All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 304
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Blogs10 tips for winning a chamber music competition
The Notos Quartet has won numerous competitions - including the Parkhouse Award in London in 2011, Premio Vittorio Gui in Florence in 2013, the Almere Competition in the Netherlands in 2016 and the Schoenfeld Competition in China in 2016. Here they offer advice to aspiring chamber groups
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Stradivarius, 1689
This illustration of a 1689 violin by Antonio Stradivari was published in The Strad, August 1985. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:This month's cover features a 1689 Stradivari violin recently discovered in Switzerland. The instrument is stylistically typical of the period between 1685 ...
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NewsCellist Kian Soltani wins Leonard Bernstein Award 2017
The Austrian-Iranian cellist has been awarded the €10,000 prize by the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
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ArticleSirena Huang performs at Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition 2017
22-year-old US violinist Sirena Huang performs in the semi-final round of the inaugural Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition (EOIVC), which concluded at Florida’s Lynn Conservatory of Music on Sunday 5 February 2017.Her programme includes the first movement of Mozart's Fifth Violin Concerto and the first movement of Tchaikovsky's ...
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NewsSirena Huang wins Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition
This year's inaugural contest, which took place at Lynn Conservatory of Music in Florida, offered a grand prize of $30,000, performance opportunities and public relations support
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FocusIs popping pills the sure way to beat performance nerves?
In this article from The Strad August 2010, Catherine Nelson talks to musicians and medical experts about the risks and benefits of using beta-blockers to overcome performance anxiety, and why their use is still such a sensitive subject
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NewsVenezuelan cellist Horacio Contreras joins Music Institute of Chicago faculty
A graduate of the University of Michigan, Dr Contreras has taught at The Juilliard School and Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
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ArticleGeoffrey Rush plays the violin in trailer for new Einstein series 'Genius'
In this short clip, aired during the American Super Bowl, actor Geoffrey Rush 'performs' a violin arrangement of pop singer Lady Gaga's Bad Romance.The video is an advertisement for the new National Geographic television series 'Genius', exploring the life and work of Albert Einstein, played by Rush. ...
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BlogsDeveloping a natural and relaxed approach to string playing - part 1
Portland State University professor Dr Tomas Cotik gives an introduction to kinesthetic feelings and demonstrates techniques and exercises
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ArticleAdams: Violin Concerto, Harris: Violin Concerto
The Strad Issue: February 2017Description: Waley-Cohen rediscovers a major American fiddle concertoMusicians: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Andrew LittonComposer: John Adams, Roy HarrisCatalogue number: SIGNUM SIGCD 468 With this release Tamsin Waley-Cohen adds to an already diverse discography and further shows the range of her artistry. She ...
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NewsJust three per cent of adults consider the violin to be a masculine instrument, finds survey
The study examining gender bias toward musical instrument choice was carried out by London's Royal Albert Hall
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NewsElmar Oliveira International Violin Competition reveals judges' scores
This year’s inaugural contest, which took place at Lynn Conservatory of Music in Florida, offered a grand prize of $30,000, performance opportunities and public relations support
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NewsDanish jazz violinist and composer Svend Asmussen has died, aged 100
Over a career spanning eight decades, Asmussen collaborated with such jazz luminaries as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Stéphane Grappelli, and recorded several albums
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BlogsDeveloping a natural and relaxed approach to string playing – part 2
Portland State University professor Dr Tomas Cotik gives an introduction to kinesthetic feelings and demonstrates techniques and exercises
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NewsViolinist Andreas Buschatz and cellist Gayane Khachatryan join Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Both musicians take up principal positions within the German orchestra
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ArticleArcanum - Auerbach: Arcanum, Shostakovich (arr. Auerbach)
The Strad Issue: February 2017Description: Lera Auerbach arranges and composes for the violist Kim KashkashianMusicians: Kim Kashkashian (viola), Lera Auerbach (piano)Composer: Lera Auerbach, ShostakovichCatalogue number: ECM NEW SERIES 481 2322 Lera Auerbach’s involvement with Shostakovich’s piano Preludes op.34 began at the turn of the present century, when ...
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ArticleJ.S. Bach: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043; Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041; Gavotte en rondeau (Partita no.3 BWV1006); various arrangements (arr. Sedlar), J.C. Bach: Viola Concerto in
Nemanja Radulović and friends offer an individual take on Bach
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ArticleBach duet on 1734 Stradivarius and Guarneri del Gesù violins
Chicago Symphony Orchestra assistant concertmaster David Taylor and his former student Clarissa Bevilacqua perform on two violins made in 1734 - the Antonio Stradivari 'Lam, ex Scotland' and the Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù 'Prince Doria' - housed at the Museo del Violino in Cremona, Italy. The performance ...
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BlogsConquering performance nerves: staying focused on stage
Brian Hodges and Diana Allan answer student questions on coping with stage fright
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ArticleHow to play the modulin - a DIY synthesizer played like a violin
Martin Molin from Swedish folktronica band Wintergatan demonstrates his modulin - a home-made modular synthesizer, played like a violin.He performs arrangements of Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra, and John Williams's Jurassic Park theme.Watch: Montreal Symphony Orchestra acquires a rare octobassWatch: Vivaldi performed on the world’s smallest playable violin
