All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 457
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NewsSchleswig-Holstein Festival announces 100-concert programme
The two-month event in the North German region will take place in a slimmed-down form
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VideoAmsterdam Sinfonietta performs in empty Concertgebouw
The first in the group’s ‘Empty Concertgebouw Sessions’ sees the members performing 1.5 metres from each other
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ArticlePractising scales within a harmonic context can improve intonation
Chief conductor and Sydney Conservatorium associate viola professor Roger Benedict presents his scale system
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FocusRunning an educational chamber music programme remotely
Graham Oppenheimer, Senior Chamber Music and Viola Tutor at Chetham’s School of Music, explains how he managed to transfer the Manchester-based school’s chamber music programme online during the coronavirus lockdown
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NewsNashville Symphony furloughs 131 members of its team
The ensemble has furloughed administration, artistic affairs and production staff, and musicians
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FocusHow to record chamber music in lockdown
Graham Oppenheimer, Senior Chamber Music and Viola tutor at Chetham’s School of Music, gives a step-by-step guide to recording chamber music remotely
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VideoElton John’s I’m still Standing - arranged for solo violin
The Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas, a student at the Royal Academy of Music, performs his own arrangement of Elton John’s ‘I’m Still Standing’. On his Facebook page, Elton John says: ‘I was recently sent this video by Roberts Balanas and I thought it was so fantastic, I just had to ...
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NewsGil Shaham given long-term use of 1719 Stradivarius
Violinist Gil Shaham has been granted the long-term use of a 1719 Stradivarius violin from the Rare Violins In Consortium
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VideoQuarantango
This cello quartet by Jeremy Lamb is performed by cellists of the Charlotte Symphony: Marlene Ballena, Sarah Markle, Alan Black, and Jeremy Lamb. Video production is provided by Oliver Kot.
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NewsSix composers of colour to write new pieces to be performed by 24 orchestras
For New Music USA’s Amplifying Voices programme, six composers of colour have been co-commissioned to write new orchestral works
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NewsFour-day livestreamed Bach marathon in Leipzig starts tomorrow
A four-day livestreamed Bach marathon in Leipzig will include a singalong B minor mass
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NewsSimon Rattle and London Symphony Orchestra invite children to play Mozart from lockdown
Where’s Simon? will introduce children to Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro
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VideoNicolas Koeckert plays Paganini’s Caprice No 1 in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich
In this video the German-Brazilian violinist Nicolas Koeckert plays Paganini’s Caprice no. 1 in Munich’s Bavarian National Museum, one of the largest art museums in Germany
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NewsThe World Harmony Orchestra, which has been organising socially-distanced, small-scale live performances throughout the lockdown, writes an open letter
For the most vulnerable, having access to musical performances may be a lifeline, writes the World Harmony Orchestra in an open letter
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NewsDiana Adamyan wins 2020 Khachaturian Violin Competition - held online due to coronavirus
The 19-year-old Armenian violinist receives $10,000 for her first prize win
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NewsLuce Douady, daughter of Altaïr Quartet violinist, dies at 16 in a climbing accident
The French climber died after falling 150 metres in the French Alps
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NewsColorado Music Festival announces virtual summer concerts
The virtual concerts will run on Thursday evenings from 25 June through 30 July
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NewsBeethoven rides high in German classical charts
Works by the composer claim four out of the five top spots, including number one
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NewsCzech Philharmonic to perform in open-air concert for audience of 500
The orchestra will perform in the grounds of Sychrov Castle, just outside Prague, under music director Semyon Bychkov on 24 June
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NewsConcert restrictions eased in Bavaria and Saxony
Jan Vogler’s Moritzburg Festival is among events to go ahead, with all performances in the open air
