All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 386
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NewsStradivari's forests destroyed in storms
Over 1.5 million trees felled in the area favoured by Stradivari for collecting wood
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NewsSemifinalists announced at Concours International Long-Thibaud Crespin
The jury includes Renaud Capuçon and James Ehnes
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VideoItzhak Perlman returns to the stage of his US debut
60 years after making his US debut as a 13-year-old prodigy on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’, Itzhak Perlman returns to the same stage for ’The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.’
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NewsAnother violinist kicked off US flight
Emmanuel A. Borowsky missed an afternoon of professional engagements after refusing to check in his instrument
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Focus6 tips for smooth bow changes
Advice on smooth and inaudible bow changes at the tip and the heel from The Strad's archives
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NewsViolin made by World War One soldier is given new life
The violin can be heard on a new disc featuring popular songs from the Great War
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NewsJoint 1st Prize Awarded at Korea’s IsangYun Cello Competition
Both winners receive $27,000 and important debut opportunities
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ReviewRaphael Wallfisch: Goldschmidt and Reizenstein
An eloquent reading of concertos by exiled Jewish composers
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VideoHow to Fake in Orchestra
Faking it: the great taboo of orchestral playing. Here’s how to do it safely and efficiently.
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NewsSara Mohr-Pietsch announced as new artistic director of Dartington
She will deliver her first Summer School and Festival at Dartington in 2020
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VideoTeaser for Mischa Maisky documentary
A teaser for a documentary about cellist Mischa Maisky, the great ’performing animal’, to be released in 2020. Featuring contributions from Maxim Vengerov, Evgeny Kissin, Valery Gergiev and others.
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NewsSouth African National Youth Orchestra runs first course for double bass
The course covers many aspects of professional musicianship including audition preparation, self-promotion, posture/injury prevention and performing with an orchestra
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FocusIn focus: violin by Vincenzo Postiglione, 1891
Sean Bishop examines a violin by the most prolific and finest Neapolitan makers of the second half of the 19th century. From the January 2008 issue. Photographs by Richard Valencia [click ‘+’ to zoom]
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VideoNew Greenpeace campaign featuring violinist Pekka Kuusisto
Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto is featured in Greenpeace’s latest film as part of its campaign to protect the Great Northern Forest. ‘Forests have always been a source of inspiration in art, but nowadays they are becoming more and more a source of worry and sadness too, as we see that ...
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FocusFour Paul Rolland exercises
Nancy Kredel describes some of the simpler actions devised by pioneering pedagogue Paul Rolland, our November 2018 issue cover star
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VideoTianyou Ma performs at Music for Youth Proms 2018
Chinese violinist Tianyou Ma performing at the Music for Youth Proms lunchtime concert on Tuesday 6 November. Ma was a prizewinner at the 2018 Menuhin Competition, winning 4th Prize and the Bach Prize. Music for Youth is an organisation that gives more than 40,000 children performing opportunities across the UK ...
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NewsViolinist Arve Tellefsen sells 'Del Gesù' for $9.6m – and gets to keep it
Sale of violin makes him the top earning Norwegian artist last year, but deal struck with investor sees him keep it for life
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VideoRay Chen plays Paganini in the first round of Menuhin Competition 2008
For Ray Chen, the 2008 Menuhin Competition which turbo boosted his career started here, with Paganini’s Caprice no.5. Chen, then 19, won the event before going on to also win the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition.
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BlogsLynn Harrell's eureka moment on the opening of Beethoven's A major cello sonata (no.3)
In this micro blog, the American cellist shares his recent inspiration regarding the first two bars of a piece he has been playing for decades
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NewsVSA honours instrument and bow makers in biennial competition
Violin Society of America convention in Cleveland reveals winners in violin, viola, cello, bass, quartet and bow categories
