All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 463
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FocusRemembering Helen Hagnes after 40 years
On 23 July 1980, the violinist Helen Hagnes was murdered in the Metropolitan Opera House. 40 years on, her former colleague Thomas Suárez remembers that night
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VideoTwinkle twinkle featuring London Music Masters students and cellist Sheku Kanneh Mason
The video was recorded by current students, alumni and mentors of the music education charity
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Blogs6 tips for performing in an empty concert hall
South African cellist Abel Selaocoe provides advice on livestreaming or recording performances for online audiences during the time of Covid-19
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NewsGuarneri ‘filius Andreae’ cello goes on display in Cremona
The 1692 instrument is owned by the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Milan
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NewsFrom swimming pool to solo Bach
An outdoor pool in southern Germany has switched swimmers for classical music fans
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NewsNational Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain launches online programme
The digital offering replaces right residential courses that were due to take place in the summer months this year
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Focus'The great challenge was to be comfortable improvising' – violinist Viktoria Mullova
For her latest recording, violinist Viktoria Mullova has collaborated with her son, jazz bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado in an eclectic array of duets. Harry White speaks to the pair about what they each found challenging about the project
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VideoViolinist Pinchas Zukerman performs Tchaikovsky’s Sérénade mélancolique, op.26
Violinist Pinchas Zukerman showcases his rich and velvety sound in Tchaikovsky’s Sérénade mélancolique, op.26 in B-flat minor with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. Read: ‘He could hear and see talent, and he loved it’ - Pinchas Zukerman remembers Isaac Stern Read: ‘Bach should be played with ...
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NewsJaakko Kuusisto to undergo brain surgery
The violinist was motivated to speak out by a wish to encourage others to get symptoms checked out
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VideoSan Francisco Symphony musicians perform Rossini’s William Tell Overture from lockdown
‘No animals or violas were harmed during the filming of this video’ The musicians of the San Francisco Symphony - with help from their children and pets - perform the Finale from Rossini’s William Tell Overture from their separate homes. Watch: Chilean nurse plays violin to coronavirus patients Watch: ...
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FocusNew UK artist management agency launched
String players including Francesca Dego (pictured), Henning Kraggerud and Laura van der Heijden will be represented by the new firm
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VideoA cello and poetry recital for lockdown built around Bach’s Cello Sarabandes
The cellist Alexandra Fletcher plays Bach’s Cello Sarabandes accompanied by poetry, read by actress Jenna Augen and chosen by Fletcher, with a connective thread to the music.
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NewsSt John’s Smith Square creates Artist Lab to support musicians during the coronavirus crisis
The London concert venue’s new bursary fund will allow musicians to develop creative ways to make live music during the current distancing restrictions
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NewsOrchestra heads to court over reprimanded concertmaster
Augsburg Philharmonic concertmaster Agnes Malich recieved a formal warning for supporting a Covid-19 fundraiser
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NewsViola player raises £16k in charity walk before his 100th birthday
Kenneth Essex walked 1km each day in the ten days leading up to the milestone
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NewsCincinnati Symphony and Pops orchestras to livestream seven free concerts this autumn
The orchestras will also present additional digital content and live, physically distanced performances across the region
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NewsTasmin Little records personalised performances for fans in charity fundraiser
The violinist is raising money for UK charity Help Musicians
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DebateBeethoven’s music is especially appropriate in the time of Covid-19
Beethoven has been denied his year of celebration by the coronavirus pandemic. But, writes Toby Deller, his ‘Heiliger Dankgesang’ is an emblem for the current crisis
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VideoViolinist Nancy Zhou performs live tribute for Isaac Stern Centennial
The 2018 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition winner is joined by pianist Zhen ’Victor’ Chen in works by Gershwin, Bartók and Chen Yi
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NewsRhiannon Giddens named artistic director of Silkroad
The fiddle player, banjoist and singer is the first single person to hold the role since Yo-Yo Ma
