All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 302
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NewsPiano Guys to perform at Trump presidential inauguration
The American cello and piano ensemble has defended the decision against widespread social media criticism in a blog on its website
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ArticleViolinist David Garrett performs Bazzini's Dance of the Goblins New Year's Eve 2016
German violinist David Garrett performs Bazzini's Dance of the Goblins as part of the New Year's Eve show on Russian television station Kultura, 31 December 2016. Watch: David Garrett sets Guinness World Record for Fastest Violin Player Watch: Violinist Maxim Vengerov performs Bazzini’s Dance of the Goblins
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NewsThe Strad February 2017 issue is out now
Examining the mysteries behind French maker Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume's 'Evangelists' quartet of instruments
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ArticleMendelssohn: String Quartets: no.5 in E flat major op.44 no.3, no.6 in F minor op.80; Four Pieces op.81: nos.3 & 4
The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: The Escher Quartet completes its Mendelssohn survey in styleMusicians: Escher QuartetComposer: MendelssohnCatalogue number: BIS 2160 (SACD) With the third and final instalment of its Mendelssohn quartets survey, the New York-based Escher Quartet ends on a high, entirely upholding the standards of earlier ...
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ArticleChristophe Coin performs Vivaldi on 5-string violoncello piccolo
Christophe Coin, who is interviewed in The Strad's February 2017 issue, performs Vivaldi's Cello Concerto RV 414 in G on a five-string violoncello piccolo with Il Giardino Armonico.Read: Ask the Experts - obtaining a five-string celloRead: Violoncello da spalla – story of a rediscovery
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NewsKLM airline refuses to allow viola in the cabin, despite misleading hand baggage policy
Violist Rachel Bolt was unable to book an extra seat for her instrument on the fully booked flight from London to St Barts via Amsterdam, but eventually convinced staff to allow her to board following a two-hour stand off
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ArticleRavel: Piano Trio in A minor. Saint-Saëns: Piano Trio no.2 in E minor op.92
The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: French piano trios played with confidence and eleganceMusicians: Fidelio TrioComposer: Ravel, Saint-SaënsCatalogue number: RESONUS RES 10173 It’s sometimes tempting to describe Saint-Saëns’s chamber music as offering a mixture of Beethovenian weight and Mendelssohnian lightness, although Nigel Simeone in his excellent note for ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: the 'Harrison' Stradivarius violin, 1693
This illustration of a 1695 violin by Antonio Stradivari [the date has since been corrected to 1693] was published in The Strad, June 1985. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographsThe Shrine to Music Museum [now named the National Music Museum or ‘NMM’] in ...
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NewsCello broken to pieces on United Airlines flight, claims musician
Florida State University graduate student in cello performance Carrie Miller has set up a Go Fund Me page to replace her instrument
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NewsTeenagers break Vienna Symphony viola player's finger at metro station
Michael Buchmann was involved in an altercation with three young men over smoking on Saturday evening
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BlogsSing your way to string playing perfection - violinist Jack Liebeck
Breath control is very much like bow control, says the British violinist and Royal Academy of Music professor
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ArticleAn orchestra of 90 double basses
90 double bass players of the Korea Double Bass Association perform 'The Death of Ase', 'Anitra's Dance' and 'In the Hall of the Mountain King' from Grieg's Peer Gynt at the Seoul Arts Center, South Korea in October 2011.Watch: 1,000 cellists perform in JapanRead: Too few conductors understand ...
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NewsBritish orchestras are reaching larger audiences but losing income, says ABO
According to an Association of British Orchestras report, published today, British orchestras faced a five per cent drop in their total income from 2013 to 2016.
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FocusAsk the Experts: how effective are stringed instrument 'playing-in' devices?
Strad readers submit their problems and queries about string playing, teaching or making to our experts
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NewsDocumentary short 'Joe's Violin' receives Oscar nomination
The film tells the story of a Holocaust survivor who donates his violin to a Bronx schoolgirl
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NewsCroall, McEwen' Stradivarius violin, worth £2m, to be auctioned
Previous violinists who have performed on the instrument include Frank Peter Zimmermann, Alexander Gilman and Suyeon Kim
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NewsDutch luthier Frederick Lindeman has died aged 84
The maker and restorer specialised in re-conversion of modernised stringed instruments to their original Baroque state
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BlogsConquering performance nerves: how can I become more comfortable during lessons?
Brian Hodges and Diana Allan answer student questions on coping with stage fright
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NewsViolin by Luc Deneys stolen on Madrid Metro
The €20,000 violin was on loan to Elina Sitnikava, a violin student of Zakhar Bron at the Queen Sofía College of Music in Madrid
