All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 374
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VideoLearning Beethoven with Maxim Vengerov
Three students at the Royal College of Music reveal what it’s like to work with Maxim Vengerov, ‘one of the big legends of the violin’ on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.
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ReviewZuill Bailey: Haydn Cello Concertos
Overall these readings of Haydn’s Cello Concertos miss much charm and eloquence
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FocusDo violin making competitions stifle originality in favour of perfection?
Peter Somerford asks what luthiers should do to maximise their success when entering a competition, and whether winning really is everything
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ReviewWandy Tworek: The Danish Violin Wizard
A wonderful historical reminder of a 20th-century Danish whiz
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VideoErica Piccotti plays Brahms in Venice
Italian cellist Erica Piccotti and pianist Monica Cattarossi perform the second movement, Adagio Affettuoso, of Brahms’s Cello Sonata no.2. The video was recorded live on 18 June 2017 at the Lo Squero concert hall on San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. Piccotti, born in Rome in 1999, began cello studies at ...
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DebateWhy do string players often sound so different on disc than live?
Too many string players are unable to take ownership of their recorded sound because they lack an external perspective, says Charlotte Gardner
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VideoBartók's Concerto for Orchestra in 360°
This is a 360 Film, so use your mouse to move your viewing point in all directions. It features the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performing the finale of Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, conducted by Rafael Payare. It is a Google Arts & Culture exhibit, with more information, photos, interviews etc, available ...
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NewsCellist 'humiliated' and removed from American Airlines flight – despite having booked second seat
Airline blames ‘miscommunication’ for incident which saw a student musician escorted off an aircraft having already strapped in her cello and been seated
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FocusRemembering Henryk Szeryng
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Polish-Mexican virtuoso’s birth, Henryk Szeryng’s widow Waltraud shares her memories of a man who dedicated all aspects of his life to exactitude. Interview by Julian Haylock
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FocusIn focus: Pablo Casals' 1733 Goffriller cello
The cello on which Pablo Casals made his landmark recordings was for a long time believed to be by Bergonzi, writes Philip Kass
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VideoViolin Masterclass with Nicola Benedetti
Emily from Taunton, who has been playing the violin since the age of seven, fought Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and is now in remission. As part of Make-A-Wish UK she travelled up to London to have a violin masterclass with Nicola Benedetti at the Royal Albert Hall.
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NewsTimothy Chooi awarded Verbier Festival Academy’s highest honour
The a 24-year-old Canadian violinist takes cash prize and other benefits as summer masterclass academy’s most accomplished musician
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VideoAll four BBC Young Musician winning cellists on stage together
In this video filmed at this year’s BBC Proms, Giovanni Sollima’s Violoncelles, vibrez! is performed by the four cellist past winners of the BBC Young Musician competition, Natalie Clein (1994), Guy Johnston (2000), Laura van der Heijden (2012) and Sheku Kanneh-Mason (2016). The performance took place as part of a ...
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FocusBrett Dean on his journey from Berlin Phil violist to full-time composer
The Australian violist and composer on taking career risks and the unique insights that came from playing the viola in an world-class orchestra
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Focus5 experts on what every string teacher should know when starting out
We asked five enormously experienced string pedagogues what advice they would give to an instrumental teacher at the beginning of their career
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FocusThe competition teaching China how to love chamber music
Shanghai Conservatory of Music’s chamber music competition aims to popularise the form for students, teachers and listeners alike, as Nancy Pellegrini discovers
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VideoSteve Reich's Triple Quartet – Psappha Ensemble
Commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, this work is written for three quartets but can be played, as in this video, with one live group and two pre-recorded ones. The musicians are Benedict Holland and Sophie Rosa, violins, Heather Wallington, viola, and Jennifer Langridge, cello. Psappha is a flexible contemporary music ...
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VideoEsther Abrami: a kitten concert for charity
Violinist Esther Abrami’s fundraiting video for French cat rescue charity ‘La Feline Meyreuillaise’ Link to Fundraising Page: https://www.gofundme.com/aidons-les-chats-des-rues A message from Esther: ‘The association which I am helping raising money for today is “La Feline Meyreuillaise”. It is a French association based in Meyreuille (South of France). It was founded ...
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VideoBacewicz Duets on Folk Themes – Jennifer Pike & Thomas Gould
This video was made at ‘Polish Music Day at the Wigmore Hall with Jennifer Pike and Friends’ on 14 October 2017. Featuring violinists Jennifer Pike, a former BBC Young Musician, and Thomas Gould, these four short duets written in 1945 by Grażyna Bacewicz are named: Praeludium Kujawiak Nokturn Marsz ...
