All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 366
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FocusLife Lessons: Kyung Wha Chung
Take a leaf out of Brahms’s book, says the South Korean violinist, who also explains why perseverance is so important
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VideoHorses fascinated by cello playing
In this video, Danish cellist Ida Riegels plays one of her own compositions to horses at a riding school in Switzerland. Riegels is currently cycling the length of the Rhine, 1000 kilometres (620 miles) from the Swiss Alps to the Dutch North Sea coast, with a cello on her back, ...
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NewsIndianapolis Violin Competition announces candidates
The tenth edition of the quadrennial competition publishes list of 40 young players vying for $30,000 top prize and numerous opportunities
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FocusTitanium: the perfect material for instrument fittings?
Tough and light, titanium is thought to be the leading material for stringed instrument adjusters and fixtures, but does the metal have acoustic benefits too? Peter Somerford investigates
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason gets his Amati serviced by Florian Leonhard
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who was recently seen by millions playing at the internationally televised royal wedding, in this video from Classic FM takes the Amati which is on loan to him to have its soundpost adjusted by Florian Leonhard. Read: 17-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason receives 400-year-old Amati on permanent loan ...
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NewsSemi-finalists annouced at Carl Flesch competition
Pool of 49 competitors reduced to eleven for semi-final rounds in Hungarian event
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Premium ❘ FeatureLeopold Auer profiled in the July 1907 issue of The Strad
This article by B. Herderson was published in the July 1907 edition of The Strad, when Auer was 62 years old. Zoom in to the pages by clicking the + symbol and click the arrows to navigate
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NewsCello first rounds at Khachaturian International Competition
Event begins in Yerevan, Armenia, with 14 young cellists competing for $15,000 first prize and place alongside successful former winners
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NewsFour violin finalists named at Carl Flesch competition
Hungarian event reveals last four going through to Saturday final
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VideoClarissa Bevilacqua plays Bach on the 1669 'Clisbee' Stradivarius
Seventeen-year-old violinist Clarissa Bevilacqua performs the Andante from Bach’s Sonata no.2 on the 1669 ‘Clisbee’ Stradivari from the collection of the Museo del Violino, Cremona. Clarissa Bevilaqua’s biography: She started playing the violin at age five, and debuted at the Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago in front of ten thousand people ...
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ReviewChristian Tetzlaff: Bartók Violin Concertos
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu: Impressive performances in one of a recent brace of Bartók concertos
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ReviewGil Shaham, Anne Gastinel, etc: ‘Triple’ Concerto, ‘Gassenhauer’ Piano Trio
Gil Shaham (violin), Anne Gastinel (cello,) Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Frankfurt Radio Symphony/Paavo Järvi
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VideoBaiba Skride leads Rossini's String Sonata no.3
From the 2017 Solsberg Festival. Baiba Skride and Andrés Gabetta, violins, Monika Leskovar, cello, and Roberto di Ronza, double bass, perform Gioacchino Rossini’s String Sonata no.3. It is part of a set of six three-movement works for the combination of two violins, cello and bass which was written when ...
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VideoEllinor D'Melon: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, 2nd & 3rd movement
The 17-year-old Cuban/Jamaican violinist Ellinor D’Melon here performs the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (second and third movements) in recital with pianist Vadim Gladkov at the Sony Auditorium in Madrid, Spain. D’Melon is currently studying at the Reina Sofia School of Music in Madrid with Zakhar Bron.
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NewsHaruka Nagao wins 13th Carl Flesch Competition
Japanese violinist, co-concertmaster of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, wins top prize in Flesch’s home town
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NewsCello finalists named in Khachaturian Competition in Armenia
Event in Yerevan, Armenia, is down to last four competing for $15,000 first prize and place alongside successful former winners
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FocusFrom the archive: Violin by Santo Serafin c.1740
In the January 2013 issue, John Dilworth examined this fine example of the great Venetian craftsman’s work [click + to zoom in]
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FocusIt’s so important for Prokofiev's concerto not to become just a showpiece for the soloist
Prokofiev’s First Violin Concerto provides myriad possibilities for interpretation – and Pekka Kuusisto takes inspiration from dreams, diamonds, the Beach Boys and Romeo and Juliet to find them. From the June 2018 issue
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GalleryCremona Triennale: the Olympics of violin making
Virginia Villa, director of Museo del Violino, previews the 15th edition of Cremona’s Triennale competition, which begins in September. Photos from the 2015 edition
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VideoArvo Pärt, Fratres – The Rogue Ensemble
Emily Nebel and Christopher Janwong McKiggan, members of the US-based Rogue Ensemble, perform a violin and piano version of Arvo Pärt’s Fratres. Produced by Richie Hawley/LittleFrenchie FilmhouseCinematography: Richie HawleyAudio Engineer: Andy BradleyMastering: Richie HawleyLighting: Chris LeeProduction Assistant: Jennifer LeMairePost Audio: Wireroad StudiosMakeup: Darcy Teasley Hair: Trey GillenWardrobe: Richie Hawley
