All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 459
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NewsNew concert series to launch in Clerkenwell
Fidelio Unbound will feature performers including Steven Isserlis and Alina Ibragimova, with attendance limited to 25 spectators per evening
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NewsJosef Gingold Chamber Music Festival to go virtual this summer
In response to the ongoing health crisis, the Miami-based festival will take place on the Zoom platform
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VideoPforte plays string sextet arrangement of Schubert piano sonata
In this video, players from Pforte - a group that combines chamber music with philosophy, literature and theatre - perform a Schubert’s Piano Sonata op.78, D 894 in an arrangement by François Poly for string sextet. The performance, featuring violinists Mohamed Hiber and Elene Meipariani, violists Klaus Christa and Franziska ...
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NewsIsrael Philharmonic to put on virtual gala hosted by Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is to put on a virtual gala hosted by Helen Mirren on Sunday 28 June. All proceeds from the event, which will feature performances by the IPO musicians and guest performers including Yefim Bronfman, Khatia Buniatishvili, Martin Fröst, Evgeny Kissin, Chen ...
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VideoLockdown commissions 2: Lawrence Power plays Garth Knox’s Quartet for One
In the second of his ‘lockdown commissions’ performances, filmed in and on top of iconic empty venues, violist Lawrence Power plays Garth Knox’s Quartet for One, filmed in an empty Southbank Centre.
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NewsCzech Philharmonic performs first live concert with no social distancing restrictions
This is the first ensemble concert since the start of the lockdown, in which no social distancing was required
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NewsIncorporated Society of Musicians responds to UK government’s ‘road map’ for return of performing arts
‘Now is the time for a bold vision and firm action’ says ISM Chief Executive Deborah Annetts
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VideoRay Chen compares a $69 factory-made violin with a $10m Stradivari
’Even on the open strings you can tell the difference. The Strad has this resonance, clarity and warmth’ Violinist Ray Chen compares a $69 factory-made violin with the 1735 ’Samazeuilh’ Stradivari violin worth around $10m. Watch: Ray Chen: What do you do when your E-string breaks in a concert?Read: Players ...
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VideoTwo fingered violinist plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
A student of violinist Nathan Milstein, Clayton Haslop was concertmaster in the recording studios of Los Angeles for composers including James Horner and Michael Giacchino. His violin solos can be heard in films including Ratatouille and Up. But Haslop also struggled with Focal Dystonia, leaving him with the use of ...
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NewsNew Zealand Symphony Orchestra to perform live concerts
The ensemble will perform two concerts to a live audience in July
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FocusDominik Wagner and Patricia Kopatchinskaja on writing their own cadenzas
Cadenza writing has enjoyed a renewed surge in popularity over recent years. In this article by Pauline Harding, two soloists - Dominik Wagner and Patricia Kopatchinskaja - talk about their individual approaches to writing cadenzas
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NewsViolin vigil for Elijah McClain interrupted by riot police
Police deploy pepper spray and foam munitions in what had been intended as a peaceful musical protest
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NewsKenneth Goldsmith - pedagogue, concertmaster and chamber musician - has died
The violinist was 81 years old
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FocusJourney to change – towards a better understanding of ourselves
In the first of a four-part series, Gwendolyn Masin, concert violinist, author and educator, explains the importance of movement therapy for musicians
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FocusOpera is key to string playing
The British cellist Adrian Bradbury explains why string players should be open to learning from the operatic tradition
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News2020 Osaka Chamber Music Competition and Festa postponed to 2021
The competition will now take place from 16-21 May 2021
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VideoUnited Strings of Europe give one of the UK’s first post-lockdown concerts
On 24 June the United Strings of Europe performed at the Fidelio Cafe in London, in one of the UK’s first post-lockdown concerts. The performers were: Julian Azkoul, violinAriel Lang, violinElitsa Bogdanova, violaRaphael Lang, celloVera Pereira, bass On the programme was: Tjønneblomen (The Water Lily) by Gjermund HaugenCavatina (arr. Azkoul) ...
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NewsCecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition 2020 announces live competitors
40 violists aged 21 and under will compete at the event held at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire from 14 - 20 November
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VideoIsrael Philharmonic Orchestra: Global Gala 2020
The virtual concert on 28 June was the victim of a cyberattack but can now be seen in its entirety
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Article‘He was always looking for the most exquisite colours’ - Cho-Liang Lin remembers Isaac Stern
Taiwan-born, American violinist Cho-Liang Lin took part in several of Isaac Stern’s late chamber music recordings. Here he shares his impressions with Tully Potter
