All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 442
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VideoA Far Cry performs Tchaikovsky’s Serenade on Cremonese instruments
Musicians from Boston chamber orchestra A Far Cry perform the first movement from Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings from memory on Cremonese instruments selected from the vault of Reuning & Son
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NewsOn Valentine’s Day, trumpeter proposes on-stage to a violinist
Trumpeter proposes to girlfriend violinist during a Philadelphia Orchestra live concert
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ArticlePlayers of Tomorrow: Jevgēnijs Čepoveckis
The 24-year-old Latvian violinist, winner of the 2019 Oleh Krysa International Violin Competition, reveals his strategy for dealing with competition pressure, and his biggest fear
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VideoCellist plays with synthetic bow hair
In this video cellist Sarah Markle performs ‘Original Rags’ (1899) by Scott Joplin, using Coruss synthetic bow hair. According to the manufacturer, Coruss synthetic bow hair matches natural horsehair in blind tests for tone and articulation. The pianist Evan Currie.
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NewsPatient plays violin during brain surgery
Doctors operated on Dagmar Turner, 53, to remove a tumour without affecting her ability to play
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VideoAspen Music Festival & School presents ‘Moments Of Musical Revelation’: Sylvia Rosenberg
Violinist and teacher Sylvia Rosenberg shares a moment of musical revelation that came when she was teaching Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto at Aspen
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NewsOrchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Refuse to Tour by Plane
To fight the climate emergency the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment refuses to tour by plane
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VideoCat crashes orchestral concert in Istanbul
This cat made headlines, after video footage emerged of it prowling around the stage of the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall in Istanbul, at this concert featuring the CRR Symphony Orchestra. Eventually the concert went on regardless, but the cat was undeterred, resting on the edge of the stage near ...
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VideoBach on a 1659 Andrea Guarneri
In this video the violinist Federico Guglielmo plays Bach on a 1659 Andrea Guarneri.
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ArticleCremona in partial lockdown as coronavirus spreads
Cremona is in partial lockdown to prevent spread of coronavirus, as a resident of the city tests positive
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VideoDaniel Hope on why he is exploring music of the Belle Époque
On ’Belle Époque’, his latest album, British violinist Daniel Hope explores music from the turn of the twentieth century. It was an era musically defined by the last melancholy flourishes of late romanticism and the emergence of the avant-garde. What fascinates Daniel Hope about the Belle Epoque? The violinist wants ...
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NewsCello stolen in Prague
A Honek cello and Pfretzschner bow, collectively valued at USD $5,500, has been stolen from a parked car in Prague
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NewsBorletti-Buitoni Trust Announces Awards and Fellowships for 2020
Violinist Alexi Kenney and violist Timothy Ridout are among this year’s grant recipients
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NewsEleanor Corr wins ROSL Annual Music Competition Strings Section
The British violinist received £5,000 and a place at the Gold Medal Final at Queen Elizabeth Hall this summer
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NewsPrizes Awarded at inaugural Anna Kull International Cello Competition
Competition’s rules state that current students of jury members cannot participate
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NewsAdrian Brendel and Ning Kam join teaching staff at The Yehudi Menuhin School
Brendel appointed as principal cello teacher and Kam as principal violin teacher
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Video12 ensemble performs ‘Honey Siren - II. (Full like drips)’ by Oliver Leith
Filmed in the loading bay at the Barbican Centre in London, the British conductorless string group 12 ensemble here performs ‘Honey Siren - II. (Full like drips)’ by Oliver Leith. The new commission by the London-based composer and Royal Opera House artist-in-residence appears on 12 ensemble’s second album, Death and ...
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VideoAspen Music Festival & School presents ‘Moments Of Musical Revelation’: Gil Shaham
Violinist Gil Shaham recalls how his first encounter with Barber’s Violin Concerto led him to a treasure trove of violin concertos from the 1930s
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VideoHow Nashville former gymnast and Chicago carpenter ended up making violins together
He’s a carpenter, hunter, fisherman and veteran, who, for many years, lived in the woods of Alaska. She’s a former gymnast who fell in love with the violin in ballet class. So on the face of it Ray DeMeo and Amanda N. Ewing don’t have that much in common. Except ...
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NewsViolinist Arabella Steinbacher Switches General Management Roster
Violinist Arabella Steinbacher is to join the management roster of KD Schmid, in London for worldwide general management representation
