All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 282
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Article94th birthday interview with violinist Ivry Gitlis
When conductors and managers happily say of a soloist, 'He's very reliable', it's really a terrible thing. People said Heifetz's playing was perfection - but he was perfect in the sense that he was always on the edge of an abyss' In celebration of his 94th birthday, ...
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BlogsArranging Bizet’s Carmen Suites for violin and guitar
Violinist Nazrin Rashidova describes making arrangements of Bizet, Mozart, Bach and Elgar for her new album, 'Carnival'
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News300-year-old violin taken from London train is recovered safely
The Maggini instrument, beloning to Baroque musician Jane Gordon, was taken from the overhead luggage rack of the train from London Waterloo
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Focus9 perspectives on spiccato
Like riding a bicycle, mastering spiccato is all about striking the perfect balance between control and release, as these excerpts from 100 years of The Strad demonstrate
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ArticleStranded youth orchestra musicians perform in airport terminal
Musicians of the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra were stranded at New York's JFK Airport in June 2016 when their flight to Spain for a concert tour was cancelled at midnight.In response, the young performers took out their instruments and played Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations in the terminal. ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a viola by J.F. Guidantus, 1737
This illustration of a viola by J.F. Guidantus was published in The Strad, August 1982. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:In the June 1982 London sales, among the sought-after instruments at Christie's was a J.F. Guidantus 1737 viola, which predictably exceeded its estimate by realising ...
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NewsShanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition announces six finalists
The violinists are competing for a top prize of $100,000 from 14 August to 2 September 2016
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NewsShanghai Isaac Stern Violin Competition reveals scores of eliminated semi-finalists
The violinists are competing for a top prize of $100,000 from 14 August to 2 September 2016
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ReviewBeethoven: Violin Concerto in D major op.6; Mozart, Françaix: Nonet (after the Quintet K452); Schumann: Phantasie in C major op.131
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: A new ensemble meets with conspicuous success in Mozart and Schumann Musicians: Sebastian Bohren (violin), Chaarts Chamber Artists Composer: Beethoven, Mozart, Françaix, Schumann Catalogue number: RCA RED ...
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Article'More violas!' demands Sergiu Celibidache
It's enough to strike fear in the heart of any self-respecting orchestral violist. Romanian maestro Sergiu Celibidache yells 'Viola!' at the top of his voice during a rehearsal of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony in the hope that the section will respond. Judging from his expression, the end result is ...
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FocusHow to encourage a relaxed left-hand thumb in string students
Top viola teacher Bruno Giuranna answer a reader's question for The Strad's Teacher Talk section
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ArticleMaking music at 8,000 feet - Stockhausen's Helicopter String Quartet
Stockhausen's infamous Helicopter String Quartet - which requires the musicians to play and sing as an ensemble while travelling in four separate helicopters - is performed at the Salzburg Festival in 2003.The flying quartet is only one part of the composer's opera, Mittwoch aus Licht (Wednesday from Light), ...
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ReviewBrahms: Complete Piano Trios; ‘Double’ Concerto in A minor op.102
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Brahms’s three piano trios and the concerto for the same soloists Musicians: Hagai Shaham (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Arnon Erez (piano) Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie/Daniel Raiskin Composer: Brahms Catalogue ...
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NewsFormer Berlin Philharmonic principal cellist Eberhard Finke has died aged 96
The cellist was also a founding member of the 12 cellos of the Berlin Philharmonic ensemble
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NewsInternational Federation of Musicians publishes ranking of airline musical instrument policies
The international organisation for musicians' unions has ranked airline policies as red, amber and green
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NewsBirmingham Conservatoire appoints International String Instrument Expert
Florian Leonhard will visit the UK music school regularly to work with students and staff
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NewsTips for playing a concerto for the first time with orchestra
Top teachers Boris Kuschnir, Mimi Zweig and Géza Szilvay answer a reader's question for The Strad's Teacher Talk section
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Article'Art takes time,' says violinist Pinchas Zukerman
We like to see things today grow within 24 hours, but it doesn't work like that. Art needs time.'Pinchas Zukerman talks about musical education in China and describes the growth of classical music in the country as a long and complicated process.Read: 'Playing the viola is greatly beneficial ...
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ReviewDämmerung - Brucken Fock: Cello Sonata in E minor; Dohnányi: Cello Sonata in B flat minor; Zemlinsky: Cello Sonata in A minor; Three Pieces
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Nineteenth-century cello sonatas revisited and rediscovered Musicians: Larissa Groeneveld (cello), Frank van de Laar (piano) Composer: Brocken Fock, Dohnányi, Zemlinsky Catalogue number: GUTMAN CD154 Groeneveld and van ...
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Blogs'If career becomes more important than the music, your soul becomes empty,' says cellist Steven Isserlis
Cellist Steven Isserlis on the importance of putting your art first
