All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 456
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NewsWigmore Hall Live Lunchtime Concerts broadcast across Europe
The London concert venue is broadcasting performances every weekday in June on BBC Radio 3 and on radio stations across Europe
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VideoViolinist Eleanor Corr plays both parts of Ligeti duet for ROSL at Home
The winner of the Royal Over-Seas League Strings Prize at this year’s Annual Music Competition performs both parts of Ligeti’s Joc from isolation
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NewsBeethoven Pastoral Project announces live-streamed event
The programme will take place on Friday 5 June, broadcast from Beethoven’s birthplace in Bonn
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VideoMusicians from ‘TRIKESTRA’ perform in 360 degrees
The ensemble, made up of players from three Berlin orchestras, play Beethoven in a lockdown performance
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NewsFrank Almond steps down as concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony
After a life filled with adventures, including the theft and recovery of his ‘Lipinski’ Stradivarius, the violinist is stepping down as the ensemble’s concertmaster, having been forced by the coronavirus lockdown to leave his final season incomplete
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VideoMusicians in isolation: Alina Ibragimova
The Russian-British violinist describes what life has held for her since the lockdown started, from the little pleasures of being able to ‘buy milk for the fridge’, to the challenge of tackling all 24 Paganini Caprices.
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Focus5 festivals that hope to go ahead this summer (at least in part)
Although many festivals have been forced to cancel this summer’s plans owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the following are still hoping to go ahead - at least in part - in accordance with social distancing rules
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NewsHandel House in Halle to livestream ‘Handel Day’
As an alternative to the cancelled Handel festival, Halle’s Handel House is to livestream a celebration of the German composer
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VideoBach Double Concerto for New York City Health and Hospitals
In this video, the Camerata Notturna, an orchestra of healthcare professionals, perform the Vivace from Bach’s Double Violin Concerto, with violin soloists Cho-Liang Lin and David Chan. They are fundraising for NYC Health and Hospital: in their words ‘a critical resource for all New Yorkers, but especially for the under-resourced ...
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FocusSlide rules: 10 thoughts on portamento
Sinning or singing? The transition from one note to another on the same string without a break is a peculiarly sensitive topic, as seen in these clippings from The Strad archive
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VideoMaxim Vengerov plays with his daughter Polina
The violinist plays a violin and cello duet with his youngest daughter Polina in aid of the Gift of Life, which supports children with cancer.
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NewsA Celebration of Aldeburgh Festivals runs from 12 June
Britten Pears Arts presents a 16-day celebration of the festival’s history
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VideoLockdown commissions 1: Lawrence Power plays Huw Watkins’s ‘Power’ for solo viola
In the first of his ‘lockdown commissions’ performances, filmed in and on top of iconic empty venues, Lawrence Power plays Huw Watkins’s ‘Power’ for solo viola. Filmed by Jessie Rodger on the roof of St John’s, Smith Square. Stay tuned very soon for LC #2 - ‘Quartet for One’ by ...
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FocusA genuine Amati or a clever fake?
Could the cello shown here be one of the eight ‘bass violins’ ordered by Catherine de’ Medici for the court of Charles IX of France? Luthier Filip Kuijken explores the known history of the instrument and considers whether it could be an original Andrea Amati – or a clever fake
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News18-year-old cellist shot dead in Philadelphia
Mouhamed Cisse was shot dead near his home on the same night as the Philadelphia #BlackLivesMatter protests
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NewsPrizes awarded at USA’s Klein International String Competition - held online
19-year-old violinist Gabrielle Despres has been awarded 1st prize at the 2020 Klein International String Competition
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NewsLeading composers support COVID-impacted UK musicians in new collaboration
Composers including Steve Reich and Mark-Anthony Turnage have volunteered to write music to be performed by lockdown-impacted UK musicians
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VideoPekka Kuusisto: Kreutzer 2 whole bow
Continuing his series of practise video tutorials, the Finnish violinist shares another bow exercise for Kreutzer’s second etude, one which involves travelling up the length of the bow.
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NewsNew music institute launched in Madrid
‘Musical Arts Madrid’ puts chamber music at the core of its teaching programme
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NewsLondon Mozart Players to resume live performances
’LMP Live!’ – a series of three socially distanced concerts in summer 2020 – will be streamed online for free
