All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 474
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VideoThe Strad Calendar 2021: Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin 1744
Guarneri’s carving is free and energetic, the movements of the tools quick and deep
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BlogsHow can musicians get closer to audiences during Covid?
Viola player Shiry Rashkovsky talks about creating intimacy in small, relaxed venues
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FocusRewiring ourselves to play without fear
In the third of a four-part series, Gwendolyn Masin, concert violinist, author and educator, explains how we can harness breath, meditation and yoga practice to help us play without fear
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VideoThe Beauty of F Holes
As part of her ‘Students Stuck at Home’ series of videos, American luthier Anna Huthmaker explores the beauty of F holes. For more in the series, click here. Watch: The oddities of a luthier’s workshop Watch: 3 ways we can damage our instruments without even knowing it
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FocusThe concert café that Covid could not close
Justin Pearson interviews conductor Raffaello Morales and cellist Steven Isserlis about the Fidelio Orchestra Café, which is putting on performances during the pandemic
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News35-year-old violinist who retrained as a doctor killed himself during pandemic
Joshua Burke had qualified as a doctor in July 2019
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VideoBeethoven ReCycled
In this video the violinist Yury Revich plays his experimental composition, the ’Beethoven ReCycled’ Sonata, in which he uses sketches and drafts by Beethoven which the composer never included in his final works. A recording of the cadenzas by Russian violinist Yury Revich is available at bit.ly/2E1I5ac. Revich plays ...
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BlogsCollaborating with a contemporary composer
To tie in with their latest release, the Calidore Quartet reflects on the experience of working with the contemporary composer Caroline Shaw
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VideoWest Wycombe Chamber Music Festival: closing concert
This is the last concert of Lawrence Power’s West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival, which, owing to the pandemic, the violist has broadcast online this year. He says: ‘For all my dear colleagues, friends and any freelance person on this planet whose beautiful work continues to be silenced by this current ...
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NewsBrussels shuts down cultural events for three weeks in response to surge in COVID cases
All cultural centres, theatres, cinemas, museums and galleries will be shut until 19 November in order to slow the spread of Coronavirus
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NewsIlya Gringolts and Ilan Volkov create organisation to match performers and composers
I&I foundation aims to commission 20 new works a year, starting from 2021
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Blogs5 reasons why Vivaldi inspires me
As Alexandra Conunova prepares to release her new recording of the Four Seasons, the violinist explains why she continues to find inspiration in the Baroque masterpiece
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VideoAlexandra Conunova plays Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
In this video from 2015, the violinist plays Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with the Orchestra International de Genève. To read her latest piece, ‘5 reasons why Vivaldi inspires me’, click here. Alexandra Conunova will release a new Vivaldi recording of Four Seasons with Aparté, out on 20 November 2020. Find out ...
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NewsFestival de Pâques announces line-up for 2021
The line-up includes Riccardo Chailly, Iván Fischer and Marion Cotillard
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NewsSào Soulez Larivière wins Fanny Mendelssohn Advancement Award
The violist receives €10,000 for his innovative programme based around French Impressionism
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NewsAnne-Sophie Mutter calls on German government to help musicians
‘And if that is not the case,’ Mutter said, ‘then we have to take to the streets.’
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Gregory Harrington: creating a new work for the violin repertoire
The violinist draws on his experience of transcribing Philip Glass’s music to offer general advice on the transcription process
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VideoGregor Piatigorsky live in concert
This is the only video of cellist Gregor Piatigorsky in a live concert performance. It was made in 1957 and features the cellist playing the Walton Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sir Malcom Sargent. Read: Great Cellists: Gregor Piatigorsky Read: My Heroes: Mischa Maisky on Mstislav Rostropovich and ...
