All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 429
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NewsParis street inaugurated as Promenade Yehudi Menuhin
Side road near Unesco headquarters named in honour of the violinist’s presidency of the International Music Council
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VideoAnastasia Kobekina performs Debussy’s Beau Soir
From the Young Classicals YouTube channel comes this video of the Russian cellist performing this early Debussy masterpiece
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VideoComposer cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir on the halldorophone
Guðnadóttir has created a number of prominent film scores in recent years, including HBO’s Chernobyl miniseries and the new Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix
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Blogs7 tips for securing an agent
Inside knowledge of how the process works from Iarlaith Carter, associate director of HarrisonParrott
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NewsNew structure announced for Joseph Joachim competition
The triennial competition announces new jury structure and new prize structure
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VideoMusic funding: ‘There will not be another Sheku Kanneh Mason’
The lack of state school funding for creative arts is creating a ‘two-tier culture’, the mother of cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason has said.
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NewsCellist, violist and trio among the 2019 Concert Artists Guild winners
New York recital and management contract are part of package for winners of the Victor Elmaleh Competition
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NewsAnne-Sophie Mutter speaks out on mobile phone filming incident
‘Then she takes out a second phone, and a power bank … I’m totally out of the flow, ’ violinist tells the New York Times
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NewsFreiburg Philharmonic Orchestra appoints new concertmaster
Maria Azova has been appointed as the ensemble’s 1st Concertmaster
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Focus8 ways to vary your vibrato
Tips from The Strad’s archive for varying vibrato speed, width, pressure and direction to produce an infinite range of colour contrasts
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NewsOrchestra of St. Luke’s appoints new violist
Katarzyna Bryla-Weiss has regularly freelanced with the orchestra over the last seven seasons
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NewsRenaud Capuçon raises €100,000 for Notre Dame
The violinist and friends went on a tour of six French cathedrals with proceeds going to the restoration
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Nicolas Lupot, Paris, 1809
This illustration of a violin by Nicolas Lupot was published in The Strad, December 1972. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs
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ArticleLaureates named at Mazzacurati International Cello competition
Dutch cellist Anton Spronk takes the Turin event’s first prize, plust audience and orchestra awards
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VideoYo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O’Connor: 1B
‘1B’ by Edgar Meyer was the first track on the super trio’s second album, Appalachian Journey recorded in 1999
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FeatureShould all viola players practise the violin?
It's the ultimate heresy for some violists: the idea of practising the violin as well as the viola. James Boyd, tongue somewhat in cheek, insists that violists can and should practise both
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Premium ❘ FeatureWhat to play when trying out a new stringed instrument
Buying a new instrument is as much about rigorous auditioning as it is about falling in love...
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Takács Quartet to welcome new violist in 2020
As the group celebrates its 45th year, Richard O’Neill will take over from Geraldine Walther
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NewsHollywood Bowl Orchestra names new concertmaster
Kathryn Eberle steps into chair which has remained vacant for over a year following death of Katia Popov
