All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 311
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NewsFormer Berlin Philharmonic violinist Rainer Kussmaul has died aged 70
Kussmaul was also a sought-after violin professor, teaching at the Freiburg Musikhochschule, where he specialised in Baroque violin
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NewsItalian luthier Luigi Lanaro has died aged 96
Based in Padua for most of his working life, Lanaro was notable for founding the first school of violin making in Mexico
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FocusLight stringed instrument cases for airline travel
Almost every month, string players report another travel nightmare caused by flying with their instruments. Femke Colborne investigates how case manufacturers are addressing the challenges they face
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NewsBradetich Foundation International Double Bass Solo Competition names 21 candidates
Taking place in September 2017, the contest offers a top prize worth more than $30,000
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NewsThe Juilliard School appoints violinist Wei He as artistic director of its Tianjin Juilliard campus
The new Tianjin Juilliard School, to be based in Tianjin, China, will open in 2019 and offer a US accredited master’s degree – the first for any performing arts institution in China
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NewsAndré Larson, founder director of the National Music Museum, has died aged 74
Larson was instrumental in founding the National Music Museum (then Shrine to Music Museum) in 1973 and retired as the collection's director in 2011
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DebateCould listening to Beethoven be the answer to feelings of anger and isolation in the modern world?
Fidelio Quartet cellist Rachel Atkinson believes that classical music - and Beethoven in particular - has healing powers that can help us all to access a quiet contentment
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ArticleAnne-Sophie Mutter on what makes Stradivarius violins so special
If you ask the right questions, the violin will be a mate for life...these Stradivari violins have the amazing capacity to keep the substance of their sound, even when playing at the quietest pianissimo' German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter speaks about the very special quality of her own ...
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NewsLondon concert venue The Forge to close
The Camden performing arts venue, which has hosted a wide range of musical genres over eight years, will shut at the end of this week
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News300-year-old Goffriller violin stolen from London Gatwick Express train
London violinist Carol Slater has issued a plea for the return of her instrument, which went missing from the overhead luggage rack a week ago
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Matteo Goffriller, Venice, 1696
This illustration of a violin by Matteo Goffriller was published in The Strad, August 1986. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Hugh Bean once remarked that Albert Sammons 'got through one violin a week'. This statement is obviously an exaggeration but it does express ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman performs Brahms's Violin Concerto in 1978
In this live recording from 1978, violinist Itzhak Perlman performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with London's Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster. Filmed by Christopher Nupen, the video was recently released on YouTube by Allegro Films. Read: ‘Never practise for more than five hours per day,’ says violinist ...
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NewsFormer Berlin Philharmonic concertmaster Thomas Brandis has died aged 81
The violinist was a member of the Berlin Philharmonic between 1962 and 1983, and founded the Brandis Quartet
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NewsBirmingham Conservatoire viola student breaks world record dressed as a musical instrument
Alistair Rutherford broke the Guinness World Record for running the fastest half marathon in an instrument costume in Liverpool on Sunday
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NewsCellist Steven Isserlis to receive €25,000 award in Germany
British cellist Steven Isserlis has been named as the winner of the 2017 Glashütte Original MusicFestivalAward. Worth €25,000, the award will be presented at the Dresden Music Festival on 23 May, when Isserlis will perform Prokofiev's Cello Concerto in E minor with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under ...
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ArticleViolinist Janine Jansen performs Brahms aged 13
A 13-year-old Janine Jansen demonstrates perfect control and a sweet, singing tone in Brahms's Third Violin Sonata at Indiana University's String Academy in 1991. Watch: Janine Jansen rehearses Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with Orchestre de Paris in 2015 Read: Janine Jansen receives 1707 Stradivarius violin on ten-year loan
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BlogsAaron Rosand on finding the correct bowings and fingerings
There are no short cuts to discovering the fingerings and bowings to suit your hands, writes the American violinist. Practice and more practice is the key
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NewsViolist Tabea Zimmermann wins Artist of the Year at ICPA Awards
The International Classical Music Awards, given annually to the year’s finest classical artists and recordings, were announced on 1 April at a ceremony in the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Germany. Among the special prize winners was viola player Tabea Zimmermann (pictured), who received the Artist of the Year award. ...
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NewsComposer and ex-violinist Òscar Colomina i Bosch to be Menuhin School director of music
Spanish composer and former violinist Òscar Colomina I Bosch has been named as the next director of music at the Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey, UK. The 39-year-old will take up the post in September 2017, succeeding Malcolm Singer.Currently professor of orchestration at London's Royal Academy of Music ...
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ArticleThe Bach Album - Bach: Violin Sonata no.2 in A minor BWV1003; Cello Suite no.4 in E flat major BWV1010; Flute Partita in A minor BWV1013; Ciaconna from Violin Partita no.2 in D minor BWV1004
The Strad Issue: April 2017Description: Bach violin works sound majestic transcribed for viola da gambaMusicians: Fahmi Alqhai (viola da gamba)Composer: BachCatalogue number: GLOSSA GCD P33205 Fahmi Alqhai’s gamba transcriptions of four of Bach’s solo works for other instruments preserve their originals’ essential DNA but involve transpositions, modifications ...
