All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 379
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NewsFinalists announced at International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
Six violinists have made it through to compete for performance opportunities and $30,000 top prize
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NewsUS concertmaster Rubén González dies aged 79
The veteran Chicago Symphony violinist also had success as a conductor and composer
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VideoYo-Yo Ma: Why Bach is relevant in the 21st century
Yo-Yo Ma appears on The Andrew Marr Show, the BBC’s Sunday morning current events programme.
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NewsDouble bassist to receive $50,000 award from Sphinx Organization
Orchestral musician Joseph Conyers has championed music education in the US
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Blogs10 things you need to know about Eugène Ysaÿe
Thomas Kemp shares some key facts about the 20th-century composer and violinist
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ReviewSusanna Ogata; Ian Watson: Beethoven sonatas
Tasteful and tasty final instalment of this early Beethoven series
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VideoOleksandr Pushkarenko performs at the Enescu International Violin Competition
As part of the first round of this year’s George Enescu International Violin Competition, the Ukrainian violinist Oleksandr Pushkarenko, who is studying for a a Masters at the Niccolò Paganini Conservatory of Genoa in Italy, performs the first movement of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No 5 in A Major, K.219.
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NewsNew cellist joins the Gould Piano Trio
The Gould Piano Trio members (from left to right): Lucy Gould, Richard Lester and Benjamin Frith The Gould Piano Trio, which last year celebrated its 25th anniversary, has announced that the cellist Richard Lester is joining the ensemble. He replaces Alice Neary, who was a member of ...
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FocusThe gift of studying with Josef Gingold
Josef Gingold was as big-hearted a teacher as he was a violinist according to his former student Gwen Thompson-Robinow
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NewsEstonian cellist Marcel Johannes Kits wins George Enescu International Cello Competition
The 23-year-old cellist wins €15,000 and an invitation to perform at the Enescu Festival
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NewsSimon Rattle announces music academy for east London
Twenty string players will be recruited from the area in the scheme’s first year
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NewsRichard Lin wins 10th International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
The 27-year-old violinist takes home the Gold Medal and the top prize of $30,000
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NewsIndianapolis '21st Century Violin Search' names two winning luthiers
Instruments by the winners will be bought by the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis and loaned to the laureates of the 2018 contest
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FocusPiecing together the history of the
'Mara' Stradivari celloIts fate was almost to be consigned to the murky depths of an Uruguayan river but it continues to delight and inspire audiences of the present day. Alessandra Barabaschi delves into the dramatic life of the ‘Mara’ Strad
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FocusPostcard from Yerevan: the Khachaturian International Competition
Cellists from around the world descended on the Armenian capital in June for the Khachaturian International Competition. Tom Stewart reports from its thought-provoking final round
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ReviewRoyal Quartet: MacMillan
Assured accounts of James MacMillan’s three numbered string quartets
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NewsViolin finalists announced at George Enescu International Violin Competition
Three finalists compete for the first prize of €15,000
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VideoRichard Lin performs Bruch's Scottish Fantasy
In this video, Richard Lin, 1st prize winner of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, performs Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy in the final round conducted by Leonard Slatkin.
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NewsBaltimore Symphony musician makes harrassment complaint against concertmaster
BSO principal oboist Katherine Needleman has made allegations of ‘daily hostility’ and ‘physical intimidation’ after rejecting Jonathan Carney’s advances
