All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 454
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VideoNEC alumni present Elgar
In this video alumni from the New England Conservatory perform Elgar’s Pomp & Circumstance March, Op. 39 No. 1 for the class of 2020 - all from their separate homes
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VideoSuntory Hall president and cellist Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi performs at home
The Japanese musician has dedicated his performance to those on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic
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NewsYo-Yo Ma to live-stream complete Bach Cello Suites
The cellist will perform the classic works in a marathon broadcast this Sunday
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VideoVienna Philharmonic musicians perform in empty Musikverein
Violinist Daniel Froschauer and bassist Michael Bladerer have dedicated their performance to the Vienna Philharmonic’s fans in Japan
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NewsConcerts to resume in Italy on 15 June
But orchestras and presenters will have to adhere to strict rules concerning the welfare of audiences
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NewsStudy shows ‘no increased risk to orchestral musicians’ from concerts
The experiment, commissioned by the Vienna Philharmonic, examined the movement of musicians’ breath while performing
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News92Y announces The Knights as its new Ensemble-in-Residence
The chamber orchestra will commence as 92Y’s new Ensemble-In-Residence from the 2021/22 season
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NewsNational Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan, resumes concerts
The orchestra will perform a series of three concerts for a live audience; these will also be live-streamed to digital audiences on YouTube
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NewsThe Hungarian-born violinist Anton Kontra has died
The violinist, one of the leading soloists in hs adoptive Scandinavia, has died at the age of 88
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Video12-year-old Christian Li plays Fisherman Harvest’s Song
In this video, the 12-year-old Australian-Chinese violinist Christian Li - the youngest ever winner of the Menuhin Competition - plays ‘Fisherman’s Harvest Song’, a traditional folk tune inspired by the fisherman’s harvest in the South China Sea and adapted by the contemporary Chinese composer Li Zili. Li says: ‘I ...
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NewsRavenna Festival and Riccardo Muti bring live music back to Italy on 21 June
The Ravenna Festival is to bring live concerts back to Italy for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic
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NewsSouthbank Centre warns it may have to stay closed until spring 2021
With a predicted best-case scenario of a £5m loss by the end of the 20/21 financial year, the Southbank Centre warns it may have to remain closed until April 2021
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FocusThe Tetzlaff Quartet: is the profundity of Beethoven’s music a barrier to enjoying it?
The members of the Tetzlaff Quartet, who recently released their first Beethoven disc, talk to Tom Stewart about what’s really behind the composer’s late quartets
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NewsNYO musicians invite performers for socially-distanced ‘Jupiter’ performance
Musicians from the National Youth Orchestra are inviting performers of all standards for a socially-distanced performance of ‘Jupiter’ from Holst’s The Planets
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NewsRenaud Capuçon named artistic director of Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne in Switzerland
The French violinist is to take up the role in September 2021
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VideoAnssi Karttunen: Diary Of My Confinement – La Fuga
In this video, made in accordance with social distancing rules, the Finnish cellist Anssi Karttunen (recorded in Paris) improvises on the electric cello to a dance improvisation from the Buenos-Aires-born dancer Diana Theocharidis (filmed in Buenos Aires).
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NewsMetropolitan Opera conductor Joel Revzen dies of coronavirus
The conductor, who joined the conducting staff of the Metropolitan Opera 20 years ago, has died of coronavirus aged 74
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NewsSun Valley Music Festival goes online
The Idaho-based summer festival will take place online this year, from 27 July to 19 August
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Focus9 tips for flexibility in the right hand
A look in The Strad archive for wisdom regarding the importance of flexibility in the bowing arm, hand and fingers
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VideoViolin and cello duo Arkai perform original composition ‘Aurora’
The work was written for The Peace Studio’s 2018 Peace First Summit as a reflection on gun violence
