All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 415
-
ArticleZoë Martlew bow explosion during performance
Cellist Zoë Martlew suffers what she describes as a ‘major bow dysfuntion’ about a minute into Juliana Hodkinson’s ‘amazing noise piece’ Scrape, for cello with metal plate, playback track and sound diffusion at the Dark Music Days festival in Reykjavik, Iceland. The complete performance is below: Video: Zoë ...
-
NewsFinalists announced for ‘Play with Ray’ competition
Three violinists chosen from video submissions will travel to Los Angeles for a chance to perform with Ray Chen at the Hollywood Bowl
-
ArticleSendai Violin Competition names 12 semi-finalists
The Japanese competition offers a $27,000 first prize plus a package of concerts and other benefits
-
VideoTwoSet Violin try bows worth $200,000 and $700,000
Brett and Eddy of TwoSet Violin join Nippon Violin CEO Sota Nakazawa to compare a $2,000 bow against examples by Peccatte and Tourte estimated to be worth in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The auction record for a bow by François Xavier Tourte is €576,600, as The Strad reported ...
-
ArticleTchaikovsky Competition names violin and cello semi-finalists
Twelve musicians in each category will give hour-long recitals before six are chosen for the concerto finals
-
VideoPavel Šporcl: Mendelssohn violin concerto
In this video, Pavel Šporcl performs Mendelssohn’s E minor Violin Concerto with the English Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Woods in concert at Cadogan Hall, London, on 9 June this year. Šporcl has sold more than 230,000 CDs in his career, with his latest recording, ‘Christmas On The Blue Violin’, ...
-
BlogsViola Rush: a 3-day collaborative instrument project
Earlier this year, Antoine Gourdon put together a team of four luthiers to make a small viola in three days during the Viola 2019 conference in Paris. Here he introduces the project, shares photos and more
-
NewsFinalists announced at Tchaikovsky Competition
Six cellists and six violinists proceed to the round of the competition, held in Moscow and Saint Petersburg
-
NewsFinalists announced at Japan’s Sendai International Violin Competition
Six finalists will compete for the gold medal, carrying a cash prize of JPY 3,000,000
-
VideoIsabelle Faust: Largo from Bach’s Sonata in C Major
Soulful Bach from one of the composer’s most thoughtful interpreters
-
FocusAlan Beavitt: how I became a violin-maker on a remote Scottish peninsula
The luthier shares his experience of living and working in Scorraig, a remote peninsula in the north-west Scottish highlands, recently featured in the news
-
VideoMicro-artist plays his micro-violin, weighing all of 0.74mg
In this video, the micro-artist Mattewada Ajay Kumar, who hails from Warangal, a city in the south Indian state of Telangana, plays his micro-violin: a tiny functional violin, weighing 0.74 mg and all of 2 cm long, sculpted from gold. The instrument, which comes complete with four metal strings and ...
-
BlogsStringtelligence by Thomastik-Infeld: the right rosin for your strings
Franz Klanner, director of engineering and technology at Thomastik-Infeld, shares his knowledge about rosin and the importance of choosing the right one for your strings
-
NewsNew chart sheds light on US concertmaster earnings
According to the chart, six US concertmasters earn more than half a millon dollars
-
VideoShannon Lee performs in the semi-final of the Sendai Competition
The Canadian violinist Shannon Lee is one of six musicians who will be competing in the final round of the Sendai International Violin Competition. Here she is in the semi-finals last Saturday, performing both as soloist and as concertmaster.
-
NewsAlexander Hersh announced as National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist
The cellist receives $20,000 and 2 years of booking engagements
-
Premium ❘ FeatureAsk the Experts: purchasing the right Baroque bow
A trio of Baroque bow makers give their thoughts on what to look for when making the leap into historically informed playing
-
NewsThe Strad July 2019 issue is out now
French violist Antoine Tamestit on performing Bach arrangements, plus a focus on his instrument, one of the world’s few remaining Stradivari violas
-
NewsOrchestra plays one concerto while soloist is expecting another
The Tchaikovsky Competition has suspended a member of staff after the programme mix-up which left competitor bewildered
-
NewsWinners announced at Tchaikovsky Competition
Sergey Dogadin and Zlatomir Fung take the violin and cello crowns in Moscow and St Petersburg
