All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 402
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NewsFirst finalists at Grumiaux competition for young violinists
The Brussels based competition has announced the finalists in its under-10 and under-21 categories
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NewsStradivari's forests: ongoing effort to salvage tonewood trees felled by storms
A factory in the Fiemme valley is asking luthiers and the public to buy IOUs so it can quadruple its processing capacity before the wood deteriorates
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VideoAndrei Ioniță – Oblique Strategies – album trailer
Cellist Andrei Ioniță introduces his upcoming album ‘Oblique Strategies’, released on 15 March by Orchid Classics. Film by J.Blanch Productions
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BlogsThe chamber music of Grace Williams
Madeleine Mitchell writes about her growing appeciation for the music of a remarkably gifted but neglected composer
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VideoBarber's Adagio in original version from op.11 Quartet
In this video, the Banff Competition winning Dover Quartet performs the Adagio from Samuel Barber’s String Quartet in B Minor, op.11 – a piece which has gone on to achieve huge popularity in its string orchestra arrangement as the Adagio for Strings.
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NewsThe International Grumiaux Violin Competition has announced its winners
The youngest winner is seven-year-old Himari Yoshimura from Japan
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NewsThe Twiolins announce 4th Progressive Classical Music Award
The competition aims to expand the repertoire for violin duet
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VideoYo-Yo Ma rehearses for US Premiere with pipa player Wu Man
In this video, filmed last week, Yo-Yo Ma and pipa player Wu Man rehearse for the US Premiere of Zhao Lin’s ‘A Happy Excursion’, Concerto for Pipa and Cello with the New York Philharmonic.
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ReviewChloë Hanslip; Danny Driver: Beethoven
A conclusion to a Beethoven violin sonata cycle that strikingly points up the composer’s musical journey
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NewsCellist George Neikrug has died
The cellist, renowned for both his teaching and playing, had just turned 100.
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Video‘With Nicky’ 6: Back to More Basics; Left Hand part 1
This week on her journey of video tutorials, Nicola Benedetti is going back to more basics focusing on the left hand, taking us through what she considers to be one of the most sacred, basic and life changing exercises for her: Schradieck Number 1. She says: ‘It’s not the fact ...
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NewsChicago Symphony Orchestra musicians go on strike
The strike follows negotiations for a labour agreement that preserves their defined-benefit pension plan
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NewsQueen Elisabeth Competition 2019 names its violin candidates
49 women and 22 men compete for the grand prize of 2019
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ReviewSteven Isserlis; Olli Mustonen: Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Kabalevsky
An unmissable take on three Russian masters
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Focus5 tips for practising effectively from Chloë Hanslip
Tieing in with her new CD of Beethoven sonatas, the violinist shares a few insights
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NewsNew advice for musicians travelling in and out of the UK
Dover and the Eurotunnel are among the ports to be affected by CITES legislation
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VideoA new violin concerto from Danny Elfman
Film composer Danny Elfman, best known for the Simpson’s theme tune and his scores for Tim Burton’s Batman and more recently the Sam Raimi Spider-Man series, has just released his first violin concerto, ‘Eleven Eleven’. The soloist is Sandy Cameron. Listen/buy the album here.
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VideoQuartet Gerhard: Brahms String Quartet no.2 in A minor
The Quartet Gerhard perform the first movement of Brahms’s String Quartet in A minor no.2. The Barcelona-based group comprises Lluís Castán Cochs, (violin), Judit Bardolet Vilaró (violin), Miquel Jordà Saún (viola) and Jesús Miralles Roger (cello).
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VideoHimari Yoshimura, 7, plays Paganini at Grumiaux Competition
The International Grumiaux Competition for Young Violinists 2019, which took place from 7 to 10 March at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, is split into four age groups, for those aged under 10, 13, 17 and 21 respectively. Himari Yoshimura, aged 7, was the youngest competitor overall and also won ...
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NewsQuartet and violinist among Avery Fisher Career Grant recipients
Jack Quartet and Angelo Xiang Yu awarded grants worth $25,000 each
