All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 296
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NewsViolinist Blake Pouliot wins Canada's OSM Manulife Competition
The 22-year-old Canadian musician receives a cash award of $10,000, and performing and recording opportunities
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FocusHow to encourage instrumental practice at home
Parents and teachers alike need to encourage pupils to practise their instruments at home, and there are many ways of going about it, says Royal Northern College of Music senior lecturer in education Philippa Bunting
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NewsViolinists Leila Josefowicz, Christian Tetzlaff and Gil Shaham nominated for 2017 Grammy Awards
The 59th Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on 12 February 2017
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FocusScales and exercises are essential for all string players
Not all players regard exercises as important, but without a sound technical basis you cannot achieve your expressive potential, writes the cellist
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ArticleGuy: The Blue Shroud
The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: Guy’s shroud draws a veil over Picasso’s brush strokesMusicians: Barry Guy (double bass), Maya Homburger (violin), Blue Shroud BandComposer: Barry GuyCatalogue number: INTAKT CD 266 Picasso’s Guernica generated its form through the cast-iron resolve of each brush stroke. Barry Guy’s The Blue ...
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NewsViolinist and concertmaster Jerrold Rubenstein has died
Rubenstein was concertmaster of La Monnaie Opera Orchestra and the National Orchestra of Belgium
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ArticleMaxim Vengerov rehearses Sibelius Violin Concerto with Orchestre de Paris
Maxim Vengerov rehearses the original 1904 version of Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Christoph Eschenbach for concerts taking place on 5 and 6 October 2016.Watch: Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Sibelius’s Violin Concerto and speaks about the importance of emphasising the theme ...
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News17-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason receives 400-year-old Amati on permanent loan
The 2016 BBC Young Musician-winning cellist used the instrument to perform in the competition final
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NewsViolinist Amalia Hall named Orchestra Wellington concertmaster
The 27-year-old New Zealand-born artist will join the ensemble from its first subscription concert in May next year
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ArticleJoshua Bell rehearses Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with Orchestre de Paris
Joshua Bell rehearses Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the Orchestre de Paris conducted by Daniel Harding for a concert taking place 10 November 2016. Read: ‘I often have to battle negative thoughts on stage,’ says violinist Joshua Bell Watch: Maxim Vengerov on Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma performs Schumann's Cello Concerto
Yo-Yo Ma performs Schumann's Cello Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Manfred Honeck at the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus on 20 March 2016. Read: 9 opinions on performance and career by cellist Yo-Yo Ma Watch: Pierre Fournier performs Schumann’s Cello Concerto
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ArticleHaydn: String Quartets in B flat major op.1 no.1, in G major op.33 no.5, in G major op.77 no.1
The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: Bavarian quartet makes a notable debut with a Haydn discMusicians: Goldmund QuartetComposer: HaydnCatalogue number: NAXOS 8.573701 An acute sense of timing distinguishes both music and interpretation in this promising recorded debut from the Munich-based Goldmund Quartet. These performances show how the ...
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News2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition names 16 quarter-finalists
The violinists, aged 18-28, were whittled down from 140 applicants representing 32 countries, and will compete at the New Zealand contest for a top prize of NZ$40,000
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Focus9 opinions on performance and career by cellist Yo-Yo Ma
The cellist revealed his thoughts and ideas on performing, practice, technique and musicianship to David Blum in The Strad’s January 1988 issue
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NewsCellist Yo-Yo Ma launches youth music programme in China
Youth Music Culture Guangdong (YMCG) is an annual two-week training programme for young musicians in Guangzhou, China, spearheaded by Ma
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ArticleHerzogenberg: Three String Quartets op.42, Brahms: String Quartet no.1 in C minor op.51 no.1
The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: Fascinating quartets from a friend and colleague of BrahmsMusicians: Minguet QuartetComposer: Herzogenberg, BrahmsCatalogue number: CPO 777 084-2 Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843–1900) is neither the first nor the last Brahmsian who is now making slow headway in the record catalogues (see also Gernsheim, ...
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NewsCellist Taeguk Mun wins $25,000 János Starker Foundation Award
The prize is granted to cellists under the age of 30 'who have already begun a significant career in music'
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NewsGiovanni Battista Guadagnini violin, worth $1.5m, stolen from Geneva train
Vienna Conservatory professor and Sion Music Festival artistic director Pavel Vernikov has reported the theft, which took place on Thursday last week
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Antonio Mariani, Pesaro, 166-
This illustration of a violin by Antonio Mariani was published in The Strad, March 1985. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The Mariani family - Ludovico, Fabio and Brandini - were noted for their Brescian appearance, so the assumption is often made that one ...
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NewsSinfónica de Galicia principal cellist David Ethève has died, aged 50
The French-born musician was a founding member of Sinfónica de Galicia in Spain from 1992 and served as the ensemble's principal cellist
