All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 358
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NewsMichael Tree, violist, 1934-2018
Veteran chamber musician who co-founded the Guarneri Quartet and remained with it for the entire 45 years of its life, dies aged 84
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FocusTechnique: Minna Rose Chung on double stopping and Tartini tones
Using ‘difference tones’ to perfect your intonation when tackling double stopping passagework
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VideoBusoni's Kultaselle played on Stradivarius ‘Chigiano’ cello
In this video, cellist Erica Piccotti plays Busoni’s Kultaselle - variations on a Finnish theme on the Stradivari ‘Chigiano’ cello, with pianist Monica Cattarossi. The cello belongs to the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena and has been exhibited at the Museo del Violino, Cremona, as well as featuring in The ...
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FocusThe Strad Quiz: Concerto edition
Ten multiple-choice questions featuring concertos for string instruments
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ArticleThe longest string quartet ever proves a good gamble in Monte Carlo
Our Côte d’Azur correspondent Toby Deller settles into a comfy chair for Morton Feldman’s notorious five-hour long String Quartet no.2 – courtesy of the Quatuor Béla and the Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo
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ReviewMichael Barenboim: Sciarrino, Tartini, Berio, Paganini
SCIARRINO Six Caprices; TARTINI Violin Sonata in G minor ‘Devil’s Trill’; BERIO Sequenza VIII; PAGANINI Caprices (selection)
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ReviewEscher Quartet: Works by Dvořák, Borodin and Tchaikovsky
DVOŘÁK String Quartet no.12 in F major op.96 ‘American’; BORODIN String Quartet no.2 in D major; TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet no.1 in D major op.11
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FocusBollywood strings: how the violin became the signature sound of Hindi cinema
The sound of massed violins underpins the music in thousands of Indian films. Tim Woodall traces the instrument’s colourful history in Mumbai’s film industry
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Video11-year-old Leia Zhu performs early Mendelssohn concerto
In this video, violinist Leia Zhu, born in the UK in October 2006, performs the Mendelssohn’s early D minor Violin Concerto with the Kazan Chamber Orchestra ‘La Primavera’ conducted by Rustem Abyazov. The concert took place on 14 March 2018.
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NewsViolin belonging to Russell Crowe fetches £89,500 at auction
Leandro Bisiach instrument used in the 2003 film Master and Commander was sold as part of an auction of the Australian actor’s belongings ostensibly to fund his divorce settlement
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NewsCellist Maxim Calver wins the string category of BBC Young Musician 2018
Eighteen-year-old Menuhin School student gains place in semi-final playing works by Lutoslawski, Brahms and Stravinsky
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VideoMaxim Calver's performance in the BBC Young Musician strings category final
This video is Maxim Calver’s performance from the strings category final of BBC Young Musician 2018, featuring works by Lutoslawski, Brahms and Stravinsky. Calver, 18, a Menuhin School student, has now gained a place in the overall semi-final, which will be broadcast on Friday 11 May.
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NewsPaganini International Violin Competition announces 16 semifinalists
Event in its 55th edition offers a €20,000 first prize and opportunity to perform on Paganini’s favourite violin
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NewsCandidates named for $100,000 Shanghai Isaac Stern Competition
Starting on 10 August this year, the 36 young violinists will be competing for the biggest prize pot available in any competition
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FocusFrom the archive: a 1759 viola by Antonio Bagatella
In this article from the February 2015 issue of The Strad, Jens Stenz takes a close look at a short but broad 18th-century viola made in Padua
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FocusWin the Casals Quartet’s first Beethoven album
©Josep Molina The Casals Quartet will release the complete Beethoven string quartets on three albums for Harmonia Mundi in June 2018, spring 2019, and 2020. The first album, ‘Inventions’, features Quartets nos.1, 3, 4, 7, 12 and 16, and op.14 no.1. ‘The works are absolutely idiomatic,’ says ...
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ReviewMatthew Sharp: works for cello by Hans Gál
GÁL Concertino for cello and strings; Sonata for solo cello; Suite for solo cello
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VideoPhiladelphia Orchestra cellist plays Bach on glass cello
Long-time Philadelphia Orchestra cellist Bob Cafaro plays the Courante from Bach’s first cello suite on an instrument by glass artist Gary Word exhibited at the Benjamin Franklin Museum in Philadelphia.
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FocusDid Beethoven write idiomatically for the string quartet?
The Casals Quartet has embarked on a large-scale Beethoven cycle, both in the studio and on tour to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The players speak to Richard Wigmore about the demands of the repertoire, which in so many ways was ahead of its time
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NewsPaganini International Violin Competition: the finalists
All-male final six, including three Americans, competing for €20,000 first prize and opportunity to perform on Paganini’s favourite violin
