All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 278
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NewsAaron Dworkin And Chi-Chi Nwanoku awarded Trinity Laban Honorary Fellowships
The violinist and double bassist were honoured at the Sphinx Global Symposium on Diversity in Classical Music
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ReviewAdès: Arcadiana; Nørgård: Quartetto Breve; Abrahamsen:Ten Preludes
The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: Adventurous programming for the Danish Quartet’s ECM debut Musicians: Danish Quartet Composer: Adès, Nørgård, Abrahamsen Catalogue number: ECM 481 2385 The Danish Quartet is surely one of ...
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ArticleSol Gabetta and cello ensemble perform Piazzolla's Primavera Porteña
Sol Gabetta joins fellow cellists Ivan Monighetti, Monika Leskovar, Rafael Rosenfeld, Emil Rovner, Asier Polo, Kian Soltani and Astrig Siranossian to perform Astor Piazzolla's Primavera Porteña at the Solsberg Festival in 2015. Watch: Sol Gabetta's cello transformed by light show for BBC Proms Sol Gabetta is The ...
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ReviewBach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV1001–6
The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: Period inflexions in Romantic style as Kaplan returns to solo Bach Musicians: Mark Kaplan Composer: Bach Catalogue number: BRIDGE 9460 (2 CDs) Mark Kaplan’s second recording of ...
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ArticleSol Gabetta performs Elgar's Cello Concerto at Proms 2016
Sol Gabetta performs the fourth movement of Elgar's Cello Concerto at the 2016 BBC Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo. Read: ‘There is a tiger inside my instrument': Sol Gabetta talks about her newly acquired cello Watch: Sol Gabetta’s cello transformed by light ...
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FocusViolinist Isaac Stern in China
Captured in the 1979 Academy Award-winning documentary 'From Mao to Mozart', Isaac Stern had a transformative effect on China's classical music scene, writes Nancy Pellegrini
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NewsGofriller violin stolen at London underground station is recovered safely
The 18th-century instrument was snatched while Krysia Osostowicz was unlocking her bike
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ReviewTestament. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV1001–6
The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: Another returnee to the Sonatas and Partitas offers a more personal voice Musicians: Rachel Barton Pine Composer: Bach Catalogue number: AVIE AV 2360 (2 CDs) The G ...
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FocusRecording your playing provides easy and effective feedback. So why isn’t everyone doing it?
With techniques drawn from sport psychology you can retain more of what you learn, says musician and performance psychology expert Christine Carter
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NewsChristoph Croisé wins Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition cello section
This year's event takes place in Harbin, China between 23 July and 1 August in violin, cello and chamber disciplines
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NewsAlice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition names joint violin winners
This year's event takes place in Harbin, China between 23 July and 1 August in violin, cello and chamber disciplines
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NewsViolinist Yu-Chien Tseng signs to Deutsche Grammophon
The 21-year-old Taiwanese musician will release his first album for the label at the end of December
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ReviewBeethoven: Violin Sonatas: no.5 in F major op. 24 ‘Spring’; no.10 in G major op.96
The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: A Beethoven violin sonata cycle on period instruments continues Musicians: Susanna Ogata (violin) Ian Watson (fortepiano) Composer: Beethoven Catalogue number: CORO COR 16143 The second volume of ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Sam Daniels, Jerome, Idaho, 1977
This illustration of a violin by Sam Daniels was published in The Strad, August 1980. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Sam Daniels was born in 1915 in Idaho. His first attempt at making a violin was in 1936, when Sam ordered a kit from the ...
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BlogsIf you're not nervous, your playing is not going to be exciting': Cellist and 2016 Schoenfeld winner Christoph Croisé
The 22-year-old Swiss musician discusses preparation, practice and repertoire in an exclusive interview
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NewsCathay Pacific and Dragonair increase space allocated for musical instruments in the cabin
Small instruments such as violins, violas, clarinets and flutes are now allowed on flights as hand luggage
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ArticleEric Silberger and ensemble perform The Lark Ascending arranged for string sextet
In this brand new video Heifetz Institute Artist in Residence Eric Silberger is joined by the Von Quartet and bassist Matt Sorrentino to give the North American premiere of composer and arranger Martin Gerigk's string-sextet version of The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams.Watch: Violinist Eric Silberger performs ...
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ArticleMadeleine Mitchell on becoming a complete violinist
The violinist and Royal College of Music, London professor speaks about adopting a rounded approach to being a musician
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NewsCellist Daniel Hass wins 2016 Michael Measures Prize, worth $25,000
The prize recognises promise in the next generation of Canadian classical musicians
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ReviewBeethoven Six String Quartets op.18
The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: The Cypress bows out with Beethoven’s early set of six string quartets Musicians: Cypress Quartet Composer: Beethoven Catalogue number: AVIE AV 2348 (Two CDs) The Cypress Quartet ...
