All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 389
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ReviewIsabelle Faust and friends: Debussy
Subtly ravishing music-making in Debussy’s late chamber works
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VideoRoyal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra plays items left on trains
Members of the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra perform a piece of music using items left behind on trains, including a surfboard, a bicycle pump and an umbrella.
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NewsQuatuor Ébène wins Frankfurt Music Prize
The French string quartet receives €15,000 industry prize awarded during the annual Musikmesse
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VideoPeace Through Music: violinist Hyeong-Joon Won
Violinist Hyeong-Joon Won gives a TEDx talk last year on his projects bringing musicians from North and South Korea together to perform and promote peace
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NewsEminent Soviet violinist Nina Beilina has died aged 81
Student of Yampolsky and Oistrakh who emigrated to the US and maintained busy performing and teaching career
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VideoPhotographing a Stradivarius
In this video from 2013, still life photographer Søren Jonesen photographs the 1714 ‘Yoldi-Moldenhauer’ Stradivari. The photoshoot was organised by Danish high-end digital photography company Phase One working with Andy Lim of Darling Publications, which printed a monograph featuring the photos and history of the instrument. The concept was to ...
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NewsTwo cello records set at Sotheby’s sale of Rostropovich collection
Guadagnini and Serafin reach new highs in auction of items from the private collection of the Russian cellist and his wife Galina Vishnevskaya
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NewsCasals Foundation award given jointly for the first time
Two young cellists share €24,000 prize pot in competition held in El Vendrell, Catalonia, chaired by Marta Casals Istomin
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VideoItzhak Perlman performs at Pittsburgh synagogue memorial
This video is an extract from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Concert for Peace and Unity on 27 November, marking a month since the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue and honouring its victims. The concert will be broadcast in full by PBS on 11 December.
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ReviewCalidore Quartet: Resilience
Superb young quartet presents a timely and thought-provoking programme
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Blogs12 interpretation and technique tips for string soloists
Making the transition from practice room to concert hall, whether for a competition or public performance, is itself a technical challenge. These tips were extracted from a masterclass given by Marianne Piketty and Nora Chastain and first published in 2014
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VideoThe 'Four Circles' approach to violin making
In the January 2019 issue of The Strad, luthier Kevin Kelly describes his geometrical method for violin design. This video is intended to provide a visual accompaniment to the article. ’In the past, there must have been a system of design that makers could easily understand and follow, with ...
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VideoClara-Jumi Kang, Alessio Bax: Debussy Violin Sonata
German-Korean violinist Clara-Jumi Kang performs at the Seoul Arts Center with pianist Alessio Bax. Kang is a past winner of first prizes at the Seoul International Music Competition, Sendai International Violin Competition and International Violin Competition of Indianapolis.
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NewsTwo groups win Chamber Music Prize of the Polytechnic Society
The musicians share the €10,000 prize
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DebateCan a music stand destroy a performance?
Naomi Yandell makes a plea to school music departments for a common-sense approach to performance ‘details’, such as the big black music stand
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FocusLife Lessons: Alban Gerhardt
The German cellist on an 18th birthday gift and the accessible appeal of the cello repertoire
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VideoHilary Hahn and TwoSet Violin play Paganini while hoola-hooping
In this video, TwoSet Violin and guest Hilary Hahn make Paganini’s Caprice No 24 that bit more challenging.
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NewsNikolaj Szeps-Znaider named new Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lyon
He takes up the new position in September 2020 for a period of four years
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NewsJoël Bons wins 2019 Grawemeyer Award for cello work
The Dutch composer receives $100,000 prize for Nomaden, a one-hour piece for cello and instruments from cultures around the world
