All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 410
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FocusWhy aren't more British string players making it big internationally?
Despite the large number of young and talented string players in Britain, few seem to make an impact as leading soloists on the world stage. Charlotte Gardner explores the reasons for this phenomenon
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ArticleTwoSet Violin learn how bows are rehaired
Brett and Eddy visit the Violin Studio in Brisbane, Australia, where luthier Olaf Grawert shoes them what goes in to reharing a bow
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NewsRenaud Capuçon withdraws due to illness. Emmanuel Tjeknavorian steps in
The 24-year-old Austrian violinist will perform the Sibelius concerto for three dates with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC
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NewsCello lullaby above the Atlantic with Amit Peled
Israeli-American cellist Amit Peled was returning to the US from Austria following a performance of the Rococo Variations when the Austrian Airlines flight attendants asked him to play something. He chose Brahms’s famous lullaby. Peled was travelling with a Thomas Dodd cello from 1800 which used to belong to Bernard ...
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FeatureJulia Fischer and Vadim Gluzman on Shostakovich's violin sonata
Fifty years ago, David Oistrakh premiered Shostakovich’s violin sonata. Here Andrew Morris discusses the work with Julia Fischer and Vadim Gluzman
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FocusLooking after Paganini’s ‘Il Cannone’ violin
Entrusted with the task of conserving one of the world’s most valuable violins, Bruce Carlson has made it easier to play, while taking it closer to how it would have looked to Paganini. In this article first published in 2004, he explains
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VideoPaganini's violin arrives in Columbus, Ohio
This clip from WCMH news in Columbus, Ohio, shows ‘Il Cannone’, Paganini’s favourite violin, arriving for a weeklong stay at the Columbus Museum of Art. The violin, made in 1743 by Guarneri ‘Del Gesù’, was nicknamed ‘Il Cannone’ (the cannon) by Paganini because of its power and projection. It will ...
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NewsQueen Elisabeth Competition 2019 announces finalists
Twelve candidates will compete in the final round, which takes place at the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts
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VideoCellist Audrey Nadeau leaves Carnegie Hall to play for trees
After her last performance at Carnegie Hall, Audrey Nadeau - a Juilliard graduate cellist - left New York City for Canada’s Alberni Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, where she made this video, performing Celtic Passage for solo cello by David Eby while stood on an 8-foot stump next to ...
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ReviewNew Zealand Quartet; Maria Lambros: Brahms
Young quartet bring a youthful spontaneity to Brahms’s string quintets
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NewsJulia Fischer founds children's orchestra
The violinist has teamed up with Johannes X. Schachtner and pianist Henri Bonamy to set up a new orchestra in the south west of Munich
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Focus7 tips on motivating yourself to practise
7 different string players share their wisdom on maintaining motivation - as featured over the last 10 years in The Strad
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NewsTchaikovsky Competition 2019 announces participants
The competition takes place from 17-19 June in Moscow and St Petersburg
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NewsBallet based on life of Jacqueline du Pré coming to Royal Opera House
The ballet will be choreographer Cathy Marston’s first for the main stage of the Covent Garden
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VideoItzhak Perlman plays a traditional Klezmer Nigun
In this video Itzhak Perlman performs a traditional Klezmer Nigun at the Finker-Frenkel Chabad Center in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Focus4 reasons why Arabic poetry inspires me
To tie in with our review of her Inner Rhyme CD, Lebanese violinist Layale Chaker explains why she finds musical inspiration in Arabic poetry
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NewsMarkneukirchen Cello Competition reaches semi-finals
Seven young cellists will compete for a place in the final, a share of €15,000 cash and other prizes
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NewsTibor Varga Violin Competition names 28 candidates for live rounds
The selected violinists will compete for a top prize of CHF20,000 over three rounds taking place from 18 to 24 as part of the Sion Festival in Switzerland
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FocusJascha Heifetz – champion of modern violins
Dario Sarlo reveals a lesser-known passion of the great violinist, and how it led him to start his own lutherie competition
