All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 293
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Article9-year-old violinist Leia Zhu performs Sibelius Humoresque
In the video above violinist Leia Zhu, aged 9, makes her debut at London's Barbican Centre, performing Sibelius Humoresque op.87 no.2 with the London Schools Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Ash on 21 September 2016.Watch the young violinist performing the second and third movements of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto ...
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ArticleHilary Hahn performs Beethoven Violin Concerto cadenza
Hilary Hahn gives a consummate performance of Kreisler's first movement cadenza to Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin. The performance opened the orchestra's 2016-17 season. Watch: Violinist Hilary Hahn on owning the stage Read: Violinist Hilary Hahn on practice and interpretation
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FocusViolinist Hilary Hahn on practice and interpretation
In June 2012 violinist Hilary Hahn was guest editor of The Strad's ‘Conversations' special. The following five quotations on performance and interpretation are extracted from that issue.
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Article3D imaging: Stradivarius 'Benvenuti' violin, 1727
This short video shows a visualisation of the inside of the 'Benvenuti' violin made by Antonio Stradivari in Cremona, Italy, in 1727. The 360-degree rendering of the instrument's interior was made using scans taken at the Vienna Micro-CT Lab. Andrea Zanrè tells the story of the ‘Benvenuti’ violin, while Rudolf ...
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NewsThe Strad December 2016 issue is out now
British violinist Tasmin Little describes how lessons with Yehudi Menuhin informed her new disc of Vivaldi's Four Seasons
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NewsLong-serving Boston Symphony principal cellist Jules Eskin has died, aged 85
Eskin served as principal cellist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 53 years and was a founding member of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players
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WinWIN Tasmin Little's CD A Violin for All Seasons
In the December 2016 issue of The Strad, violinist Tasmin Little discusses her latest recording project, A Violin for All Seasons, which pairs Vivaldi's Four Seasons with a new take on the concept by British composer Roxanna Panufnik.‘I have loved Roxanna’s music for a long time, particularly ...
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NewsMet concertmaster David Chan named Montclair Orchestra music director
Chan, who has served as concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for 17 years, will take up his new Montclair post from the ensemble's inaugural 2017-2018 season
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DebateInstrumental teachers should discourage competition among their students
It's worth managing pressures in the early stages of a musician's development, argues Naomi Yandell
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NewsSphinx Organization receives National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award
The initiative, which aims to 'transform lives through the power of diversity in the arts', was honoured by US First Lady Michelle Obama in the White House
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ArticleShould orchestral musicians be fearful of their conductor?
Explore more Featured Stories like this in The Strad Playing Hub People would still have nervous twitches when they came to certain passages because the conductor was such a tyrant and so mean spirited. Ten years later they still had a physical reaction.' Conductors and orchestral musicians speak about ...
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NewsViolinist Nigel Kennedy considers leaving 'fascist' UK for Germany
The British musician was speaking to Sky News about the result of the UK's Brexit referendum
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ArticleJanine Jansen performs Brahms Violin Concerto in 2016
Janine Jansen performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo Järvi at NHK Hall in Tokyo, Japan in February 2016. Watch Jansen performing Brahms's Concerto in 2014 with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Bernard Haitink. Read: Janine Jansen receives 1707 Stradivarius ...
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NewsNew research finds we respond intellectually to classical music and physically to pop music
The team from China set out to prove that 'pleasure from artistic music is intellectual while that from popular music is physiological'
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ArticleBeethoven: Complete Sonatas and Variations for Cello and Piano
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: November 2016Description: Childhood friends divine the details in Beethoven’s cello worksMusicians: Gautier Capuçon (cello) Frank Braley (piano)Composer: BeethovenCatalogue number: ERATO 9029595113 This significant release looks set to become a landmark in contemporary Beethoven recordings. Its textual accuracy, seemingly effortless technical facility, ...
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NewsViolin, viola, cello and bow makers honoured at 2016 VSA competition
Hungarian luthier Gábor Draskóczy scores double gold in violin category
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NewsNorwegian Air refuses to refund extra luggage charge for violin
Violinist Ellen Fjærvoll Samdal claims the airline refused to allow her entry on a flight to Prague because she was carrying her violin and a purse as hand baggage
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ArticleFantasies, Rhapsodies and Daydreams - Massenet: ‘Méditation’ from Thaïs, Ravel: Tzigane, Saint-Saëns: Havanaise; Introduction and rondo capriccioso, Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Vaughan Williams: The Lar
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: Steinbacher takes on concert encores with flair and virtuosityMusicians: Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo/Lawrence FosterComposer: Massenet, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Vaughan WilliamsCatalogue number: PENTATONE PTC 5186536 As Arabella Steinbacher says in the booklet, this CD recalls the old ...
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NewsYoo Na Ha wins Mirecourt International Violin Competition 2016
The 25-year-old South Korean violinist receives €5,000 in addition to the special prize for 'best personality'
