All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 441
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NewsCoraline Groen, new 2nd violinist of Concertgebouw, wins Netherlands Violin Competition
The 24 year-old-violinist, who has just started as a second violinist in the Concertgebouw, has won the Netherlands Violin Competition
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VideoJack Liebeck on recording Brahms and Schoenberg
The violinist explains his personal story behind his new album.
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FocusViolinist Yehudi Menuhin's first appearance in The Strad, aged 10
We republish a snippet introducing the prodigy to Strad readers in 1926
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NewsLuthiers sans Frontieres UK heads to Malawi
Organisation plans to establish a fully-equipped workshop in the city of Blantyre
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VideoAspen Music Festival & School presents ‘Moments Of Musical Revelation’: Simone Porter
Violinist Simone Porter on how sightreading parties at Aspen opened her eyes to the connective power of music making
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NewsMusicians’ instruments confiscated at Domodedovo Airport, despite having passports
Two violinists from the Moscow Philharmonic have their instruments confiscated by Customs at Domodedovo Airport, despite both having passports
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VideoWhittall Stradivarius Collection
Musicians talk about and demonstrate instruments donated to the Library of Congress by Gertrude Clarke Whittall in 1935. With Robert Mann, Alexis Galperine, Miles Hoffman, Rene Morel, Young Uck Kim, Daniel Phillips, and Samuel Zygmuntowicz.
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NewsDouble bass cracked after United Airlines flight
Louis Levitt, a member of Sybarite5, has reported damage to his instrument following a United Airlines flight
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VideoGreat Violinists of the 20th Century
Itzhak Perlman on Jascha Heifetz, Hilary Hahn on David Oistrakh, Ida Haendel on Yehudi Menuhin and more: this 2001 film by Bruno Monsaingeon pulls together archive footage and interviews with great violinists of the 20th century.
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NewsTamsin Waley-Cohen appointed Artistic Director of Two Moors Festival
The violinist has been appointed Artistic Director for the festival’s 20th anniversary season
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NewsImportant Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin returns to the stage after 30 years
The c.1744 ‘Leduc, Szeryng’ is to be loaned exclusively to the German-American violinist Augustin Hadelich
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FocusHilary Hahn marks 30 years since her debut solo recital aged ten
‘I built up to it for months, and I’ll never forget it,’ says the American violinist
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NewsGrand Teton Music Festival announces Simon Woods as interim executive director
News follows the resignation of president and CEO Andrew Palmer Todd in December
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NewsThe Juilliard School names violist Adam Meyer as incoming provost
Meyer is a Juilliard alum and the School’s current deputy dean and director of the music division
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VideoAspen Music Festival & School presents ‘Moments Of Musical Revelation’: Lynn Harrell
Cellist Lynn Harrell recalls a life-changing experience from his youth, when he watched his father sing Schubert’s Winterreise on stage at Aspen to a rapt audience
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FeatureHow to replace a quartet member, by the Ébène Quartet
In conversation with Charlotte Gardner, the French players discuss group chemistry and reveal how they have retained their sound with their newest member, violist Marie Chilemme
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Focus7 tips for carving a scroll
How to perfect the head of your instrument from 125 years of the Strad
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NewsEndellion String Quartet set to retire
After forty-one years, the group is set to retire at the end of this year’s Leeds residency
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NewsSchoenfeld International String Competition launches 5th edition in Harbin
Competition will also host the World Federation of International Music Competitions general assembly in 2023
