All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 285
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FocusHow long should a music student practise a piece?
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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NewsDutch violinist Noa Wildschut signs to Warner Classics aged 15
The young musician will release her first all-Mozart album under the new agreement in 2017
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NewsUS violinist and concertmaster John Lambros has died aged 98
The musican was also a dedicated teacher and served as a professor at Morris Harvey College in Charleston
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ReviewWhy Not Here - Music for two lyra viols by Alison, Danyel, Ferrabosco, Ford, Holborne, Jenkins and Lawes
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Delicious works for viols played ‘lyraway’ in the 17th-century style Musicians: Hille Perl, Friederike Heumann (violas da gamba) Lee Santana (lute/cittern) Michael Freimuth (lute) Composer: Alison, Danyel, Ferrabosco, Ford, Holborne, ...
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FocusHow do violin making students learn to assess an instrument's sound?
For lutherie students assessing the sound of a newly-made instrument is a crucial part of becoming a maker. Peter Somerford discovers how making schools incorporate tonal testing into their courses
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ArticleKyung Wha Chung performs Brahms Violin Concerto at Verbier Festival 2016
Kyung Wha Chung performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Verbier Festival Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit on 22 July 2016. The full performance can be watched at Medici.tv. Read: Violinist Kyung Wha Chung postpones 2016 UK tour due to finger injury Read: 6 opinions on performance and ...
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NewsViolinist Kyung Wha Chung postpones 2016 UK tour due to finger injury
The Korean musician was due to perform at London's Barbican on 26 October
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GalleryFrom the Archive: Antonius and Hieronymus Amati 'Henry IV' violin, Cremona, 1595
This illustration of a violin by Antonius and Hieronymus Amati was published in The Strad, April 1983. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Decorated violins are as old as the instrument itself. Andrea Amati of Cremona, credited with being the first known violin maker, ...
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Article9-year-old violinist Noa Wildschut performs with Janine Jansen
9-year-old Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut performs two Shostakovich violin duets with Janine Jansen at the International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht in December 2010.Wildschut, now 15, has recently signed exclusively to Warner Classics, and will release her first album for the label in 2017.
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News15-year-old violinist Elli Choi wins World Monaco Music Masters Competition 2016
US violinist Elli Choi has been named the winner of the 2016 World Monaco Music Masters Competition and receives the Prince Rainier III Prize, worth €30,000.Held annually in Monte Carlo since 1989, the contest is open exclusively to finalists of international competitions, and each year is dedicated to ...
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Article7-year-old violinist Elli Choi performs Mendelssohn in 2008
Elli Choi, aged just 7, performs the third movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto at the Strings International Music Festival in Pennsylvania, US in 2008.Choi, now aged 15, has been named the winner of the World Monaco Music Masters Competition 2016.
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NewsGyehee Kim wins 2016 George Enescu Competition violin section
The event is taking place from 3 to 25 September 2016 in Romania in violin, cello and piano disciplines
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Musician forced to remove his viola from its case and carry it on his lap on Japan flight
Martin Wray of the Dulcinea Quartet was flying on low budget airline Peach from Sapporo to Tokyo
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NewsThe Strad October 2016 issue is out now
Violinist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott discuss the demands and rewards of their duo partnership
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NewsQueensland Symphony Orchestra violinist killed in car accident
Stephen Phillips was travelling with his family while on holiday in New Zealand
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ReviewDowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: October 2016 Description: Subtle and intimate performances of Dowland’s tear-stained viol cycle Musicians: Phantasm, Elizabeth Kenny (lute) Composer: John Dowland Catalogue number: LINN CKD 527 (SACD) Subtle ...
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NewsJanine Jansen receives 1707 Stradivarius violin on ten-year loan
The Dutch violinist has been loaned the instrument by Norway's Dextra Musica foundation
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ArticleViolinist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott perform duo encore
Violinist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott perform Handel-Halvorsen’s Passacaglia as an encore in Saarbrücken, Germany in 2007. Read: Violinist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott on sound projection Julia Fischer and Daniel Müller-Schott describe the demands and rewards of their duo partnership in The Strad’s October ...
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ReviewWeinberg: Solo Violin Sonatas nos.1–3; Shostakovich: Three Fantastic Dances (transc. Glikman)
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: October 2016 Description: Roth goes it (largely) alone as he reaches Weinberg’s three solo sonatas Musicians: Linus Roth (violin), José Gallardo (piano) Composer: Weinberg, Shostakovich Catalogue number: ...
