All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 372
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FocusMasterclass: Daniel Hope on 'Winter' from Vivaldi's Four Seasons
The British violinist offers ideas on how to conjure a frosty chill through your violin playing. From the January 2015 issue
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VideoEnsemble of 52 double basses plays the Flintstones theme
Young bass players from the Bradetich Foundation’s North Texas Bass Camp joined in International Make Music Day on 21 June with this al fresco performance
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NewsFinalists announced in Leipzig Bach Competition
Violin and Baroque violin finalists competing for €10,000 top prize and concert engagements
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NewsThe Strad August 2018 issue is out now
Doric Quartet: celebrating 20 years together – plus the impact of a new matching set of classical bows
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VideoFiona Monbet & Gustav Lundgren perform Django Reinhardt's 'Nuages'
Fiona Monbet, violin, and Gustav Lundgren, guitar, performing ‘Nuages’ by Django Reinhardt at the Stockholm Django Festival 2017.
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NewsViolinist reaches ABC Young Performers Awards finals
Emily Sun hoping to add Australia’s ABC Classic FM competition to an already impressive list of recent successes
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VideoVivaldi's Spring in Gypsy jazz and folk style
Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis with Nigel Clark, guitar, and Roy Percy, double bass, play ‘Spring’ from Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons as viewed through a prism of gypsy jazz and celtic folk. This clip is from the DVD Live at Iford Manor, filmed in June 2011, and available from Kliphuis’s website ...
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ReviewJaap ter Linden, David Breitman: Beethoven, Complete works for piano and cello
Sparkling period-instrument playing strips the music of its patina
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ReviewJiyoon Lee: Korngold and Nielsen Violin Concertos
Powerful and convincing playing in a promising prizewinner’s debut
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VideoPhiladelphia concertmaster David Kim on ‘super slow’ practice, muscle memory and concerto prep
Explore more Featured Stories like this in The Strad Playing Hub In this film for J.W. Pepper, Philhadelphia Orchestra concertmaster David Kim talks about how he organises his practice, and how he prepares for important concerts. Created by J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc. Produced by Rocco Richardson, Celena McAfee ...
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason performs on BBC Newsnight
Cellist and 2016 BBC Young Musician of the Year winner Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs an arrangement of ‘Erev Shel Shoshanim’ (Evening of Roses) on the BBC’s flagship current affairs programme, Newsnight.
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ReviewWanderer Trio: Haydn Piano Trios
Plenty of fresh musical insights make these outstanding interpretations
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GalleryIn focus: the 1744 'de Bériot' Guarneri 'del Gesù'
In this article from July 2015, David Rattray takes a look at a highly refined instrument that kicks against the constraints of conformity
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NewsMaria Włoszczowska wins 1st Prize in 2018 Bach Competition
26-year-old Polish violinist takes the top prize in the violin/Baroque violin category
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VideoA 1992 TV profile of Nigel Kennedy
In this 1992 Chicago TV documentary ’wild Nige’, violinist Nigel Kennedy, discusses his roots and explains why you don’t have to wear tails to be a serious musician.
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NewsAnne-Sophie Mutter on Penderecki
In the August 2018 issue of The Strad, Anne-Sophie Mutter talks about her relationship with Penderecki’s second violin concerto ‘Metamorphosen’, a piece she came back to in 2017 after resting it for several years
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NewsPrison sentence for woman who destroyed dozens of violins in ex-husband's shop
Incident in Nagoya, Japan, saw 54 violins and 70 bows damaged in 2014 break-in which took place during divorce proceedings
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NewsSchoenfeld String Competition announces violin and cello finalists
Competition based in Harbin, China, reaches final stage of its live rounds, with ten musicians from eight countries
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NewsViolinist wins ABC Young Performers Award 2018
Emily Sun adds Australia’s ABC Classic FM competition to an already impressive list of recent successes
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VideoTeaching music to refugee children in Greece
In this short film from CBC, Canadian violinist Nadia Monczak spends two weeks at a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos teaching the children there, with ART Angels Relief project Read the accompanying article on the CBC website
