All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 326
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NewsWoman, accused of destroying ex-husband's Amati among dozens of violins, arrested in Japan
Violin maker’s shop stock and collection of instruments and bows said to be worth around $1m
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BlogsPreparing for an orchestral audition: the basics
Gary Levinson, senior principal associate concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, sets out the principles of successful audition preparation
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NewsHattori Foundation names five string players among 2017 award winners
Total of £42,500 shared between eleven recipients judged to be on the cusp of international solo careers
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NewsJoshua Bell extends his Academy of St Martin in the Fields contract
Violinist, who took on artistic directorship in 2011, will now stay in role until at least 2020
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VideoTrailer: Daniel Hope - The Sound of Life
This German-produced documentary slated for release on 19 October follows the violinist on a personal pilgrimage undertaken in 2016. Hope revisits his roots and through his travels we learn of the forces that shaped him as a person and a musician, from his Jewish grandparents who fled Nazi Germany to ...
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NewsArgentine National Symphony Orchestra cancels concerts amid financial chaos
Chilean conductor Francisco Rettig calls time after months of turmoil
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FocusStradivari’s wood: investigating the chemical composition of the master's materials
For centuries, luthiers have suspected that the spruce and maple used by Antonio Stradivari had special qualities, and a recent series of experiments has sought to confirm or deny these suspicions. Here lead researcher Hwang-Ching Tai explains the methodology and findings
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VideoJames Ehnes plays the Ysaÿe Sonata no.3, 'George Enescu'
James Ehnes, who is artistic director of the Seattle Chamber Music festival, breaks out his 1715 ’Marsick’ Stradivari and gives an impromptu performance for festival staff
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NewsPavle Vujcic, concertmaster of the Dominican National Symphony for over 30 years, dies aged 64
Serbian by birth, the violinist made new home in Santo Domingo in 1983
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NewsMilan Škampa presented with International Viola Society award
Milan Škampa, violist of the Smetana Quartet from 1956 until the ensemble disbandment in 1989, has been awarded the International Viola Society’s highest award, the Silver Alto Clef, for the year 2016. IVS president – and long-time contributor to The Strad – Carlos María Solare visited Dr ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: the 1730 'De Munck-Feuermann' Stradivarius cello
This photograph was published in the April 1988 issue of The Strad. The following text is extracted from the accompanying article:
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VideoAntoine Tamestit talks about his 1672 Stradivarius viola
In this video for the LSO, Tamestit talks through the unusual features of the ‘Mahler’ Stradivarius, named in honour of the composer, not because he owned it at any time. The instrument, on loan to Tamestit from the Habisreutinger Foundation, is thought to be the first viola by Stradivari. Tamestit ...
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NewsInaugural Paganini Festival in Genoa announces programme
Festival tied to long-running Paganini Prize will feature performances on ‘The Cannon’ Guarneri
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FocusCollé: Kurt Sassmannshaus on mastering a crucial bow technique
Kurt Sassmannshaus, chair of classical violin at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, director of the Great Wall Music Academy, Beijing, and founder of violinmasterclass.com, discusses the bow stroke that forms the beginning of any effective martelé
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VideoAn Afternoon with Gregor Piatigorsky
Made not long before Piatigorsky’s death in 1976, this short film features him musing on life and music, and includes Raphael Wallfisch in his early twenties taking a lesson, as well as a close look at the 1714 ‘Batta’ Stradivari (now known as the ’Batta-Piatigorsky’). Filmed around the family home ...
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ReviewHaydn: String Quartets op.20: no.4 in D major 'Sun'; no.5 in F minor; no.6 in A major
Haydn’s ‘Sun’ emerges, blazing, out of the shadows
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VideoRay Chen's comedy videos - vol.2
A compilation of funnies from the Taiwanese-Australian violin virtuoso, featuring turns from Daniel Hope, conductor Cristian Macelaru and others
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ReviewSimone Lamsma plays Gubaidulina and Shostakovich
Gripping accounts of virtuoso Russian violin concertos, old and new
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ReviewWalton: Violin Concerto; Hindemith Variations; Partita; Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Dazzling, angular, muscular: Walton’s music played just as it should be
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NewsChristian Tetzlaff and Daniel Hope among 2017 ECHO Klassik winners
German classical music recording awards ceremony will take place at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg in October
