All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 450
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NewsLos Angeles Chamber Orchestra presents LACO At Home
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra is presenting a new digital programme
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VideoArensky Serenade: the COVID-19 Version
In this video Taiwanese-American violinist Paul Huang and pianist Helen Huang play the COVID-19 version of Arensky’s Serenade.
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Focus'Popper's cello studies force you to know the fingerboard inside out'
The cellist and Boston Conservatory chair of strings considers the value of the composer's etudes
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NewsYoung Classical Artists Trust introduces hardship fund
The organisation has raised more than £100,000 in only three weeks to support the next generation of artists
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FocusTop 5 free online musical education resources
As the lockdown continues, several individuals and organisations have put their heads together to come up with online solutions to musical education. Here are 5 of our favourites
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NewsRubinstein International Violin Competition awards prizes based on application videos
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Dusseldorf-based competition has awarded prizes on the basis of candidates’ application videos
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Focus10 ways to motivate yourself to practise during lockdown
The 25-year-old American violinist Esther Yoo shares her tips on getting the get up and go to practise even during a lockdown
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VideoFrom my room orchestra: Pachelbel Canon
Students and staff from Trinity Laban’s Strings department have come together from their rooms around the world to create this rendition of Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major. Led by Professor Nic Pendlebury.
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NewsVancouver Symphony appoints 21-year-old principal cellist
21-year-old American cellist Henry Shapard has been appointed as Vancouver Symphony’s new principal cellist
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VideoSitkovetsky Trio plays Beethoven’s Trio in E flat major
To tie in with the Sitkovetsky Trio’s newly released Beethoven recording on BIS, here is a video clip of them performing the first movement of the Trio in E-flat major, Op.70 No.2.
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NewsPolice question string quartet on London street
A family string quartet performance is brought to a halt with a polite intervention from the police
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VideoBow exercises with Pekka Kuusisto
In the first of a new series of violin exercise videos from Pekka Kuusisto - each focusing on a different aspect of technique - the Finnish violinist shares his favourite bow exercises.Kuusisto says: ‘I’ve learned these exercises from my long-time teacher, professor and gentleman Tuomas Haapanen at the Sibelius Academy. ...
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NewsTarisio auctions private virtual recital from Gautier Capuçon
As part of an online auction to benefit musicians affected by COVID-19, Tarisio is offering music-lovers the chance to bid on a private virtual recital from the French cellist
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VideoViolinist Emmanuel Tjeknavorian and cellist Kian Soltani perform Kodály on Stradivari instruments
The two Beare’s International Violin Society Artists recently recorded the work at the Vienna Konzerthaus for their Moments Musicaux series
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Video14 top violin soloists perform Bach’s Chaconne from home
Stars including Julia Fischer, Augustin Hadelich, Renaud Capuçon and Lisa Batiashvili each perform sections of the work, edited together to create a continuous performance
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NewsAmadeus Quartet cellist Martin Lovett has died aged 93
The British cellist was the last surviving member of the Amadeus Quartet, with whom he performed for 40 years
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VideoMetropolitan Orchestra violists perform tribute to colleague Vincent Lionti
The orchestra’s viola section came together for a performance Handel’s ‘Ombra mai fu’ dedicated to the memory of their colleague Vincent Lionti, who died due to complications related to Covid-19
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NewsConductor Baldo Podic has died of coronavirus
The Croatian conductor Baldo Podic has died of coronavirus, aged 78
