All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 491
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VideoJohan Dalene plays Rautavaara’s Notturno
The Swedish violinist Johan Dalene and Norwegian pianist Christian Ihle Hadland play Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Notturno e danza: I. Notturno. Johan Dalene talks about his Life Lessons in the March issue of the Strad.
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NewsKyung-Wha Chung cancels performances due to hand injury
The exact nature of the injury remains unspecified
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FocusOn the challenge of page-turning
Gerald Elias has spent many years as a professional orchestral violinist – in the Boston SO and Utah Symphony – and has been music director of Salt Lake City’s Vivaldi by Candlelight chamber orchestra since 2004. Here he explores the issue of page-turning - a universal challenge faced by orchestral ...
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NewsViolin making firm Maison Bernard wins €100,000 PFV Prize
The Brussels-based luthiers are the inaugural winners of the annual prize from a consortium of wine makers
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VideoAmahl Arulanandam plays Music for Self-Isolation
When the world shut down in early 2020, Frank Horvat, Associate Composer at the Canadian Music Centre, wanted to raise spirits and create music for those forced into self-isolation. In just 6 weeks he composed 31 short solo and duo works for a variety of instruments and voice. The musical ...
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BlogsDesmond Cecil: My time with violinist Max Rostal
Excerpt from Desmond Cecil’s newly published memoir: ‘The Wandering Civil Servant of Stradivarius’
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VideoNew European Ensemble presents 1984
The New European Ensemble has just presented the premiere of the Dutch language film 1984 - based on George Orwell’s classic novel - featuring whistleblower Edward Snowden and actor Boris van der Ham. The Estonian composer Mihkel Kerem wrote a new ensemble piece based on the novel, performed in the ...
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NewsThe Strad April 2021 issue is out now
Crossover superstar David Garrett tell us he has no intention of abandoning his classical roots
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VideoDavid Garrett plays Happy by Pharrell
An orchestra of David Garretts brings strings and body percussion to Pharrell Williams’s feelgood hit
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NewsGeneva International Music Competition moves first part online
Web broadcasts will replace the first two rounds, with the semi-finals and finals still expected to take place in person
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FocusSteven Isserlis – ‘In private Ivry Gitlis was quite similar to how he was in public’
When Ivry Gitlis died on Christmas Eve last year at the age of 98 there was an outpouring of love and affection from the musical community. In this article, paying tribute to the great violinist’s life and career, Tully Potter quotes cellist Steven Isserlis
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BlogsHow can musicians return to working life?
Following the Association of British Orchestras conference, Claire Gevaux, Help Musicians’ Programme Director, discusses how we can build sustainable careers in classical music post-pandemic
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NewsMusic Masters waives group teaching course fee for second year running
The charity has taken the decision to fund places worth £6000 in response to the impact of Covid-19
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NewsBenedetti Foundation presents new Virtual Benedetti Sessions
The new sessions, running from 28 March to 18 April, will explore the physicality and psychology of playing
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ArticleA beginner’s guide to identifying a Stradivarius
Figuring out the maker of an unknown violin takes a trained eye and a detective’s skill, says luthier John Dilworth. Here he gives his personal perspective on the clues and processes of elimination that help experts pinpoint an instrument’s origins.
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BlogsWhat kind of musicianship should we value?
Marking the Manchester Collective’s fifth anniversary and the release of their first album, ‘The Centre is Everywhere’, the group’s Music Director and Co-Founder Rakhi Singh reflects on what qualities she values in her musical colleagues
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VideoSend back the echo
United Strings of Europe perform ‘send back the echo’ - a reflection on the alienation faced by the deaf community and people of colour within music, culture and the arts. It is inspired by the letters of Beethoven revealing his sense of passion, fear and joy as he reconciled ...
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NewsPrime Minister promises to fix Brexit crisis for creative industries
UK leader Boris Johnson said challenges around touring and cultural exports ‘must get ironed out’
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BlogsDesmond Cecil: my search for the perfect violin
Excerpt from Desmond Cecil’s newly published memoir: ‘The Wandering Civil Servant of Stradivarius’
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NewsBBC Proms to return this year
The festival will take place between Friday 30 July and Saturday 11 September
