All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 445
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VideoHauser performs his arrangement of Barber’s Adagio for Strings
The Croatian cellist presents the latest music video from his debut album, Classic
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ArticleFrom the Archive: Gregor Piatigorsky
In an article from June 1939, the great cellist gave a first-hand account of his flight from Russia into Poland.
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ArticleMy Heroes: Mischa Maisky on Mstislav Rostropovich and Gregor Piatigorsky
The Latvian-born cellist looks back on two influential teachers: Mstislav Rostropovich and Gregor Piatigorsky
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NewsThe 2020 Salzburg Easter Festival has been cancelled
Organisers make ‘extraordinarily distressing’ decision to cancel in light of the coronavirus pandemic
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VideoPablo Casals performs The Song of the Birds
Pablo Casals performs The Song of the Birds (‘El cant dels ocells’), a traditional Catalan carol
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NewsNew York’s major cultural institutions close due to Coronavirus
Institutions including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center are temporarily closing owing to the spread of Coronavirus.
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ArticleConcertgebouw concerts cancelled
All Concertgebouw Orchestra concerts up to and including 31 March 2020 have been cancelled due to Coronavirus
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NewsNicola Benedetti receives honorary degree from Robert Gordon University Aberdeen
The violinist was rewarded for her ‘outstanding contribution to arts and continued work in making music accessible to young people’
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NewsConcert halls, musicians and audiences embrace live-streaming
With cancellations and closures being announced daily, venues and artists are turning to the internet to keep the music playing
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VideoGoldmund Quartet perform Fazıl Say’s ‘Divorce’ String Quartet
The Munich ensemble perform Fazil Say’s String Quartet op.29, ‘Divorce’, third movement: Presto
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NewsMusikmesse, Musikmesse Plaza 2020 and Musikmesse Festival have been cancelled
Europe’s biggest trade fair for the music industry, with events attracting more than 1,000 attendees, will not go ahead
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NewsThe Strad launches Cello Focus digital resource
The new micro-site brings together a selection of the best cello coverage from The Strad’s extensive archive - and all content is free to view until 23 April 2020
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NewsSouthbank Centre and Wigmore Hall are amongst several venues to close doors
A wave of classical music venues have announced their immediate closure, following government coronavirus advice to the public
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NewsCremona events postponed in the midst of coronavirus crisis
Cremona musical calendar disrupted as a result of the ongoing coronavirus crisis
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NewsThe Associated Board suspends all music exams in the UK and Ireland
The UK music examinations board has postponed all examinations at all public venues and private visits from 18 March until further notice
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VideoToilet roll is put to a new musical use
Alexandra Fletcher, a student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, plays Haydn’s Cello Concerto in D major.
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VideoCello playing robot forms part of exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zurich
The artwork, which plays music created in collaboration with cellist-composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, is part of artist Olafur Eliasson’s Symbiotic Seeing
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NewsISM urges UK government to provide emergency funds to musicians
The Incorporated Society of Musicians has written to parliamentarians, civil servants and ministers outlining the impact of Covid-19 on the creative industries
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NewsAustralian-Chinese violinist Christian Li becomes youngest ever Decca Classics signing
The 12-year-old is also the youngest ever winner at the Menuhin Competition
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FocusAnne-Sophie Mutter on Herbert von Karajan and John Williams
Anne-Sophie Mutter talks to Charlotte Smith about her very different, and yet in some ways remarkably similar, collaborations with conductor Herbert von Karajan and composer John Williams
