All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 360
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NewsMenuhin Competition: semi-finalists announced
Nine senior category and ten junior category violinists have progressed to the semi-finals
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VideoMenuhin Competition junior semifinals
This is an archived live stream from the Menuhin Competition in Geneva. In this session of the junior seminals you can hear: Miray Ito – 2.15pm - 2.45pm Piazzolla Histoire du Tango, Café 1930 Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 4 Wieniawski Polonaise No. 1 in D major Non Aoyama ...
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FocusAsk the Experts: how effective are instrument case humidity gauges?
Four violin makers respond to a New Zealand musician’s query regarding the effectiveness (or otherwise) of humidity gauges built into instrument cases
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NewsAcademy of Ancient Music appoints new leader
The early music group announces long-time principal player Bojan Čičić as leader of the orchestra
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NewsMenuhin Competition junior finalists revealed
Six finalists in junior section range from ages 10 to 13
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VideoMenuhin Competition, senior semi-finals
This is an archived live stream from the Menuhin Competition in Geneva. In this session of the junior seminals, the programme was: Tianyou Ma – 10am - 10.30am Beethoven String Quartet Op.18, No. 4 in C minor Yair Klartag Half Tiger, Half Poet Paganini (transcribed Szymanowski) Caprice ...
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VideoAmit Peled performs Kol Nidrei at the March of the Living Holocaust Memorial Concert
In this video filmed on 11 April 2018 at Krakow Philharmonic hall, Israeli-American cellist Amit Peled performs Bruch’s Kol Nidrei at the Holocaust Memorial Concert on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day and the March of the Living. The March of the Living is an international education project which takes ...
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NewsLaunch of $1.8m initiative to diversify American orchestras
National Alliance for Audition Support forms to tackle under-representation of Black and Latino musicians in US orchestras
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NewsMenuhin Competition senior finalists announced
Four violinists between the ages of 17 and 20 remain in the race for the $15,000 first prize plus raft of benefits and opportunities
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NewsStrings at The Proms: our pick of the programme, released today
We’ve scoured the listings of 90 concerts across eight weeks for string concertos and other highlights for Strad readers
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FocusSentimental work: David Geringas on Bach's Cello Suite no.1
In this article from 2016, the Lithuanian cellist reflects on how Bach’s Cello Suite no.1 has influenced some of the key moments of his life
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VideoJohannes Moser performs Shostakovich Cello Sonata with Andrei Korobeinikov
German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser performs the second movement of Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata in D minor with pianist Andrei Korobeinikov. The two are currently on a Canadian recital tour
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DebateIs playing a concerto really the ultimate test of musicianship?
Performing a concerto has long been regarded as the highest test of a string player's musical prowess. But what exactly do they prove, asks Toby Deller
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ReviewGautier Capuçon: Intuition
Works by Massenet, Ducros, Saint-Saëns, Sollima, Dvořák, Elgar, Popper, Casals, Paganini, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Joplin, Fauré and Piazzolla
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VideoPekka Kuusisto on finding his interpretation of the Prokofiev Violin Concerto no.1
In this video from the Philharmonia Orchestra, Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto talks about his love of Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto, and finding his personal interpretation of the work. Kuusisto is performing the concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, in May 2018 in Cardiff and London. More details ...
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FocusThe Strad Quiz: Gut, mutes and tunings
Ten tough questions on bowed string instruments, their makers, players and music
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NewsChloe Chua and Christian Li share Menuhin Competition 2018 Junior Division first prize
This year’s Junior Final, featuring violinists aged between 10 and 13, took place in Victoria Hall, Geneva
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NewsDiana Adamyan wins 2018 Menuhin Competition Senior Division
This year’s Senior Final, featuring violinists aged between 17 and 20, took place in Victoria Hall, Geneva
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VideoDiana Adamyan's Menuhin Competition winning performance of the Bruch concerto
Diana Adamyan, who has been named the winner of the Menuhin Competition 2018 Senior Division, here performs Bruch’s Violin Concerto no.1 in the competition’s final.
