All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 408
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NewsNashville Symphony promotes cellist to Principal position
Kevin Bate has already served as the ensemble’s Assistant Principal and Acting Principal
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NewsHouston finally hires a concertmaster - at Detroit's expense
Yoonshing Song has taken over the chair left vacant since Frank Huang moved to the New York Phil three years ago
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NewsKuss Quartet to play Paganini's Strads
Short-term loan of quartet of instruments once owned by Paganini will include a complete Beethoven cycle in Tokyo
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VideoRay Chen exploring what makes a violin's sound
Ray Chen is looking for violins to be played by the finalists of his Play with Ray competition. Here he pays a visit to the New York offices of Tarisio to try out some instruments. He writes: ‘In this video I go and explore the question “What is sound?” by ...
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FocusYogic principles and string playing
Cellist Ruth Phillips looks at the connections between yoga, playing an instrument and making music through the elements of breath, gravity and the wave
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NewsApplications open for Menuhin Competition Richmond 2020
Full jury announced, including competition alumni Ray Chen, Joji Hattori and Ning Feng
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FocusPostcard from South Africa - ‘What It Takes: Double Bass’
Young South African double bass players took part in a new dedicated course for their instrument at the end of last year – with promising results, writes faculty member Leon Bosch
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FocusStringtelligence by Thomastik-Infeld: wolf tones and string buzzing
In the second of the new blog series for The Strad celebrating Thomastik-Infeld’s 100th anniversary, Franz Klanner, the Austrian string manufacturer’s director of engineering and technology, shares his experience in how to tame a wolf tone and get rid of irritating string buzzing
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VideoPeter Gregson - Bach Recomposed: Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, 6. Gigue
A track from the album Recomposed by Peter Gregson - Bach - The Cello Suites, released last year by Deutsche Grammophon. For the album, Gregson wrote a full set of pieces reworking material from the Cello Suites for various combinations of solo cello, cello ensemble and electronics. It is part ...
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NewsRubinstein International Viola Competition 2019 announces candidates
41 candidates take part in the opening round of this year’s competition
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VideoRenaud Capucon plays Hungarian Dance No. 5
Renaud Capuçon performs Brahms’s Hungarian Dance No. 5 in this live recording with the Orchestre National de France, conducted by Dominingo Hindoyan.
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NewsNew concertmaster for Israel Philharmonic
27-year-old Dumitru Pocitari will alternate in this role with David Radzynski
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News‘Ex-Joshua Bell’ Guadagnini violin to be sold next month at auction
The instrument, which Joshua Bell played as a teenager, will be sold at auction on 16th May
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NewsChicago Musicians end strike with new contract
The 5-year contract includes a cumulative 13.25% increase in current salaries
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VideoSlapping with the bow - a double bass lesson from Olivier Babaz
This lesson is taken from Discover Double Bass’s upcoming course, ‘Jazz Bowing’ by the French double bassist Olivier Babaz. Scheduled for release on 7th May, it comprises 61 lessons over 5 hours and is a step-by-step course on jazz bowing technique. It will be available at DiscoverDoubleBass.com. This first lesson, ...
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FocusAlfred Staar on what constitutes the Viennese School
Alfred Staar’s influence continues to be felt today – no fewer than 22 of his former students currently hold posts in the Vienna Philharmonic. Inga Brandini shares a conversation with the professor from 15 March 2000, shortly before his death a month later
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ReviewSarah-Jane Summers: Owerset
Summers leads her band with bravura in this mélange of Highland fiddle playing, Nordic dances, jazz and compositional effects
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NewsBanff International String Quartet Competition names 10 competitors
Total prize pool worth $300,000 includes a two-year paid residency for the winning quartet and cash award
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NewsThe Strad May 2019 issue is out now
The Shanghai Quartet talks to us about celebrating their 35th anniversary, China, Beethoven, and their instruments
