All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 482
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VideoKanneh-Mason family play Monti Csárdás
On the seventh day of Christmas, we bring to you: the seven Kanneh-Mason siblings playing Monti’s Csárdás in May 2020.
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VideoTwoSet Violin present ten types of musicians during quarantine
On the tenth day of Christmas we bring to you: TwoSet Violin (Brett Yang and Eddy Chen) in April 2020 presenting the ten types of musicians during quarantine. Video: 10 Types of Musicians During Quarantine Read: Digital Double Act: TwoSet Violin
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VideoTrio Zadig plays Cantique de Jean Racine
On the 11th day of Christmas, we bring to you Trio Zadig (violinist Boris Borgolotto, cellist Marc Girard Garcia and pianist Ian Barber) playing Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine, Op 11 (arranged for piano trio) in May 2020.
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NewsTwo new members join Villiers Quartet
Katie Stillman and Leo Melvin join the ensemble, replacing former first violinist James Dickenson and cellist Nick Stringfellow
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NewsJazz bassist Eugene Wright dies aged 97
As part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, the musician performed on more than 30 albums and tracks including Take Five and Blue Rondo à la Turk
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Focus‘It just feels like home’ – Renaud Capuçon on recording Elgar’s Violin Concerto with the LSO
For Renaud Capuçon, recording Elgar’s Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra and Simon Rattle was a dream come true – and one that he couldn’t allow to be derailed by Covid-19’s lockdown restrictions, as he tells Charlotte Gardner
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VideoAdagietto from Mahler’s Symphony No 5: 2020 BCF Cello Orchestra
In this closing concert from the 2020 Brussels Cello Festival, the BCF Cello Orchestra plays the Adagietto from Mahler’s Symphony No 5. Watch: London City Orchestra plays Mahler – from separate homes
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NewsViolist Tasso Adamopoulos has died aged 76
The Paris-born musician was also a respected tutor at conservatoires in Lyon and Bordeaux
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VideoBach in an empty New York gallery
In this, the first two videos, violist Jesus Rodolfo explores the connection between the solitude of New York City at this time, and the feeling of solo Bach. He plays the first movement of J.S. Bach’s Violin Sonata No.1, BWV 1001, transcribed for viola, in the empty HighLineNine Gallery in ...
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NewsSomeone is impersonating me, says Itzhak Perlman
According to the violinist, the impersonator is requesting ‘charitable’ funds from his followers
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VideoThe Twelve Days of (a Cellist’s) Christmas
On the twelfth day of Christmas we bring to you: the Twelve Days of (a Cellist’s) Christmas, featuring 12 cellists from all around the world, including: The Cello Doll (aka Carolyn Regula), Sarah Chaffee, Stephanie Jaimes, Sugar Cello, That Cello Guy, Dave Eggar, Kaitlin Findlay, Lydia Cellist, Peter Sachon, Frank ...
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NewsLSO concertmaster John Georgiadis dies aged 81
The violinist led the LSO for two periods, between 1965 and 1979, before turning to conducting
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VideoDvořák’s ‘Songs My Mother Taught Me’, performed by Camille Thomas
French cellist Camille Thomas performs an arrangement of Antonin Dvořák’s ‘Songs My Mother Taught Me’ at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels, Belgium.
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VideoSong of the Birds, featuring Mischa Maisky, Han Bin Yoon, Jan Vogler and Jens Peter Maintz
In this closing concert from the 2020 Brussels Cello Festival, Mischa Maisky, Han Bin Yoon, Jan Vogler and Jens Peter Maintz perform the Song of the Birds, made popular by Pau Casals, in an arrangement for cello quartet by Sungmin Ahn. Read: Adagietto from Mahler’s Symphony No. 5: 2020 BCF ...
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NewsBenedetti Foundation announces New Year Sessions
Beginner, intermediate and advanced string players can participate in classes delivered over Zoom
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Focus‘He inspired us to believe we could master anything we wanted’ – remembering cello pedagogue George Neikrug
Cellist George Neikrug, who died in 2019 at the age of 100, was a celebrated performer and orchestral principal. However, his skills as a pedagogue were second to none, writes University of Wisconsin-Whitewater professor Benjamin Whitcomb, who has gathered personal recollections
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VideoAnne-Sophie Mutter plays Mozart in a modern art museum during lockdown
The German violinist, together with violinist Linus Roth, violist Vladimir Babeshko and cellist Lionel Martin, plays the Allegro molto from Mozart’s String Quartet No.2 in D major, KV155 at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich. Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter signs with new US agent Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter starts concert series to ...
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NewsSimon Rattle to leave the London Symphony Orchestra
The conductor is to take up the directorship of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
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NewsUK rejected visa-free travel for touring musicians in the EU - yet blamed Brussels for permit blow
Ministers are now being called upon to reveal exactly what took place during negotiations
