All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 488
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NewsGina McCormack to leave the Brodsky Quartet for family reasons
She will be replaced by the violinist Krysia Osostowicz
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NewsISM responds to Prime Minister’s roadmap for COVID restrictions in England
The organisation welcomes clarity for musicians about how they will be permitted to teach and perform
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FocusRefashioning great works of art
To tie in with the release of their new jazz and rock-infused take on Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, Ben Russell and Brandon Ridenour of the songwriting collective, Founders, explain why no work should be off limits to rearrange
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VideoAlexander Hersh plays the serenade from Debussy’s Sonata for Piano and Cello
In this video - the second in a series fusing music and narrative - cellist Alexander Hersh plays the serenade from Debussy’s Cello and Piano with pianist Victor Asunción. Hersh says: ‘With the onset of a worldwide pandemic, I’ve come to regard beautifully conceived and filmed classical music videos as ...
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FocusSteven Staryk on being a virtuoso violin collector
The former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, among other ensembles, shares examples of virtuoso violinists who were also virtuoso violin collectors
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NewsNew foundation aims to increase knowledge of Dutch violin makers
The Hendrik Jacobs Foundation is run by a team of researchers and enthusiasts
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NewsMonaco festival to go ahead next month
International visitors to the Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo will be required to provide proof of a negative Covid test
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VideoClaudio and Oscar Bohórquez and Gustavo Beytelmann play Piazzolla
To mark the 100th centenary of the Argentinian tango legend, Astor Piazzolla, brothers Claudio and Oscar Bohórquez are releasing an album together with Piazzolla’s contemporary and ensemble colleague Gustavo Beytelmann – Piazzolla: Patagonia Express – on the Berlin Classics label. In this video, they play one of the featured works ...
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FocusHow should we interpret Tango music?
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of renowned tango composer Astor Piazzolla’s birth this month, Argentine violinists Rafael Gintoli and Gabriela Olcese pay tribute to him and offer basic guidance to violinists on how to interpret tango music
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NewsDresden Music Festival to go ahead this year
The current plan is to provide a mixture of live and online events
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NewsViolinist Diana Adamyan signs to Opus 3 Artists
The 20-year-old violinist was the winner at the 2018 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition and the 2020 Khachaturian Violin Competition
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason auctions off private concert for Music Masters charity
The auction is part of a celebratory fortnight, from 24 February-10 March, where Music Masters highlights the work of its Ambassadors and Artists
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NewsWolfgang Boettcher, principal cellist of the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan, has died
The cellist was 86 years old
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FocusThe Art of Leadership: Steven Staryk
The well-travelled concertmaster discusses his time leading British, Dutch, US and Canadian orchestras as he talks to Julian Haylock
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VideoGrand Teton Music Festival On Location: Salt Lake City
This concert from the Grand Teton Music Festival on location series (a 5-concert digital chamber music series featuring small ensembles, recorded and produced remotely in the home cities of Festival Orchestra musicians ) was held at the Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, Utah on 25 February, with a ...
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NewsPaganini Competition extends closing date to 31 May
Due to the Covid-19 situation, the competition has extended its closing date for registrations from January to May
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VideoTwoSet Violin open up about mental health
Eddy Chen and Brett Yang of TwoSet Violin open up on the subject of mental health in order to help fellow musicians with similar struggles. The violin internet comedy duo say: ’We’re not experts in mental health, but as musicians who have experienced mental health issues, we hope by making ...
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NewsWith Nicky returns
The series of educational videos from violinist Nicola Benedetti makes a return
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NewsGustav Mahler International Cello Competition announces results
Grand prize went to the German cellist Simon David Eberle
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NewsISM responds to new funding for the Arts
Although extra cash for culture is welcome, most of this funding goes to institutions not individuals, say the ISM
