All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 433
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VideoHansheinz Schneeberger plays Paganini aged 91
Schneeberger plays Paganini’s Cantibile with long-time duo partner guitarist Willy Riechsteiner
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FeatureStradivari and the sharkskin sandpaper
This microscope image of what looks like a shark’s tooth embedded in a 1711 cell is evidence of dogfish skin, writes Joseph Campanella Cleary
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Blogs11 ways to be a better chamber musician
Violinist, composer and chamber music festival founder Natalie Klouda writes the advice she would like to have been given when she was starting out
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NewsJitka Šuranská, violinist and folk singer, has died
Jitka Šuranská playing in Brno in 2014 The Czech violinist and singer Jitka Šuranská, who was known for her interpretation of Moravian folk songs, has died of cancer, aged 41. A graduate of the Šuranská Conservatory in Brno, Šuranská, who came from Kudlovice in the Zlín ...
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FeatureBehind the scenes with the New York String Orchestra
The New York String Orchestra Seminar, one of America’s first orchestral training programmes for young musicians, celebrated its 50th anniversary in December 2018. Bruce Hodges attended rehearsals and concerts of the landmark season
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Premium ❘ FeatureHow to play with a flexible bowing arm by cellist Gary Hoffman
The American musician explains how he developed a supple and varied bow arm motion, guided by his ear and musical instinct
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NewsOleh Krysa International Violin Competition awards prizes
Jevgēnijs Čepoveckis takes 1st prize of €20,000
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BlogsRecording Bach’s Violin Concertos with John Eliot Gardiner
Kati Debretzeni, leader of the English Baroque Soloists, explains the thought processes behind her recent Bach recording
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FocusPerforming entirely by reflex, by cellist Leonid Gorokhov
The Russian musician and Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hannover professor describes how he trains himself to transcend the physical restraints of playing
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NewsRare portrait of Mozart as a teenager auctioned in Paris
The painting, attributed to the Italian master Giambettino Cignaroli, will be sold at Christie’s Paris on 27 November
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VideoChristian Tetzlaff on recording Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
‘It’s a big process that’s being portrayed, and it takes me with it, and touches me again and again - even after playing it over 330 times.’ So says Christian Tetzlaff on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, which he has recorded with conductor Robin Ticciati.
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NewsIsraeli charity concert cancelled after outcry over exclusion of women singers
Rabbi cancels charity concert after his request to exclude women singers sparks public uproar
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NewsBoris Pergamenschikow Prizes awarded
Prizes from the Berlin-based competition for contemporary chamber music go to the Trio Tempestoso and the Nerida Quartet
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VideoJames Ehnes on the essence of mindful practice
In this podcast, James Ehnes talks about what the essence of mindful instrumental practice is: having a clear goal, work efficiently, listen intently, and connecting with others.
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NewsSteven Isserlis to join roster of Columbia artists New York
The cellist will be managed by Martin Wittenberg
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VideoRostropovich plays Bach at the Checkpoint Charlie
This footage from November 1989, two days after the official fall of the Berlin Wall, shows Mstislav Rostropovich giving an impromptu performance of Bach’s cello suites at the Checkpoint C crossing point between East and West Berlin. Read our article ‘Witnesses to the fall’, from the March 2014 issue, ...
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NewsInaugural Stuttgart International Violin Competition announced for 2021
The first Stuttgart International Violin Competition takes place in February 2021, with a prize fund of €50,000
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VideoTamsin Waley-Cohen plays CPE Bach
Violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen and pianist James Ballieu perform the allegretto from CPE Bach’s Violin Sonata in C major (Wq. 73) in a Scala Session recorded on Wednesday 6 November 2019.
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NewsYo-Yo Ma’s Bach Prelude recording hits 100M streams
The cellist is the first core classical artist to reach this number of streams on Spotify with one track
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NewsLeon Bosch awarded honorary Fellowship of RNCM
The double bassist will receive his award at the college on 10th December
