All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 446
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Focus7 views on repetitive practice
Is repetition the most effective mode of practice? Debate from The Strad Archive
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NewsCellist Jan Vogler announces 24-hour music video livestream marathon event
‘Music Never Sleeps NYC’ will be a 24-hour music video livestream marathon event taking place on Friday March 27 2020
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VideoYo-Yo Ma’s screen debut
A video of a charity performance in 1962 in which Yo-Yo played for JFK and Eisenhower, and was introduced by Leonard Bernstein. Pablo Casals, who was also on the bill, brought the then- 7-year-old Yo-Yo to the organisers’ attention.
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NewsLondon Mozart Players launch ‘At Home with LMP’ web page
New resource offers audiences live-streamed performances and educational talks, plus concerts for children
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VideoChristian Li performs Vivaldi's Four Seasons at the Menuhin Competition
Violinist Christian Li performs Self in Mind by Jaehyuck Choi and Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons: Summer at the 2018 Menuhin Competition Junior Final
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NewsMusicians’ Union sets up £1m hardship fund for MU members
Members ‘with genuine and pressing hardship’ invited to apply for individual grants
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NewsFrench violinist Jean Leber dies of coronavirus
The French violinist Jean Leber, founder of the Paris Octet, has died of coronavirus
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FocusRemembering the Hungarian pedagogue Béla Katona
One of the 20th century’s greatest violin pedagogues, Béla Katona would have turned 100 this month. Here Tully Potter speaks to former pupils – mainly at London’s Trinity College of Music – about the success of his teaching methods
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NewsMelbourne Digital Concert Hall launches on Friday
A new online concert platform aims to support classical musicians who have lost work due to the coronavirus crisis
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NewsThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center announces new Bowers Program Artists
String players Stella Chen, Sihao He, Richard Lin, Timothy Ridout and James Thompson have been selected for a three-season residency
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FeatureHow to set yourself up as an online string teacher
Violinist and longtime distance-teacher Mary-Elizabeth Brown presents an essential guide to teaching online, from setting up a home studio and preparing your students, to safeguarding and health & safety. With tips on adapting your teaching methods for the online environment
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NewsMenuhin Competition Richmond 2020 postponed to May 2021
Artistic director Gordon Back praises ‘Herculean efforts’ of all involved as competition becomes the latest to reschedule due to the Covid-19 pandemic
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NewsViolinist Rachell Ellen Wong becomes first Baroque artist to receive an Avery Fisher Career Grant
The other grant recipients for 2020 are violinist Stella Chen and cellist Zlatomir Fung
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NewsSchoenfeld International String Competition 2020 announces deadline extension and changes to applications procedure
Preparations for the 5th Schoenfeld Competition in Harbin continue as planned for 15-29 July 2020
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NewsAnne-Sophie Mutter has tested positive for coronavirus
The German violinist addresses her fans in a video revealing that she has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus
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FeatureHow are string soloists coping with the coronavirus lock down?
As social distancing causes unprecedented disruption to concert schedules around the world, several soloists share their coping strategies and plans for the future.
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VideoWorking from home: Steven Isserlis gives an online children’s concert
Steven Isserlis performing his first ever children’s concert over Facebook Live on March 24th.
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VideoA new approach to recording during the coronavirus crisis
In this video soprano Beate Mordal and cellist Eivind Rossbach Heier perform Heitor Villa-Lobos’s Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras. Both musicians have recorded their parts separately in this time of social distancing.
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NewsGeorge Enescu International Competition extends its application submission deadline until May 1st, 2020
The George Enescu International Competition has extended its application submission deadline until May 1, 2020, due to the ongoing crisis caused by COVID-19 pandemic worldwide
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NewsAnne-Sophie Mutter pays tribute to Krzysztof Penderecki
The German violinist honours the Polish conductor and composer whose death was announced yesterday, describing his loss as ‘a huge void in my heart’
