All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 362
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ReviewJack Quartet. John Luther Adams: Everything That Rises
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: April 2018 Description: A cloud of string harmonies conjures a visionary work of serene beauty Musicians: Jack Quartet Works: ADAMS Everything That Rises Catalogue Number: COLD BLUE MUSIC CB0051 Mississippi-born, long-time Alaska ...
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NewsWanda Wiłkomirska, one of Poland’s foremost violinists and pedagogues, has died
Violinist who emigrated to Australia later in life, was as celebrated a teacher as she had been an international performer
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News15-year-old violinist María Dueñas wins Yankelevitch Competition
Spanish teenager wins first prize and 1890 violin by Eugenio Degani at Omsk-based competition
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VideoHappy Birthday Eduard Schmieder
Themes from famous violin concertos are woven into the Happy Birthday song in honour of the 70th birthday of violinist, pedagogue and conductor Eduard Schmieder, founder of the iPalpiti Artists International, a support programme for young musicians. The video features Peter Rainer, iPalpiti concertmaster since 1995, leader of the Potsdam ...
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NewsUK classical musicians struggling following years of funding cuts
Musicians’ Union research finds that 44% of UK orchestral musicians ‘don’t earn enough to live on’
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VideoAugustin Hadelich plays the Sarabande from Bach Partita no.2
Augustin Hadelich plays the Sarabande from Bach’s Partita no.2 in D minor as an encore following a performance of the Britten Violin Concerto with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (click here to view). The video was recorded at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit on 24 March 2018. ...
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VideoAugustin Hadelich: Britten Violin Concerto, Detroit Symphony, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Recorded live on 24 March 2018 at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit. Augustin Hadelich performs the Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Click here to view Hadelich’s encore from the same concert, the Sarabande from Bach’s Partita no.2 in D ...
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VideoRay Chen: Waltzing Matilda in quartet arrangement
Ray Chen, cover star of The Strad’s May 2018 issue, with his quartet, Made in Berlin, which features members of the Berlin Philharmonic: Noah Bendix-Balgley, Amihai Grosz and Stephan Koncz. The track is included on Ray Chen’s new album ‘The Golden Age’. The arrangement is by the quartet’s cellist Stephan ...
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ReviewNikolaj Znaider/LSO: Mozart Violin Concertos nos.4&5
Possibly among the most exquisite violin sound ever captured on disc
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FocusAlfonso Mosesti, 1924-2018
RAI National Symphony Orchestra concertmaster and prolific concerto soloist with admirers including Karajan, Barbirolli and Sawallisch
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NewsHerman Krebbers, 1923-2018
Soloist, teacher and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Haitink years concertmaster, dies at 94
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NewsWinners named at $100,000 M-Prize Chamber Music Competition
New York based Aizuri Quartet takes grand prize at University of Michigan School of Music competition
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GalleryFrom the archive: a c.1720 violin by Carlo Bergonzi
John Dilworth examines an early violin by the Cremonese maker, which used to belong to Paganini. First published in the April 2006 issue
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FocusPostcard from: the String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam
Even the grim January weather could do little to dampen enthusiasm as 21 top ensembles gathered for a series of concerts and masterclasses, writes Tim Homfray
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VideoThe Aizuri Quartet perform Beethoven's Grosse Fuge
In this video, filmed on 1 December 2017 at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Aizuri Quartet perform Beethoven’s op.133 Grosse Fuge. The Aizuri Quartet, which just won the $100,000 M-Prize competition, is string quartet in residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the 2017/18 season.
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ReviewEldbjørg Hemsing: Concertos by Borgström and Shostakovich
BORGSTRÖM Violin Concerto in G major op.25, SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor op.77
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ArticleJennifer Stumm's viola sets off airport explosive detector
The American violist was travelling through London’s Gatwick airport when an explosive trace detection machine picked up a false positive on her instrument case
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FocusIn my opinion, the Finzi Cello Concerto outshines the Elgar
British cellist Raphael Wallfisch explains why the Finzi concerto is a piece close to his heart – and why he continues to champion it to orchestras around the world
