All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 485
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NewsHardship fund launched for arts freelancers in Manchester
Grants of up to £1,500 each will be made available for those feeling the pinch from the Covid-19 pandemic
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ArticleNew funding available for UK period instrument ensembles
The Continuo Foundation will award organisations up to £10,000 to help create work for freelance musicians
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NewsMPs to debate EU work permit for musicians
The move follows the success of a petition for a ’Europe-wide visa-free work permit’, which garnered 280,000 signatures
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BlogsCourage before confidence: the benefits of improvising for classical musicians
Composer Liz Dilnot Johnson describes using lockdown to explore improvising techniques with violinist Lucy Russell
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VideoThe Navarra Quartet, tenor Nicky Spence and pianist Lada Valešová perform Pavel Haas’s Fata Morgana
Beginning with a monologue on remembrance from author Howard Jacobson, the performance marks Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January 2021
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NewsBerlin Philharmonic plans Shanghai residency
The German orchestra will present five concerts in the city in June 2022
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NewsEastman launches new free eBook: Infection Control for Instruments
The book aims to help instrumentalists and instrument handlers to protect themselves from microbes
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VideoCarducci Quartet plays Philip Glass’s String Quartet No.5 with drummer Cristián Tamblay
The Carducci String Quartet performs the third movement of Philip Glass’s String Quartet No.5 in a new version with Cristián Tamblay on the drums. Watch: Carducci String Quartet plays a Shostakovich string quartet – with drums Watch: Working from home: Carducci Quartet perform Philip Glass’s String Quartet no.2 Watch: Carducci ...
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NewsFundacioìn Astor Piazzolla announces inaugural Piazzolla Music Competition
The competition seeks to find musicians of any instrument or voice type with an affinity for Piazzolla’s work
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NewsThis year’s Long-Thibaud-Crespin Violin Competition has been cancelled
The competition has been called off due to the ongoing pandemic
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VideoLockdown commissions 6: Lawrence Power plays William Marsey’s The Poor Room
In this, the sixth of ten videos, violist Lawrence Power plays William Marsery’s ‘The Poor Room’ at his house in London. The video was filmed by Jessie Rodger during the Christmas break, with sound by Brett Cox. Power says: ‘It’s interesting to reflect on the spaces and rooms that we ...
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NewsWinners announced at 2021 Sphinx Competition
Two violinists win the top prizes, receiving $50,000 and $10,000
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FocusJascha Heifetz’s US debut in 1917
The Carnegie Hall recital sealed the 16-year-old’s reputation as an astonishing and unruffled performer, set a new bar for violin playing and led to a season full of engagements and a recording contract, as Dario Sarlo reveals in this piece from The Strad’s archive
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FocusGstaad Menuhin Festival slated to go ahead this summer
The festival is scheduled to run from 16 July to 4 September 2021
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VideoYo-Yo Ma gives online masterclass for Youth Music Culture Guangdong
The session covers topics such as ’activating the imagination’, ‘relaxing while playing’ and ’finding a story in music’
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NewsViolinist Georg Mönch dies aged 84
The Czech musician, who spent most of his career in Italy, was noted for his interpretation of modern works
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NewsLisa Batiashvili creates foundation for young musicians in Georgia
The Georgian-born violinist hopes to improve opportunities for a new generation of talented players
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Focus‘If you had told me a year ago…I would have dismissed it as impossible’ – Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Autumn 2020 was scheduled to be a big one for violinist and conductor Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, with the start of his first music directorship in France and his conducting debut at the Royal Danish Opera. Here he tells Andrew Mellow about the experience of conducting in the face of social distancing ...
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VideoHilary Hahn’s two-year-old tells her to ‘practise slow’
Hilary Hahn receives practice instruction from her two-year-old. Watch: Musical pictionary with Hilary Hahn Watch: Violinist Hilary Hahn performing at the age of 10 Watch: Hilary Hahn plays the Sibelius Violin Concerto with no accompaniment
