three finalists
The line-up includes 17-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason
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NewsLeopold Mozart International Violin Competition names five semi-finalists
The competition runs until 14 May in Augsburg, Germany
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ReviewSerious Business. Fisher-Lochhead: Hack. Haydn: String Quartet in E flat major op.33 no.2 ‘Joke’. Macklay: Many Many Cadences. Reminick: The Ancestral Mousetrap Spektral Quartet
The Strad Issue: May 2016 Description: The Spektral’s exploration of musical humour is no laughing matter Musicians: Spektral Quartet Composer: Fisher-Lochhead; Haydn; Macklay; Reminick Serious Business, the Chicago-based Spektral Quartet knowingly calls its collection of four ...
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NewsAkilone Quartet wins Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition 2016
The French ensemble receives a cash award of €20,000 and an international concert tour
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ArticleBBC Young Musician cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs on Britain's Got Talent
2016 BBC Young Musician finalist, cellist Sheku-Kanneh Mason performs with his siblings on Britain's Got Talent in 2015.Read: BBC Young Musician of the Year names three finalists
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Article13-year-old violinist Eduard Kollert performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
13-year-old violinist Eduard Kollert, who yesterday won the Junior first prize at the 2016 Novosibirsk International Violin Competition in Russia, performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen at the International ‘Nutcracker’ Contest for Young Musicians in Moscow in 2015. Kollert is a student of Professor Zakhar Bron, who was chair of ...
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NewsAlban Berg Quartet founding violinist Klaus Maetzl has died
The Viennese musician was also concertmaster of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
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ArticleGuy Johnston breaks cello string at BBC Young Musician 2000
I had this dream - which turned out to be a premonition - that I was going to break a string at the competition - and it actually happened!'British cellist Guy Johnston talks about the moment that his string snapped at the live televised 2000 BBC Young Musician ...
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NewsCurtis Institute of Music receives $55m gift
The award from board chair Nina Baroness von Maltzahn is one of the largest single gifts to a US music school
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NewsEuropean Union Youth Orchestra to close due to lack of EU funding
The orchestra has launched a campaign in an attempt to secure the necessary subsidy to continue operations
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BlogsYehudi Menuhin's 'Khevenhüller' Stradivarius violin copy by Emile Français
The instrument was made expressly for the great violinist for his 19th birthday, writes Stewart Pollens
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NewsEx-Havemeyer’ Guadagnini cello sells for record breaking $1.5m
The instrument was sold through Tarisio Auctions in New York on 12 May
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ReviewGrieg: String Quartet in G minor op.27. Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor op.56 ‘Voces intimae’. Thommessen: Felix Remix
The Strad Issue: May 2016Description: A Norwegian ensemble gets right inside Grieg’s singular String QuartetMusicians: EngegŠrd QuartetComposer: Grieg; Sibelius; ThommessenIt’s good to hear Grieg’s utterly individual string quartet played by an ensemble that has an equally distinctive sound – in this case, the EngegŠrd Quartet’s tight blend ...
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BlogsArmen Ksajikian's spinning cello trick
Camerata Pacifica cellist Armen Ksajikian demonstrates a neat way of avoiding all those pesky fast-note runs.His spinning cello trick was shared via fellow Camerata Pacifica musician, violinist Giora Schmidt's Facebook page.
