All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 325
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NewsViolinist prevented from taking 1709 Stradivarius on bus
Christian Svarfvar claims he was forced to place his valuable violin in the luggage compartment after the driver refused him entry in Stockholm
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NewsThe Strad August 2017 issue is out now
German cellist Jan Vogler discusses cross-arts collaboration and his new project with Hollywood actor Bill Murray
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NewsCellist Yo-Yo Ma steps in to save floating concert hall
Designed by Louis Kahn, the concert boat was constructed in 1976 and has travelled around America and Europe for 50 years, operated by conductor Robert Austin Boudreau
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VideoNew Worlds: cellist Jan Vogler performs with Hollywood actor Bill Murray
A trailer for the New Worlds project, featuring cellist Jan Vogler, violinist Mira Wang (his wife), pinaist Vanessa Perez and Bill Murray. In The Strad’s August 2017 issue Jan Vogler talks about music, literature and how a chance encounter led to an artistic collaboration with Hollywood legend Bill Murray The ...
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NewsKronberg Academy to get state-of-the-art new home
Strings hothouse will build 550-seat concert hall plus study and administrative facilities
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NewsArgentinian cellist José Bragato dies at the age of 101
The cellist, composer, arranger and conductor, whose career was inextricably linked with Piazzolla and the Nuevo Tango, has died in Buenos Aires
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FocusBlind testing Strads and Guarneris misses a fundamental point
Researchers who seek to compare Old Italian instruments with modern ones under scientific conditions don’t appreciate that the potential of a Strad is intrinsically entwined with its player, writes Frank Almond
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VideoBachianas Brasileiras no.1, Villa-Lobos, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Truls Mørk and cellists of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra perform the piece that defined the Brazilian Cello Ensemble tradition. The August 2017 issue of The Strad features an article by Lars Hoefs, leader of the Unicamp Cello Ensemble in São Paulo, on Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras no.1 and its legacy ...
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NewsCooper International Violin Competition down to final three
The finalists will compete on 21 July 2017 for the $20,000 top prize
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FocusMy most memorable musical experience – Joshua Bell
A wayward shoulder rest nearly ruins the violinist’s first appearance with a world-class orchestra, aged just 14
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NewsCellist Kian Soltani signs with Deutsche Grammophon
Austrian-Iranian musician, 25, won the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Leonard Bernstein Award earlier this year
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VideoThe Pavel Haas Quartet plays Pavel Hass Quartet no.2
In this video, the Pavel Haas Quartet plays the final movement of Pavel Haas’s String Quartet No 2, ‘From the Monkey Mountains’. The movement, titled ‘Wild Night’, is in the original version with added percussion, which Haas removed after it proved too adventurous for the audience at its premiere in ...
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NewsJohan Dalene wins Cooper International Violin Competition
Swedish 16-year-old Johan Dalene picks up the $20,000 top prize with a performance of the Tchaikovsky Concerto
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NewsQantas refuses to accept 1766 Guadagnini as hand luggage, claims violinist
Ole Böhn chose to miss his flight rather than let the violin travel to Sydney in the hold
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NewsHilary Hahn calls on fans for upcoming Deutsche Grammophon album artwork
American violinist turns to fan artists for career retrospective release due in the autumn
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GalleryFrom the Archive: Basso Di Camera by William Booth Snr, 1821
These photographs of a chamber bass were published in the March 1988 issue of The Strad. The following text is extracted from the accompanying article:
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VideoJohan Dalene plays Ravel's Tzigane
In this video, then 15-year-old Johan Dalene performs in the final of the Polstjärne Prize with the Gothenberg Symphony in January 2017
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NewsViolinist Thomas Füri, former director of Camerata Bern, dies aged 70
Füri died following a long illness the day after his 70th birthday
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NewsCecilia String Quartet to give final season of performances
The Canadian-based ensemble won the Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2010
